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The Great ‘Zero-Carbon Renewables’ Deception

July 21, 2025 11:13 amJuly 21, 2025 11:23 am

Simple narratives are employed to seduce a populace, and none is more seductive today than the promise of “carbon-free” energy. In California, a state often touted as a green pioneer, Gov. Gavin Newsom celebrated an “achievement” whose announcement was free...

Report from CPUC Public Advocate Finds CA Residential Electricity Prices More than 2X the National Average

October 27, 2023 11:36 amOctober 27, 2023 2:05 pm

We don’t hear much about California’s “decarbonization work,” the state’s and California Public Utility Commission’s flawed scheme to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But we see the painful results in our monthly electricity bills. The Public Advocates Office at the California...

Can California Keep the Lights on this Summer While Demanding More Electric Cars?

June 7, 2023 2:45 amJune 7, 2023 2:46 am

As we enter the warm summer season in California, people across the state recall both fond and negative memories of recent years. Natural disasters have recurrently reared their ugly head as witnessed during the disaterly wildfires, rotating power shut offs...

‘Lithium Valley’ California Will Help Increase Domestic Mining But Not Green Energy

February 23, 2022 1:41 pmApril 3, 2022 4:18 pm

President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his plans to increase domestic mining, saying U.S. tech industries are too dependent on China for cobalt, lithium and other critical rare earth minerals, the Washington Times reported. California Gov. Gavin Newsom joined President...

‘We’re Coming to a Point of Reckoning’ With CA Utility Bills Skyrocketing

March 8, 2021 11:33 amMarch 9, 2021 6:39 am

Last week the Globe met with energy expert Jesus Arredondo and discussed the recent California Public Utilities Commission meeting that centered around themes and concepts raised in the CPUC White Paper, Utility Costs and Affordability of the Grid of the Future...

EXCLUSIVE: Millions of Californians’ Unpaid Utility Bills Total $1.25 Billion Due to Lockdown

March 3, 2021 12:41 pmMarch 3, 2021 1:07 pm

While 3.3 million Californians have unpaid utility bills totaling $1.25 billion due to “COVID pandemic impacts,” the California Public Utilities Commission at a meeting last week discussed their recent white paper exposing that since 2013, private utility bills have exceeded...