- California Current

PG&E Reaping $1B From Feds to Keep Diablo Plant Online Faces Push Back

November 22, 2022

The U.S. Department of Energy conditionally awarded Pacific Gas & Electric $1.1 billion to extend the life of its 2.2 GW Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant on California's Central Coast beyond mid-decade. Environmentalists and a nuclear watchdog raised objections to the federal funding. Environment California...

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Utility $1B EV plan okayed, CAISO market to expand, Klamath dam removal cleared

Less onerous solar rooftop proposal released, Prop. 30 fails, 100M in CAISO daily energy costs

Ratepayers pay for higher returns, Sempra’s in the black, Edison’s in the red, PG&E customers may pay twice for Diablo malfunction

Microgrids, PG&E Seeks Cash, Electricity Prices Rise

Rising natural gas prices, offshore wind auction set, storage trial and tribulations

Green light for demand response, Aggregator pays more for renewables, Millionaire tax would fund EVs

West Coast clean energy pact reinvigorated, WA cap-and-trade coming, Plant closures delayed

California Public Utilities Commission

Another Wildfire Fine for SCE

CA Heads to a “Cal-Phobia”-Free Regional Day Ahead Market and Bigger Plans

Utility Regulators Pitch Cutting Big Fixed Fees on Small Solar Units

Voters Defeat Millionaire Tax Providing Billion$ for EVs and Fire Fighting

Uptick in Solar Roofs on Less Well to Do Dwellings

Daily Energy Costs $100M in September

Climate Crisis

Cap-and-Trade

Pacific Coast Leaders Reunite to Accelerate Clean Energy, Prioritize Equity

October 6, 2022

The heads of the three west coast states and British Columbia renewed and strengthened their vows made five years ago to reduce climate pollution and grow their economies. “The four of...