By Marc Lifsher | Los Angeles Times
After coping with the June shutdown of the San Onofre nuclear power plant near San Clemente, the fallout from a fatal 2010 explosion of a natural gas pipeline in the Bay Area and a batch of consumer protection issues, the state’s Public Utilities Commission faces more challenges in the year ahead.
And on the spot will be PUC President Michael R. Peevey, 75, who has served as California’s chief utility regulator under three governors. He will have been the longest-serving head of the agency by the time his term expires at the end of next year.
One of the thorniest issues on the 2014 agenda stems from this year’s shutdown and path to decommissioning of the San Onofre nuclear plant, operated by Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric Co. For the commission, it will raise big questions about who will pay the enormous costs involved — now and in the future.
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