Michelle Ma

The technology firm’s digital power unit is expanding into new markets and lifting revenue

Ben Allen and Jane Kim are running to be the state’s next insurance commissioner. Both promise change, but not along the same lines.

Canadian wildfire smoke that’s choking major US cities is disrupting everything from Major League Baseball games to rock concerts.

PG&E Corp. reported a 7.6-gigawatt increase in its data center pipeline during the second quarter as the artificial intelligence build-out gains momentum.

Edison International's Southern California utility is urging a Los Angeles judge not to find the company liable for property damages from a 2025 Los Angeles wildfire that destroyed more than 9,400 buildings.

Edison International CEO Pedro Pizarro told investors “no other viable alternatives have appeared” to explain what caused a massive wildfire in the Los Angeles area last year other than equipment owned by the company’s Southern California utility.

Southern California Edison equipment sparked a January 2025 wildfire that killed 19 people in the Los Angeles area, fire officials said.

The artificial intelligence boom has inspired one of the largest infrastructure build-outs seen in decades: Tech firms are investing billions into constructing the data centers powering AI. This has meant massive new demands on water supplies. Data centers need water to cool their hot servers and also consume it indirectly through the water required to generate the electricity they use. That indirect water footprint is typically orders of magnitude higher.

Blazes in Washington and Oregon have led to a deterioration in air quality

Insurance companies lost a bid to hold Edison International’s Southern California utility liable for a massive Los Angeles-area wildfire without a trial.