State Water Resources Control Board Unanimously Approves Extension of OTC Facilities
Members of the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) voted unanimously extended the deadlines for once through-cooled (OTC) compliance for ...
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More Public Power Safety Shutoffs are Coming in 2020
As reported over the last several days on GovReport, a statewide heatwave, fires in Northern and Southern California, and high ...
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Sacramento Municipal Utilities District Names Lau as New CEO and GM
Paul Lau, a 38-year SMUD veteran, has been named to succeed Arlen Orchard as the utility’s chief executive officer and ...
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Fish & Game Commission Pushes Joshua Tree Endangered Listing Decision to September
The California Fish & Game Commission voted on Thursday to continue the Western Joshua Tree issue to September, prolonging the ...
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Extreme heat, electricity shortages and fires threaten ‘perfect storm’ in California
As if things could not possibly worsen during the pandemic, millions of Californians have dealt with rolling blackouts amid a ...
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Energy and Wildfire Report – 6PM Update
8/19/2020 – Record Heat, Threat of Power Outages and Lightning Caused Wildfires – The past 72 hours have been among ...
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Assembly exempts solar farms from ‘split roll’ tax initiative
The Assembly has approved SB 364 (Mitchell) to exempt solar farms from Proposition 15, the "split-roll" initiative on the November ...
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California ISO appoints new president and CEO
Elliot Mainzer has been appointed the new president and CEO of the California Independent System Operator(ISO), the agency announced on ...
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PPIC Survey says Californians favor renewable sources, are not as likely to want to pay more for electricity
The Public Policy Institute of California’s released an environmental survey (PPIC Eviro Survey) that shows that Californians strongly support policies ...
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Utilities Pledge to Green Up
Southern California Edison (SCE) and the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District (SMUD) this week made big pledges to go “green up” ...
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CPUC Mandates Back-Up Power for Cell Towers by 2021
The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved to mandate that wireless providers have backup power for communications facilities in fire-prone ...
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Report: Clean Energy Jobs Impacted by COVID-19
According to a recent study by BW Research, more than a half-million clean energy jobs have been lost nationwide with ...
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California grid connected to nation’s largest battery storage
In June, the California Independent System Operator (ISO) connected to the nation's largest battery storage in the country, kicking off ...
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California Oil Producer Files for Chapter 11
The California Resources Corporation (CRC), one of the state's largest oil producers, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday. CRC, which ...
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Can Microgrids Rescue PSPS?
At a joint CEC and CPUC workshop last week, the agencies agreed that deploying microgrids as fast as possible could ...
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Commentary: Power-to-Gas Offers an Optimal Path for a Carbon-Free California
California is widely regarded for environmental leadership, especially around clean energy policy. The state has set an ambitious goal of ...
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Final Push with New Bill for Pumped Storage
With COVID-19 stalling most energy matters not related to PG&E, the NextEra backed effort to promote pumped storage in California ...
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Western EIM Governing Body elects John Prescott and Anita Decker as chair and vice chair
The Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) Governing Body this week elected John Prescott and Anita Decker to serve as its ...
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Governor signs legislation to create nonprofit takeover of PG&E if utility fails
Gov. Newsom on Tuesday signed SB350 by Senator Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) that authorizes the creation of a new non-profit ...
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Air Resources Board Approves Electric Truck Mandates
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) unanimously approved a first-in-the-nation regulation mandating truck manufacturers to increase their sale of electric ...
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