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Tag: hydroelectric power generation

California’s ‘New Normal:’ PG&E Power Shut Offs on Windy Days

October 12, 2021   8:32 amApril 3, 2022   7:58 am
Thousands of Californians were without power Monday due to high winds, according to a PG&E alert. PG&E’s alert says: “A Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) occurs in response to severe weather to help prevent a wildfire. A severe weather system...
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California’s Perfect Storm: Hot Weather, Low Reservoirs, Diminished Hydro Power, Unreliable Renewable Energy

July 22, 2021   2:15 amJuly 22, 2021   8:12 am
Last week, Californians learned that Pacific Gas and Electric told state utility regulators that a damaged fuse box from a one of their power lines could be responsible for starting the large Dixie Fire currently burning in the Sierra Nevada...
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The Opportunity Cost of Shutting Down Diablo Canyon

July 27, 2019   6:26 amJuly 30, 2019   10:09 am
The flawed policies and phony accounting that are used to present renewables as competitive need to be replaced by honest analysis.   For nearly 35 years, Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant has pumped just over 2.0 gigawatts of electricity onto...
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Dam Sexism and Racism

February 8, 2019   3:09 pmFebruary 20, 2019   5:55 pm
Officials of the Oroville Dam, the Sacramento Bee reports, “stole equipment, cooked financial books to conceal wrongdoing, destroyed evidence and fostered a toxic culture of sexual and racial harassment that included slurs and nooses hung where a black worker would...
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