Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, Tuesday, March 3, 2026

California State Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications · March 3, 2026

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Opening remarks and hearing purpose

Presentation

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Chair Allen (chair, Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications) opened the hearing as the committee's annual oversight of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), framing the session around affordability, reliability, resilience and the interplay with wildfire liability and SB 254.

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This California State Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications hearing in Sacramento reviewed CPUC oversight of investor-owned utilities, drivers of rising electric bills (notably wildfire-related costs), return-on-equity and rate-base issues, interconnection and load growth, and two localized matters (Keene water service and telecom carrier-of-last-resort safeguards).

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