
CEC approves $3.48 million UC Riverside virtual-power-plant test on PG&E feeders
The four-year EPIC project will coordinate batteries, EV chargers and solar to test distribution-grid services in disadvantaged communities.
Yuba-Sutter
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The four-year EPIC project will coordinate batteries, EV chargers and solar to test distribution-grid services in disadvantaged communities.

The ad hoc committee will meet with two representatives from the water district, but the county disclosed no settlement terms or details about the lawsuit.

A BoxPower project at the Colusa Indian Community reservation would pair a flexible-interconnection controller with a 400-kilowatt/1.3-megawatt-hour battery and measure whether grid controls can support housing expansion without conventional upgrades.

The 4-0 action will fund 10 DC fast-charging ports and 22 Level 2 ports at LA Metro’s Division 10 and Division 18 facilities.

The 4-0 action replaces a 2005 agreement and its 2010 update, creating a formal channel for compliance information, complaint investigations and enforcement support without committing new funds.

The grant will support Level 2 charging ports on existing city light posts and public streets, but the state packet does not identify installation sites or a schedule.

At a legislative hearing, auditors said the county documented reviews of fewer than half of landfill air-quality reports and took 657 days to direct relocation assistance, compared with 22 days after the Aliso Canyon gas leak.

At the creative-economy committee’s first hearing, Mary Alabanza said AB 2319 created California’s first standalone post-production incentive but received a tenth of the funding sought by advocates.

PG&E, Southern California Edison and SDG&E must form a working group and file a joint application within 12 months under a decision approved in Rulemaking 21-06-017.

At an Assembly hearing, testimony put competing estimates on how eliminating or capping insurer recovery from utilities could shift wildfire costs between homeowners, utilities and ratepayers.

At an Oct. 27 Assembly hearing, the company urged changes to SB 53 that would address emergency controls, cyber-incident disclosures and independent testing. No committee vote was documented.

At a California legislative hearing, a PG&E executive said wildfire-related borrowing premiums are also projected to add $4.1 billion in interest over the life of bonds issued since 2017.

A Community Corrections Partnership report also lists 27 employment placements and hundreds of education and program milestones during fiscal year 2025-26, but does not establish program effectiveness.

The commission voted 5-0 to grant roughly two-thirds of SoCalGas’ $173.8 million request for 2019-23 Transmission Integrity Management Program expenses.

The District Attorney’s Office is seeking approval for a 67-month Axon Justice subscription, a budget shift funded by salary savings and a procurement waiver; the packet does not show final approval.

The company said three incidents were reported in July and a fourth was found later, but the hearing record does not identify affected systems or any resulting harm.

The package also raises the total Public Authority/Non-Profit Consortium rate to $20.58 an hour and shifts 3 cents from health benefits to non-health benefits.

An Oct. 27 agenda packet projects $6.06 million in FY 2026-27 revenue against $12.41 million in spending, while leaving the response to the gap unresolved.

The one-year, $1.855 million agreement generally provides one deputy in the city and shifts many lower-priority calls to automated or non-deputy handling.

The Oct. 27 public hearing will consider an appeal of a proposed truck yard, office and repair shop at 8220 Garden Highway; the agenda does not indicate the appeal’s outcome.

The State Personnel Board submitted the dispute over CCHCS registry staffing and personal-services contracts for a later decision after a Sept. 14 hearing.

Yuba City Unified’s Oct. 27 agenda lists a second reading of proposed policy revisions and separate action on Administrative Regulation 5127, but does not show the proposed changes or a final vote.

Councilmember Wade Kirchner said a break-in near the Yuba County airport caused extensive damage while thieves took only a few hundred dollars’ worth of copper, according to the council’s Oct. 20 meeting.

Lincoln Elementary students presented a cost-sharing idea and cited major funding figures at the Oct. 20 City Council meeting. The record shows an informal connection to Public Works, not an approved program or allocation.