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High court hands FERC major victory in demand-response case
By Rod Kuckro and Ellen M. Gilmer, E&E reporters | Link to article Federal electricity regulators scored a huge win yesterday when the Supreme Court upheld a controversial rule aimed at...
View ArticleGUEST JUICE: State Regulators Must Level the Playing Field
By V. John White, California Current/cacurrent.com | Link to article The California Public Utilities Commission in 2013 and 2014 authorized Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric...
View ArticleAmid Price Plunge, North American Oil and Gas Workers Seek Transition to...
By Candice Bernd, Truthout.com | Link to article Lliam Hildebrand says he had a moment of clarity during an apprenticeship at a steel-fabricating shop in Victoria, Canada. He was learning the...
View ArticleIron and Earth
Iron and Earth from Iron and Earth on Vimeo. Iron and Earth is an oilsands worker led organization committed to catalyzing the renewable energy sector in Canada.
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Focus: California’s energy and water are in short supply
By Kurt Snibbe | OG Register Link to article California needs energy and water equally, and residents are being asked to cut back on both. The state is leading the nation in setting goals for...
View ArticleSalton Sea geothermal: Cheaper than solar farms?
Sammy Roth | The Desert Sun Link to article Building more geothermal power plants by the Salton Sea could eventually save Californians hundreds of millions of dollars per year, according to a new...
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The western US grid is fragmented. Stitching it together is a no-brainer.
David Roberts | Vox Media Inc. / Vox.com Link to article The US electricity sector is a bit of a mess. The deregulation that swept through it in the 1990s and early 2000s was brought to a screeching...
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Thorny issues challenge California’s commitment to renewable energy goals
Ralph Vartabedian | LA Times/L.A. Now Link to article Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom speaks to the audience during the Los Angeles Times Summit: Powering Forward at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica,...
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Energy initiative sparks desert duel
Carolyn Lochhead | San Francisco Chronicle Link to article Industry, scientists spar as Obama tries to fast-track Mojave wind and solar farms In its final months, the Obama administration is racing to...
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Utilities Commission Overhaul Moving In Last Days Of Session
Ben Bradford | Capital Public Radio Link to article cbcastro / Flickr The California Public Utilities Commission oversees electric utilities, and also telecommunications and transportation–although...
View ArticleLegislature acts — and we breathe easier
Bill Magavern | Capitol Weekly Link to article Millions of Californians suffered from smog and smoke this summer, but help is on the way. Defying the expectations of many observers and the fierce...
View ArticleClimate change law has reshaped California in 10 years
David R. Baker | SF Chronicle Link to article Just past noon on a broiling Central Valley day, the strain on California’s electrical grid is rising with the temperature. Inside the control room that...
View ArticleLeon Billings, Key Author of Laws on Clean Air, Water Dies
David R. Baker | New York Times Link to article WASHINGTON — Leon G. Billings, a former aide to Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie and a key author of the Clean Air Act and other landmark environmental laws, has...
View ArticleABC10 – The world reacts to Trump pulling of of the Paris Climate Agreement
ABC News interviewed Professor Ben Houlton, director of the John Muir Institute of the Environment at UC Davis, and V. John White, Executive Director of Center For Energy Efficiency And Renewable...
View ArticleCalifornia regulators weigh whether the state needs more power plants
Ivan Penn – Contact Reporter | Los Angeles Times Link to article California energy officials are, for the first time, rethinking plans to build expensive natural gas power plants in the face of an...
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Will California’s 100% renewables goal survive the political process?
Herman K. Trabish | Utility Dive Link to article With current clean energy goals in sight, liberal lawmakers are pushing the state to ratchet up its ambitions. But utility companies could prove a...
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Renewable energy no threat to electric grid, as Trump aides claim
By David Hochschild and David Olsen | San Francisco Chronicle Link to article In 1986, President Ronald Reagan famously removed solar panels from the White House roof, capping a misguided energy policy...
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As gas plants struggle, California seeks new flexible capacity strategies
By Herman K. Trabish | UtilityDIVE Link to article With up to 6 GW of gas plants at risk of closure, energy planners are scrambling for new compensation techniques and zero-carbon alternatives...
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Coal got knocked out in Calif. Now, gas is on the ropes
By Debra Kahn | E&E News Link to article A wave of regulatory reconsiderations of natural gas-fired power plants in California has renewables advocates cheering. The state’s grid operator is...
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California Legislature extends state’s cap-and-trade program in rare...
By Melanie Mason and Chris Megerian | LA Times Link to article California lawmakers voted Monday evening to extend the state’s premiere program on climate change, a victory for Gov. Jerry Brown that...
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