Air Regulators Pitch Heavy Use of Carbon Capture to Slash Emissions by 2045
The California Air Resources Board’s draft update of its plan to cut greenhouse gases in the state would allow a...
Read moreElizabeth McCarthy is Managing Editor and publisher. She co-founded California Current in 2002 after covering energy and water since the early 1990s. She’s reported on a wide variety of topics—from environment to dance—for various publications and organizations near and far. That includes Canary Media, the World Health Organization, Agence France Presse, Harvard University’s Nieman Reports, Oakland Magazine, New Scientist, Sacramento Business Journal and Sacramento News & Review. She was BNA’s Irish correspondent, covering myriad issues—from wave energy to European Union directives. She also worked in Nippon Telegraph & Telephone’s International Legal Office in Tokyo, Japan.
The California Air Resources Board’s draft update of its plan to cut greenhouse gases in the state would allow a...
Read moreUpdated May 11 After months of delay, a regulatory proposal released May 9 reopens the record on the controversial proceeding...
Read moreThe U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management finalized its environmental review of a potential 1.6 GW of floating wind turbines...
Read moreThe parent corporation of San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Gas May 5 reported lower quarterly earnings of...
Read moreOnce the largest battery grid storage project, Southern California Edison’s 8 megawatt, 32 MW-hour pilot located at its large Tehachapi...
Read moreRumblings about extending the life of Pacific Gas & Electric’s aging Diablo Nuclear Power Plant past the date its federal...
Read moreEdison International’s first quarter earnings fell to $84 million, or $0.22 per share, compared to net income of $259 million,...
Read morePacific Gas & Electric’s parent corporation reported considerably higher earnings for the first quarter of this year of $475 million,...
Read moreLegislation driving clean energy, lowering utility bills, and better informing citizens of projects and carbon emissions cleared the Senate energy...
Read moreFederal, state, and local officials, utility and labor representatives and carmakers have agreed to work together to commercialize bidirectional electric...
Read moreThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved 4-1 a proposed rulemaking that would give California and other states a larger role...
Read moreThe Assembly Utilities & Energy Committee on April 20 passed legislation to expand private utilities’ access to ratepayer-backed bonds and...
Read morePacific Gas & Electric brought 182.5 megawatts of four-hour battery storage online, it announced April 18. That brings its total...
Read moreThe state Senate energy committee has approved legislation to accelerate the undergrounding of overhead power lines to reduce fire and...
Read moreCalifornia hit a new renewable energy peak of nearly 98%. This new record of nonfossil resources flowing into the grid...
Read moreSales of electric cars and other light-duty vehicles hit 16% of the market share by the end of the first...
Read moreA 50% increase in natural gas costs drove up the grid operator’s day-ahead market prices in the fourth quarter of...
Read morePacific Gas & Electric reached two settlements for a combined $55.25 million with the District Attorneys of the five counties...
Read moreState utility regulators approved $40 million in additional incentives for home and small business electric heat pump water heater installations....
Read moreThe Assembly energy committee backed legislation to require that installers of large solar rooftop panels be paid prevailing wages. Lawmakers...
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