Specialist
Former Commissioner at Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Agenda
- Overview of damages to utilities caused by the 2018 California wildfires, highlighting most severely affected players and legal and regulatory ramifications
- CPUC's approach to damages to utilities and regulations
- Future outlook, considering historical wildfires and liability to public utilities in California and what was done to address it
Questions
1.
What ramifications has the Camp Fire had on PG&E and how will that aggravate the situation on top of the 2017 liabilities that PG&E already has?
2.
Could you elaborate on Picker’s comments about implementing the new SB 901 law to pass the wildfire costs onto customers? How difficult would it be to pass such a new law and could SB 901 address the short-term issues and be applied to future cases and Camp Fire?
3.
How might the customer threshold filing process look and how might it pan out under the CPUC?
4.
What ROEs (returns on equity) could the state allow PG&E in the future, given the fire risk?
5.
Is there anything that we haven’t touched on today that you would like to mention? Do you have any further thoughts on the fire mitigation plans under PG&E and how specific the CPUC will want those plans to be for the future?
