California Public Utilities Commission

• Feb 18, 2026

  Alice ReynoldsDeparture · President

  President Alice Reynolds stepped down from the CPUC after Gov. Newsom designated a new president, joining the CAISO Board of Governors.

• Feb 18, 2026

  Christine HaradaAppointment · Commissioner

  Gov. Newsom appointed Christine Harada as CPUC Commissioner; she previously served as Undersecretary of the California Government Operations Agency and as a senior advisor in the Biden OMB.

• Feb 18, 2026

  John ReynoldsChair designation · President

  Gov. Newsom elevated Commissioner John Reynolds to CPUC President, citing affordability and wildfire spending oversight as top priorities.

Address

California State Building, 505 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102-3298

Phone

(415) 703-2782Fax (415) 703-1758

Website

cpuc.ca.gov ↗

Hearing calendars for this state are published on the official commission website.

• Updated May 1, 2025

  A.25-05-009 · Electric · Active

  PG&E 2027 General Rate Case

  PG&E seeks approximately $2.1 billion in additional annual revenue for 2027–2032 to fund electric and gas distribution infrastructure upgrades and clean energy programs.

• Updated Mar 1, 2025

  A.25-03-015 · Electric · Active

  PG&E Diablo Canyon Revenue Requirement

  Application for approval of the revenue requirement for continued operation of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant beyond 2025, covering unit relicensing and cost recovery through 2030.

Utility landscape

• Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) IOU

  Northern and central California, approximately 70,000 square miles serving ~16 million people

  Emerged from bankruptcy in 2020 and remains under heightened CPUC scrutiny via Safety and Enforcement Division oversight. 2023 General Rate Case decision authorized significant capital recovery; next GRC cycle (Test Year 2026) proceedings are active with contested wildfire mitigation and infrastructure hardening cost allocation.

• Southern California Edison (SCE) IOU

  Central, coastal, and Southern California excluding San Diego and Los Angeles city core; ~50,000 square miles

  Test Year 2025 General Rate Case resulted in substantial rate increases tied to grid hardening and wildfire mitigation capital; SCE faces ongoing scrutiny over PSPS event protocols and is navigating CPUC proceedings related to Eaton Fire liability exposure and cost recovery requests.

• San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) IOU

  San Diego County and southern Orange County; approximately 4,100 square miles

  Consistently among the highest residential electric rates in the nation; CPUC is actively scrutinizing SDG&E's fixed charge implementation under AB 205 income-graduated rate structure. Test Year 2026 GRC filing under review with contested distribution infrastructure and wildfire hardening costs.

• Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) IOU

  Largest natural gas distribution utility in the U.S. by customer count; serves most of Southern California and portions of Central California

  Faces significant regulatory pressure under California's building electrification and decarbonization mandates; CPUC proceedings ongoing regarding prudency of continued gas infrastructure investment and cost recovery in light of declining long-run demand projections. Active litigation over Aliso Canyon storage facility operational constraints.

• Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) muni

  City of Los Angeles; largest municipal utility in the U.S. serving approximately 1.5 million electric customers

  Not subject to CPUC jurisdiction for retail rates but faces state oversight on RPS compliance and faces intense scrutiny from the LA City Council and ratepayer advocate following Eaton and Palisades fire investigations in early 2025. Major IRP update underway targeting accelerated coal exit and renewable procurement.

• Bear Valley Electric Service IOU

  Big Bear Valley area of San Bernardino County; approximately 59,000 customers in a high-altitude, high-wildfire-risk service territory

  Small IOU under CPUC jurisdiction with elevated per-customer infrastructure costs; rate case proceedings reflect disproportionate wildfire hardening burden relative to customer base. CPUC has examined consolidation or acquisition options given operational scale constraints.

Key issues

• AB 205 Fixed Charge Rate Structure Implementation: CPUC is finalizing rules requiring PG&E, SCE, and SDG&E to restructure residential electric rates with income-graduated fixed charges and reduced volumetric rates; implementation has been delayed past original 2024 statutory deadline and faces utility compliance disputes and low-income advocacy group intervention over tier design.
• Wildfire Liability Cost Recovery and Inverse Condemnation Reform: Following the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires (Eaton and Palisades fires), CPUC is under legislative and political pressure to revisit cost recovery mechanisms for utility-ignited wildfire liabilities, including potential modifications to the Wildfire Fund established under AB 1054 and prudency review standards for SCE.
• Gas Infrastructure Stranded Cost and Decarbonization Transition: CPUC's Integrated Resource Planning and gas distribution rulemaking proceedings are grappling with how to allocate potential stranded asset costs as the state accelerates building electrification mandates; SoCalGas and SDG&E have filed testimony opposing accelerated depreciation schedules proposed by CPUC staff and environmental intervenors.
• Distribution Grid Modernization and DERMS Integration: Active CPUC rulemaking (R.21-06-017 successor proceedings) addressing distribution planning, non-wires alternatives procurement, and utility deployment of Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems; contested cost allocation between transmission and distribution ratepayers and between bundled and departing load customers.
• Community Choice Aggregation Load Migration and IOU Cost Allocation: Continued expansion of CCAs statewide is intensifying disputes over Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA) methodology, with IOUs seeking higher exit fees and CCA advocates challenging the cost allocation formula in active CPUC proceedings; affects rate competitiveness across all three major electric IOUs.

Upcoming

• 2026-09-15

  Estimated deadline for CPUC Assigned Commissioner Ruling on PG&E Test Year 2026 General Rate Case evidentiary hearing schedule; parties including TURN, ORA, and CPUC Safety and Enforcement Division are expected to submit updated joint comparison exhibits following summer 2026 settlement conference proceedings.

• 2026-10-01

  Estimated effective date for revised PCIA methodology decision anticipated from CPUC Rulemaking R.23-XX (CCA exit fee proceeding); final decision has been telegraphed by Assigned Commissioner for Q4 2026 following April 2026 evidentiary hearings. Critical for CCA operational budgets and IOU revenue requirement stability.

• 2026-11-19

  Estimated CPUC voting meeting at which SDG&E Test Year 2026 General Rate Case proposed decision is anticipated to appear on the agenda for adoption; proceeding involves contested wildfire mitigation capital, fixed cost recovery, and gas-electric integration investments totaling several billion dollars over the rate cycle.

• 2027-01-31

  Estimated statutory compliance deadline for all three large electric IOUs to demonstrate full operational deployment of income-graduated fixed charge rate structures under AB 205; CPUC compliance filings and potential enforcement actions against any non-compliant utility are anticipated in early 2027 if implementation milestones are not met.