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San Francisco Cruise Robotaxi Folds Following $10 Billion In Losses

December 11, 2024 2:45 amDecember 11, 2024 2:46 am

General Motors, the parent company of the San Francisco-based robotaxi firm Cruise, announced on Tuesday that Cruise would be folding following $10 billion in losses and a disastrous rollout attempt in San Francisco over the last few years. In 2022...

CPUC Vote On Discounted Phones and Plans For Illegal Immigrants Proposal Looms

September 13, 2024 2:45 amSeptember 13, 2024 2:46 am

Less than a week after Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 1840, which would have allowed illegal immigrants to borrow public taxpayer money for a down payment on a home purchase, another illegal immigrant subsidy is up for a possible...

Kamala Harris and the California Public Utilities Commission

August 6, 2024 10:36 amAugust 6, 2024 10:36 am

With the likely ascendance of Kamala Harris to the top of the Democratic Party’s ticket this November we will see increased scrutiny of her past record. As we should. We’ve already seen some great work on that, including an article...

Friends of Earth Sues DOE Over $1.1 Billion Diablo Canyon Plant Extension Funding

April 4, 2024 2:30 amApril 4, 2024 2:31 am

The environmental group Friends of Earth sued the United States Department of Energy on Wednesday over the $1.1 billion the Department gave the state to keep the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant open until at least 2030, citing that they...

CPUC Announces Expansion of Paid Robotaxis in Bay Area & LA

March 2, 2024 6:42 amMarch 2, 2024 6:43 am

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) announced on Friday that Waymo, a Google-backed self-driving car service, would be able to expand their paid car service from just San Francisco into several other cities on the Peninsula, highways in San Francisco,...

SoCal Edison to Pay $80 Million In Settlement Over 2017 Thomas Wildfire

February 28, 2024 2:33 amFebruary 28, 2024 6:32 am

The United States Attorney’s Office of the Central District of California announced this week that the electric utility company Southern California Edison (SoCal Edison) has agreed to pay $80 million to resolve a lawsuit on behalf of the U.S. Forest...

Is the Regulatory Compact Underpinning California’s Electric Grid At Risk?

February 15, 2024 2:35 amFebruary 15, 2024 2:36 am

The U.S. National Academy of Engineering has named construction of the vast U.S. electric power grid the 20th century’s most important achievement. From huge hydroelectric projects and massive generation facilities capable of powering large cities, to transmission lines climbing over...