Customers are picking up the $1.7. billion tab after utility's s equipment was linked to LA wildfire and flooding seven years ago.

In the wake of a spate of fires at battery storage facilities across the state, the California Public Utilities Commission will soon vote on establishing new standards for maintaining and operating them. If passed, the proposal also increases oversight for emergency response at energy storage sites that use batteries.

The California Public Utilities Commission approved Waymo's autonomous vehicle program in Los Angeles in March 2024. The service was expanded to the public in November. Aside from Los Angeles, the company also has driverless cars in San Francisco and Phoenix, with plans to expand to Austin, Atlanta and Miami.

Southern California Edison on Monday reported a fault on a power line connected miles away from ones located near the origin of the Eaton Fire, the deadly blaze that ignited outside of Los Angeles on Jan.

The utility company maintained that the current increase remained within the design limits and did not trigger system protection on these lines.

Recent wildfires in California are sparking debates on potential utility culpability, leading many people to ask the simple question: why aren't more power lines buried underground?

The Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company Waymo announced on Tuesday that it will begin testing its fleet of driverless robotaxis on the Los Angel

A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday ordered Southern California Edison to preserve all its data, equipment, and evidence related to the deadly Eaton fire, which has already burned more than

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California officials voted Thursday to let Southern California Edison to raise electric rates to cover payments it made to victims of the 2017 Thomas wildfire.