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Power Vacuum: California Wants to Suck Your EV

August 12, 2023 8:32 amAugust 14, 2023 4:49 pm

A literal power vacuum – that’s what California Senate Bill 233 proposes. And what is to be sucked? Your electric car. Authored by Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), the bill – which has passed the Senate and is now wending its...

With Planned Power Outages This Summer, Is California Experimenting in ‘Green New Deal’

May 21, 2019 2:05 amMay 22, 2019 6:03 am

Following the devastating California wildfires of 2018, Pacific Gas and Electric recently announced it will cut power this summer to electricity customers on high-wind days to avoid future wildfires. While PG&E’s transmission lines ignited fires, others say many years with...