Lege TREND. Cost Recovery for Blackouts

Where: California

What: SB 378 (2019 | CA)

How does SB 378 allow for cost recovery for stakeholders?

• require the California Public Utilities Commission to create a cost recovery process
• allow for the recovery of lost costs associated with planned blackouts
• mandate greater risk assessment
• require more utilities to report the consequences that resulted from planned power outages 

What are people saying in support?

• The Governor:“Californians should not pay the price for decades of PG&E’s greed and neglect
• The bill author: “we can’t let PG&E normalize these blackouts.”

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