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In this July 23, 2019, file photo, Marybel Batjer, of the California Public Utilities Commission, speaks during a news conference as Gov. Gavin Newsom looks on in Sacramento, Calif. California's utility regulator is issuing a series of sanctions against Pacific Gas and Electric for what it calls 'failures in execution' during the largest planned power shut-off in state history to avoid wildfires. Batjer said Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, the utility needs to have a goal of restoring power within 12 hours instead of its current 48 hours, minimize the scale of future outages and better communicate with the public and local officials.

Regulator Criticizes PG&E Over Outages

She said the planned outage "created an unacceptable situation that should never be repeated."

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$10M in Tax Breaks for 3rd CA Electric Car Co.

NextEV is promising to create more than 900 research and development jobs in California by 2020 in exchange for the tax credits.

In this Feb. 26, 2015 file photo, a full-scale mock-up of a high-speed train is displayed at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. The board that oversees California’s massive high-speed rail project is meeting in Sacramento on Thursday afternoon, April 28, 2016, to consider a new $64 billion business plan. The updated plan calls for a station in Merced and the first stretch to go from the Central Valley to the San Jose area.

Revised High-Speed Rail Plan

The revised $64 billion plan calls for the first bullet train stretch to begin operating in 2025, three years later and 50 miles shorter than the original planned route.

CA Hands Out $70.5M in Job Tax Credits

The economic development board also rescinded $1 million in tax credits previously approved for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., after the company opted not to expand as previously planned.