Public Utilities President Mike Peevey to speak at CI's Lacayo Institute Dec....
The Lacayo Institute for Workforce & Community Studies at CSU Channel Islands (CI) will host its first Lacayo Forum on Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, featuring Michael R. Peevey, President of the...
View ArticleChief of Public Utilities Commission to speak at CSUCI
The president of the California Public Utilities Commission will speak at CSU Channel Islands next month.
View ArticleLocal briefs: Dec. 2, 2012
A roundup of news and information of interest across Ventura County.
View ArticleState Public Utilities Commission president to speak at first Lacayo...
Michael Peevey, president of the California Public Utilities Commission, will be the featured guest speaker next week at a forum organized by The Lacayo Institute for Workforce & Community Studies...
View ArticleFree cellphones welcomed by Ventura County homeless, jobless
At least 40,000 Ventura County households deemed eligible for free cellphones.
View ArticleElias: Utility regulators creating a banana republic?
Banana republics got their appellation during the 1920s, when dictators ruling countries like Honduras and Guatemala made decisions on the say-so of banana growing companies, strictly for the profit of...
View ArticleReport calls for changes to Edison's plan for Presidential Substation
A final environmental impact report calls for building an electrical substation on property proposed for a new hotel or resort near the Reagan Library in Simi Valley.
View ArticleWestlake water utility seeks 26 percent rate increase
Cal Water customers in Westlake neighborhood may see their water bill go up 26 percent next year
View ArticleThomas Elias: Message to PUC: Charge Edison for San Onofre
More consumerism from the California Public Utilities Commission — that was a fond hope of at least some of the voters who gave Jerry Brown a rare third term in the governor’s office.
View ArticleMeasure V
As the mayor of Stanton, I support both Ojai and Claremont’s actions to remove Golden State Water Co. as their water provider.
View ArticleGolden State Water
I am a resident of North Tustin, a member of The Foothill Communities Association. As is Ojai, we are working toward the day when Golden State Water Co. is no longer a part of our community.
View ArticleEditorial: Overloaded poles are no match for Santa Ana winds
Hammered by powerful Santa Ana winds in October 2007, three wooden power-line poles fell to the ground in the Santa Monica Mountains, triggering a destructive wildfire.
View ArticleMoorpark to decide on zoning change for power plant
Moorpark City Manager Steve Kueny said that "a gas-fired power plant would not be a use permitted by either the zoning ordinance or the recorded development agreement and covenant."
View ArticleTelecommunications company withdraws application for Channel Islands projects
A company seeking to install telecommunications facilities on the Channel Islands has withdrawn its application to the California Public Utilities Commission.
View ArticleState PUC approves scaled-down version of Thousand Oaks electrical project
The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday rejected Southern California Edison's original Presidential Substation project, which included a new electrical substation and power lines in...
View ArticleResidents voice concerns about Edison's proposed power line
More than 50 residents attended the workshop at Santa Rosa Technology Magnet School in Camarillo, where representatives from the California Public Utilities Commission collected public comments.
View ArticleCalifornia braces for a massive increase in oil-by-rail imports
For decades, the fuel that powers the state's 32.3 million vehicles has come from one of two sources — via tanker and in-state production. That equation is changing dramatically as more oil is...
View ArticleThomas Elias: Dancing past utility ratepayers
Kabuki Dance: An activity carried out in real life in a predictable or stylized fashion; refers to an event that is designed to create the appearance of conflict or of an uncertain outcome, when in...
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