California Energy Commission – Page 3

Ringside: One Way to Avoid Gasoline Lines in 2026

July 18, 2025 2:38 amJuly 19, 2025 7:34 am

It’s well known by now that California’s refinery capacity is stretched to the limit. The state’s total crude oil consumption last year was 1.40 million barrels per day, with daily refinery capacity at 1.62 million barrels per day. When accounting for downtime...

Misleading: Gov. Newsom Claims CA is 67% Clean Energy Despite State Agencies Reporting Otherwise

July 14, 2025 4:11 pmJuly 14, 2025 4:11 pm

According to new data released on Monday by the California Energy Commission (CEC), 67% of the state’s total energy now comes from clean sources, with hydro and nuclear energy both playing a larger than anticipated role in keeping that figure...

Ringside: California’s Indispensable Heavy Oil

June 5, 2025 3:10 amJune 5, 2025 3:11 am

The moral argument for resuming oil drilling in California is simple: the state still relies on petroleum for fifty percent of its annual energy inputs, and until we can overcome that reliance, we should be producing it here, where it’s subject...

Senate Confirms Nancy Skinner to California Energy Commission Despite Legislative Record Creating High Energy Costs

May 29, 2025 5:55 pmMay 29, 2025 9:33 pm

“California’s Legislative Swamp Selects Senate Swamp Dweller for California Energy Commission” is the title I really wanted. Here’s why: Former State Senator Nancy Skinner, a Democrat from Berkeley (redundant, right?), was just confirmed by the Senate for an appointment to...

Ringside: How to Save California’s Oil and Gas Industry

May 23, 2025 3:00 amMay 23, 2025 3:01 am

For anyone unconcerned about the state’s ongoing war against the oil and gas industry, or the impact it is going to have on California’s economic health and overall cost-of-living, a study released on May 5 should be required reading. With strong arguments and...

After Battering Oil/Gas Industry, Gavin Newsom Wants California Oil Refineries to Stay Open

April 26, 2025 2:55 amApril 28, 2025 6:22 am

In 1988, the state of California only imported about 4.5% of all the oil that we consumed in our state. By 2020 we were importing over 70%. California Democrats’ war on the oil and gas industry is working, but not...

Valero Energy Announces Plans to Exit California, Incurs $1.1 Billion Charges to Refinery Operations

April 16, 2025 5:50 pmApril 16, 2025 5:51 pm

Citing low operating margins, increased operating costs and a growingly harsh regulatory environment, including a state mandated moratorium on the sale of internal combustion engine vehicles by 2035, and in the wake of an $85 million fine related to “egregious...