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...The costs centre on PacifiCorp, a utility that serves six western states including Oregon and California....
...In a 2022 podcast, its energy and climate director Michael Terrell said the company had engaged regulators at local public utilities commissions, showing up to the scantily-attended meetings where crucial...
...In addition to the DoJ and SEC investigations, the incident prompted probes by the California DMV, the California Public Utilities Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration....
...Cruise and its rival Alphabet-owned Waymo were granted permission by the California Public Utilities Commission in August to run driverless taxi services throughout the city....
...The GM unit scored an important breakthrough in early August when California’s public utilities commission granted it and Waymo, Alphabet’s autonomous car company, the right to run full-scale driverless...
...The California Public Utilities Commission gave the green light to full commercial robotaxi services in the city despite objections from San Francisco officials who claimed the vehicles have not been proven...
...Its PacifiCorp electric utility, which has operations in Oregon and California, paid $631mn in settlements over wildfires last year....
...However, yesterday’s decision by the California Public Utilities Commission will allow these services to charge passengers for rides without restrictions....
...A vote by the California Public Utilities Commission this week means General Motors’ Cruise and Alphabet’s Waymo can operate fleets of fare-charging robotaxis. Both hope to expand across the US....
...But the Securities and Exchanges Commission is backing away from Scope 3 rules. That might not matter since most big companies operate in California and thus must meet those Scope 3 standards....
...The American Public Gas Association, which represents municipal-owned utilities, said the bills “prevent the regulatory assaults on gas-cooking products that would significantly impact the direct use of...
...Someone hoping not to be yesterday’s man, and in with a decent chance of fulfilling this wish is Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi....
...The CMA’s new posture — which came just hours after a judge in California rejected the US Federal Trade Commission’s request to block the deal — was seen by some critics as a way to save face....
...Companies got the go-ahead from the state California Public Utilities Commission and the department of motor vehicles. Some city agencies are deeply unhappy about the situation....
...Robotaxis have gummed up the San Francisco’s fire department’s services 55 times in the past year, its chief Jeanine Nicholson told the California Public Utilities Commission....
...Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi et al (Seven Stories Press) The much-feted author of the graphic novel Persepolis leads a collection of vivid, “visually stunning” accounts of the current unrest gripping...
...After over 50 years in the public eye, Schwarzenegger still has a “global fan base that spans generations”, says Bela Bajaria, Netflix’s chief content officer....
...However, since participants in compliance markets tend to be utilities, energy producers and industrial groups, rather than brand-name companies, they have not come under intense public and media scrutiny...
...In August, the California Public Utilities Commission gave the green light to allow driverless taxis, otherwise known as autonomous vehicles or AVs, to carry passengers without restrictions in San Francisco...
...The point is to be a convening place that can contribute by offering “le gîte et le couvert” — “a place to eat and a place to sleep” — she added....
...Musk has previously said, in public appearances and in court documents, that a “handshake” deal had been reached with al-Rumayyan and the fund to stump up the money required to take Tesla off the public...
...a “handshake” agreement to take the company off the public markets....
...California’s public utility commission is expected in the coming weeks to announce new net metering rules that solar advocates fear could reduce incentives for rooftop solar....
...A number of actions by public health authorities will be needed to see the continent through the “next chapter” of the pandemic, she warned....
...Greg Ruiz, private equity head of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, will leave the fund to join investment firm Jasper Ridge Partners....
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