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A regulatory commission judge in California on Wednesday issued a ruling accusing a second major utility, Edison International’s Southern California Edison Co. (SCE), of up to 10 unreported ex parte communications over a 15-month period. It could result in up to nearly $34 million in fines for the utility.

Stung by last fall’s email scandal between regulators and executives at Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) (see Daily GPI,Sept. 16, 2014), the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has set a meeting next month aimed at avoiding a repeat of past misdeeds.

Decision-makers at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) have abused limits on their private communications with the companies they oversee to the advantage of the state’s major energy and other utilities, according to an independent report released Monday.

Decision-makers at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) have abused limits on their private communications with the companies they oversee to the advantage of the state's major energy and other utilities, according to an independent report released Monday.

California energy regulators on Monday launched a statewide effort to create a new home market that will feature zero net energy (ZNE) houses by 2020, establishing a joint-agency action plan for integrating stakeholder input as the effort unfolds with help from the major utilities.

California energy regulators on Monday launched a statewide effort to create a new home market that will feature zero net energy houses by 2020, establishing a joint-agency action plan for integrating stakeholder input as the effort unfolds with help from the major utilities.

California state senators on Monday unanimously approved SB 48, which seeks to increase oversight of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and reduce the authority of its president following revelations that emerged from e-mails between commission members and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) (see Daily GPI, Sept. 16, 2014).

California state senators on Monday unanimously approved SB 48, which seeks to increase oversight of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and reduce the authority of its president following revelations that emerged from e-mails between commission members and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) (see Daily GPI,Sept. 16, 2014).

Low natural gas prices continue to be the leading cause of sour financial results for wholesale/retail power supplier NRG Energy Inc., according to CEO David Crane.