More than 20,000 San Francisco households and businesses remain without power following a massive PG&E outage that brought a portion of the city to a halt.

Legislation would undo administration changes to the Rural Energy for America Program.

The California Public Utilities Commission’s hearings over proposed electricity rate hikes came to Fresno Friday afternoon, drawing a split crowd of Central Valley residents and industry groups that clashed over whether the increased rates are appropriate. The public hearing comes after the Pacific Gas & Electric Company submitted a request earlier this year to California’s regulatory commission for private utilities companies, asking commissioners to approve annual rate hikes over a four-year period from 2027 to 2030.

California is paving the way for the creation of an independent regional organization to oversee Western energy markets. It can learn from mistakes made in other regions.