September 3, 2026 CPUC Voting Meeting Results: GRC Overhaul; Fire-Threat Maps; and IOU Financing

At its September 3 voting meeting, the CPUC launched its first comprehensive overhaul of the General Rate Case Plan since 2007 by opening a rulemaking that could reshape utility forecasting, attrition-year ratemaking, wildfire-cost review and the use of standalone applications.

The Commission also adopted decisions addressing:

• PG&E’s capital structure;
• The Avoided Cost Calculator;
• High-DER grid-modernization reporting;
• SCE’s fire-threat map;
• SDG&E’s borrowing authority;
• Oil-pipeline rates; and
• The Clean Miles Standard.

One major item remained unresolved. The CPUC again postponed Draft Resolution E-5455, which would approve PG&E's agreement to energize Google's 250-MW San Jose data center. This item is now scheduled for consideration at the Commission's September 17 meeting.