July 16, 2026 CPUC Voting Meeting Results: Heat Protections Expanded and Major PG&E Decisions Delayed

The CPUC’s July 16 voting meeting delivered immediate consequences for utility customers while postponing three of the day’s largest PG&E matters.

• The CPUC lowered the extreme-heat threshold for suspending electric disconnections from 100 to 90 degrees, authorized SoCalGas to recover $54.4 million in storage-integrity costs and approved a $198.8 million transmission project that will more than double normal load-serving capability in part of the Northern San Joaquin Valley.
• The Commission also accepted a nine-month delay for 750 MW of PG&E-contracted solar paired with 450 MW of storage.

Still unresolved are:

• PG&E’s attempt to exclude approximately $2.6 billion in wildfire liabilities and state borrowing from its capital-structure calculation;
• Its request for additional short-term borrowing authority; and
• Its agreement to energize Google’s 250-MW San Jose data center.

All three of those items were held until August 13.

Below, CRI provides details on every significant energy item that carried, including any redlined changes and associated final stakes.