The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved most aspects of a multi-party settlement agreement between Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and customer advocacy, labor and safety groups that resolved PG&E’s 2020-2022 General Rate Case (GRC).
The GRC decision enables necessary investment in PG&E’s electric and gas distribution systems and power generation infrastructure, including investments to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires through electric system hardening, enhanced vegetation management, system automation and asset inspection and repair.
The GRC also enables PG&E to continue its efforts to make Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events smaller in size, shorter in duration and smarter in execution. Those efforts include devices that limit the size of outages to impact fewer customers; temporary generators to provide power to essential services and communities that would otherwise be shut off for safety; crews for inspection and
