Energy

Brown: Klamath dam removal deal about “correcting mistakes”

KLAMATH – California, Oregon, the federal government and local interests have finally agreed to remove four dams along the Klamath River, Gov. Jerry Brown and other officials announced on Wednesday. The dams have been around for a little less than

CalPERS has faith in imperiled energy status quo

Chris Reed March 28, 2016

Is the California Public Employees’ Retirement System about to make another big mistake with a mistimed investment strategy, this time in the industrial solar sector? Beginning 13 years ago, CalPERS invested heavily in real estate at the height of the

Utilities Commission sides with Edison over family killed by downed power line

Chris Reed February 19, 2016

The California Public Utilities Commission has had an extremely rough two years. Its former longtime director, Michael Peevey, is facing criminal changes for his actions in arranging for ratepayers to pay 70 percent of the $4.7 billion cost of shuttering

Brown unveils governors’ energy accord

Matt Fleming February 16, 2016

Gov. Jerry Brown announced on Tuesday that California joined a bipartisan, multi-state coalition promoting energy efficiency. Brown has long pursued environmental policies — like an executive order last year to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or entering a global pact to curb the

$Environmentalists use Porter Ranch disaster to target CA fracking$

Environmentalists use Porter Ranch disaster to target CA fracking

Chris Reed February 1, 2016

The California Public Utilities Commission is considering closing the massive 3,600-acre natural gas storage location in the Porter Ranch area of Los Angeles County, anxious that the Southern California Gas Co. has been unable to stop massive leaks of methane from the

Gas leak ruling provides secrecy and legal defense to SoCal Gas

Tori Richards January 26, 2016

Government officials have ordered the Southern California Gas Co. to shut down its leaky Aliso Canyon well, yet the ruling is far from a victory for the thousands of sickened Porter Ranch residents, an attorney charges. On Saturday, Jan. 23, the

Diablo Canyon’s fate: Greens suspect PG&E con game

Chris Reed January 13, 2016

One down, one to go. That’s the mind-set of nuclear power opponents who rejoiced over the 2012 closure of the malfunctioning San Onofre nuclear plant in northern San Diego County and are now setting their sights on Pacific Gas &

Dealing with the Porter Ranch gas leak aftermath

Joel Fox January 12, 2016

In front a background of a steady stream of work vehicles ascending the Santa Susana Mountains to the Porter Ranch Aliso Canyon methane gas storage facility, several state senators laid out plans for dealing with the leak’s aftermath once the

CA solar plans snarled by controversy

James Poulos December 4, 2015

In the California desert and in solar-paneled neighborhoods around the state, a new conflict over alternative energy has broken out. Pitting lawmakers, regulators, customers and the solar power industry against one another, the dispute centered around how much solar users ought

Hundreds of Californians seek custom oil and gas maps following governor’s request

John November 19, 2015

Hundreds of Californians have requested free custom research of their property from state regulators, following the governor’s request for a personal evaluation of oil, gas and mining interests on his Northern California ranch. Earlier this month, the Associated Press first