California Energy Commission Begins Certifying $1 Billion Energy Storage Facility in Kern County

July 14, 2022 4:48 pm

California Energy Commission (CEC) officials announced on Wednesday that they will begin to certify an energy storage facility development in Kern County that would help California continue to transition more into renewable energy use and severely reduce greenhouse gases. According...

California’s Green Energy Mania Prices Electricity Like a Luxury Good

March 5, 2022 2:22 amApril 3, 2022 4:27 pm

California is failing at the government basics. Public safety, homelessness, roads, and water storage are all in shambles. But as long as that shameful list is, it’s about to get longer. With summer around the corner, when demand is at...

PG&E Selling San Francisco Headquarters For A Reported $800 Million

May 24, 2021 12:04 pm

On Friday, financially beleaguered utility company Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) announced in a statement that they will be selling their San Francisco Headquarters for $800 million. PG&E, upon approval from the state, will move from the PG&E complex at...

Bill that Cracks Down on Planned Utility Blackouts Passes Senate Committee

January 16, 2020 4:11 pmJanuary 17, 2020 4:15 pm

The third time was the charm for the twice defeated planned blackout bill SB 378 as it passed the Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee after rejections in March and September of 2019. $250,000 per hour fines Under SB 378, ...

Hundreds of Thousands PG&E Customers In Northern California Are Without Power Yet Again

November 20, 2019 4:52 pm

Less than 72 hours after an intense public grilling by the California Senate over the widespread planned power outages and general mismanagement by PG&E across Northern California, the utility company is yet again intentionally shutting off the lights. The latest...

CA Governor Grandstanding On PG&E Takeover Threat

November 15, 2019 2:19 pmNovember 18, 2019 6:20 am

AB 1054 was about saving the utility investors and stopping downgrades, but not stopping fires. The California mega-utility Pacific Gas & Electric filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy reorganization January 29, 2019. So it’s curious how Governor Gavin Newsom continues...

PG&E To Become A Public Utility Under Proposed Legislation

November 12, 2019 3:21 pm

Under a newly planned bill being written by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), PG&E would become a public utility through the state of California. PG&E has faced public scrutiny for years, but recently in the past year, numerous events have...