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Solar power no help during CA’s late peak winter hours

Solar power is popular nowadays as a “renewable,” non-polluting energy source. It helps California comply with AB32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which mandates a 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gases in the state by 2020. “Even

Will Warren Buffett’s hydro prevent CA electricity crisis? — Part 2

Wayne Lusvardi November 11, 2013

This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Part 1 is here. In Part 1 of this series, I reported on how California is launching a regional “energy imbalancing market” to reduce the spike in the price of electricity each

Will Warren Buffett’s hydro prevent CA electricity crisis? — Part 1

Wayne Lusvardi November 8, 2013

This is the first of two articles. Part 2 is here. California is trying to create what officially is called an “energy imbalance market” to cut off an emerging daily two-hour energy-pricing crisis. The crisis isn’t so much a technical

Enviro policies spike CA electricity prices 70 percent

Wayne Lusvardi September 5, 2013

Californians are starting to pay for the cost of the state's Draconian environmental laws. Wholesale electricity market prices spiked about 70 percent over last year. So reports the Independent System Operator that manages California’s electric transmission and distribution line grids. The reasons given

Calif. refuses to generate own electricity

Joseph Perkins August 3, 2012

Aug. 3, 2012 By Joseph Perkins George Santayana famously warned, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” So it is that, only a decade after the Great California Energy Crisis, during which wholesale electricity prices ran