The utility company said two years ago it would bury 10,000 line miles to prevent wildfires, but regulators now balk at proposed rate increases to pay for the work.
The state announced it would purchase uncontracted energy to sell to utilities to propel the market, as key developer Equinor launches the first undersea robotic analysis and design of its deepwater project site off Morro Bay.
The agency that operates the plant is preparing to undertake $8 million in repairs, in addition to previously planned projects estimated to cost hundreds of millions more.
Trump administration waiver of environmental rules in pushing wall construction damaged federal lands, disrupted natural water flow and wildlife migration and destroyed sacred tribal areas, U.S. Government Accountability Office audit claims.