| Independently Powered Energy News
Global warming
FERC Backs Off Interim Gas Permit and Climate Pollution Policy Updates
Following intense backlash from natural gas and LNG companies and federal Republican lawmakers, federal energy regulators suspended recently adopted interim...
Vote to Add $40M in Heat Pump Water Heater Incentives Postponed
State utility regulators delayed voting on $40 million in additional subsidies to home and small business owners for electric heat...
Fiery Senate Hearing as Pipeline Regulators Begin to Address Climate
Russia’s war in Ukraine and its impact on energy supplies took center stage at a March 3 U.S. Senate Committee...
Communities Win Benzene Monitoring Near Aliso Canyon
The non-profit Center for Environmental Health announced Feb. 1 it reached a settlement with Southern California Gas that requires the...
JUICE: No Guarantees New Diesel Backup Will Sit Mostly Unused
California policy makers and regulators have voted again to allow more diesel backup installations. The number of diesel generators has...
Cities Challenge to IOUs’ Illicit Use of Carbon Credits Hits Roadblock
Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison face lawsuits from groups of cities alleging they diverted hundreds of millions...
Study Says State Would Save Money, Prevent Pollution if Diablo Canyon Stayed Open
Keeping the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant running 10 years past the expiration of its federal operating licenses would save...
Replacement of Dirty Oakland Peaker Delayed
The plan to swap out the polluting Oakland Energy Center with battery storage this coming January has been delayed because...
Oil Executives Face House Oversight Committee
House democrats brought the CEOs of four major oil companies before the Committee on Oversight and Reform Thursday for a...
CPUC prez steps down, 120 MW of new gas plants, New East Bay wind farm
The biggest news of the week is the announcement that the California Public Utilities Commission chief is leaving, five years...
SoCalGas Reaches Aliso Canyon Settlement
Southern California Gas has proposed a $1.8 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits filed by San Fernando Valley victims...
New Law Mandates Carbon Emission Reductions from Cement
California just took a major step toward addressing the powerful role of concrete in climate change. Governor Newsom has signed...
Redondo Beach Power Plant Set to Remain Online through 2023
The controversial Redondo Beach natural gas-fired power plant that has been slated for closure two times because it pulls in...
Offshore Wind Bill on Governor’s Desk, Other Clean Energy Bills Fizzle
This year’s legislature failed to pass a number of renewable and emission reduction bills, but it did pass one major...
SMUD on the Verge of Net Metering Breakthrough
The Sacramento Municipal Utilities District is expected to approve Sept. 16 a novel solution for crediting customer-owned solar, which solar...
CEC Waives Air Pollution Rules in a Rush for New Diesel and Natural Gas Power
Reversing years of clean power priorities, the California Energy Commission is waiving air quality protections and rushing permits for new...
Groundbreaking building code, Summer 2022 grid, Diablo decommissioning deal
Two days after dire climate warnings by the International Panel on Climate Change, the California Energy Commission adopts a long-awaited...
CEC Adopts 2022 Triennial Building Efficiency Code
The California Energy Commission unanimously approved a hard fought, cutting edge building energy efficiency code update Aug. 11, a key...
Saving Energy Continues to Be the Best Deal in Town
Saving a kilowatt has long been known to be the best kilowatt. Now an analysis by the Lawrence Berkeley National...
CEC Set to Adopt New Triennial Building Efficiency Code
After months of push me, pull you, the California Energy Commission is posed to adopt the latest update to the...