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Water Reliability and Renewable Energy Overgeneration

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Joe Kaatz

The issue of renewable energy integration and overgeneration is square and center in California. The California System Operator (CAISO) along with other state regulators have studied or commissioned third-party studies to evaluate both the scope of overgeneration and means to … Continue reading →

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Constitutional Reform of the California Public Utilities Commission

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Joe Kaatz

Assembly Members Gatto, Levine, and Wilk introduced a bipartisan State Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 11 on March 9, 2016 to reform the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). What does this proposed constitutional amendment mean for California and for the CPUC?

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Residential Rates Revisited – Part 3: Legislative Fixes

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Scott Anders

In Part 1 of this series was a brief retrospective of some of the antecedents of today’s discussion of residential rates in California.  In Part 2, we discussed in more detail the concept of inclining block rates, the policy rationale … Continue reading →

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Residential Electric Rates Revisited – Part 1: A Historical Perspective

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Scott Anders

Residential rates always seem to be in the news for one reason or another.  These days, residential rates are the subject of pending legislation (AB 327) and an ongoing rulemaking at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) (R.12-06-013). To help … Continue reading →

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