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The Failure of California Electricity Policy, Part 2

May 2, 2022 7:50 amMay 2, 2022 8:27 am

When “The Failure of California Electricity Policy In One Image” was published in early April, comments left by readers seemed to indicate they had overestimated California’s progress with clean energy. That might have been expected; my op-ed had explained why...

Bad Timing: California Denies 21 Fracking Permits in Kern County

July 10, 2021 9:38 amJuly 10, 2021 9:38 am

California’s Geologic Energy Management Division just denied 21 oil drilling permits in Kern County this week. “State Oil and Gas Supervisor Uduak-Joe Ntuk sent letters Thursday to Aera Energy denying permits to drill using hydraulic fracturing in two Kern County...

Enviro Expert: California’s ‘Clean Energy’ Policies Should Not Be Adopted by Federal Govt.

June 22, 2021 8:10 amJune 24, 2021 6:37 am

Coal. Oil and Gas. Solar. Wind. Nuclear. Biomass. Hydroelectric. These are all effective energy sources, but some are called “natural” and “clean,” while the others are called “dirty energy,” or “dangerous,” or just ignored. Hybrid cars. Battery-Electric cars. Hydrogen Fuel...

‘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...

California Energy Prices Continue to Rise Higher Than Other States

August 6, 2020 4:57 pmAugust 7, 2020 6:20 am

The Center for Jobs and the Economy at the California Business Roundtable reports that California gas and energy prices continued to rise higher in July than nearly all other states. “These outcomes mean that even as many households struggle under...

New Assembly Bill Could Save Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant

March 7, 2020 2:17 amMarch 9, 2020 7:51 am

Nuclear power may not end this decade if a new Assembly Bill is passed this session. The last nuclear plant in California Assembly Bill 2898, authored by Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham (R-Paso Robles), would add nuclear power to the California Renewables...