Utility bankruptcy concerns rise as bill comes due for 2017 California fires

Utility Dive: California's state motto is "Eureka!" But its energy sector's motto is quickly becoming "Somebody do something!"

The state's grid operator is slowly learning to cope with levels of renewable generation that require unprecedented system flexibility; regulators are studying an onslaught of customer choice nobody has written rules for; and now, California's investor-owned utilities (IOUs) face liability for the state's 2017 wildfires that could bankrupt them.

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