Pipelines
PG&E Seeks 30% Rate Hike
Pacific Gas & Electric, which charges some of the nation’s highest rates for electricity and gas, is seeking to raise those rates 30%.
Much of the increase would be for $7.4 billion in new investments the company proposes in its 2023-26 general rate case, filed with […]
Calls to Do Away with Subsidies for Natural Gas Hook Ups
Eliminating subsidies for natural gas pipeline connections to new homes in California is critical to slashing greenhouse gas emissions, advocates say.
“We have to stop digging the hole deeper,” Panama Bartholomy, Building Decarbonization Coalition executive director, told the California Energy Commission during its June 22 Building Decarbonization workshop. The
FERC Warns of Tight So Cal Gas Supplies, and Risks of Extreme Heat and Fires
It’s not just California regulators who are worried about the supply of electricity in the state and the West this summer. Federal regulators also are watching resource reliability and potential peak demand. In addition to drought and high wildfire risk, Southern California faces the additional problem of tight gas supplies, according to […]
Green Hydrogen Alliance Growing in Los Angeles
A coalition promoting the development of a hydrogen industry based on renewable resources in California grew significantly with the addition of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power this week. Green hydrogen also gets a big boost in the Governor’s revised budget announced May 14, assuming it gets approved by the […]
FERC First: Greenhouse Gas Impacts of a Gas Pipeline Evaluated
Federal energy regulators took the unprecedented step of requiring an analysis of the greenhouse gas impacts of a gas pipeline certification. They also voted to remove market barriers to distributed energy resources during their March 18 meeting.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chair Rich Glick said the vote to consider […]
Will Controversial Aliso Canyon Gas Field Get a New Lease on Life?
Despite the state’s legal commitment to decarbonize the energy sector, staff at the California Public Utilities Commission have concluded the large Aliso Canyon natural gas storage field in Los Angeles needs to remain open. There has been a forceful effort to close the field since a months-long eruption of methane gas from […]