The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) this week filed its 2023 General Rate Case, proposing $7.4 billion in new investments for grid safety, resiliency, new technology, and innovations, as well as gas and electric system […]
Amid a prolonged drought in the West, the reservoir created by the Hoover Dam sunk to its lowest level ever last month — and that’s raising concerns about reduced output from the dam’s hydroelectric plant, […]
Two inexorable energy trends are underway in California: soaring electricity prices and ever-worsening reliability – and both trends bode ill for the state’s low- and middle-income consumers. Last week, the state’s grid operator, the California Independent System […]
Heat waves in Texas and California are threatening to push electrical grids to the brink, prompting the specter of blackouts yet again in the two most populous U.S. states. Texas officials are asking customers to […]
US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said May 28 the nation needs more comprehensive cybersecurity standards for oil and gas pipelines and infrastructure in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack earlier this month. Speaking […]
WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl, and California Governor Gavin Newsom today announced an agreement to advance areas for offshore […]
New York — A western US power industry consortium is creating a commercial green hydrogen cluster at scale with a goal of achieving green hydrogen procurement at $1.50/kg in the Los Angeles Basin by 2030, the […]
First they struck California, then Texas. Now blackouts are threatening the entire U.S. West as nearly a dozen states head into summer with too little electricity. From New Mexico to Washington, power grids are being […]
Californians pay for some of the most expensive electricity in the United States. They also live in one of the greenest states, at least from an energy perspective. California is only going to get greener. […]
In February, California State Auditor Elaine Howle released a scathing report that scorched the California Air Resources Board for failing to demonstrate that its costly programs reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create jobs or have socioeconomic […]
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