by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe The state has wasted enough water to meet the needs of 80 million people for a year AccuWeather reports a snow survey in California revealed that the state only received about 50% of its average precipitation during [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe What happens to the electricity grid and tiered pricing when Gov. Newsom’s mandate of all-electric cars becomes reality by 2035? Last week the Globe met with energy expert Jesus Arredondo and discussed the recent California Public Utilities [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor As Appearing in the California Globe Every billion in spending translates into a 7% rate increase to the ratepayer’ While 3.3 million Californians have unpaid utility bills totaling $1.25 billion due to “COVID pandemic impacts,” the California Public Utilities Commission at a meeting [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe Bill appears to be a giant work project to convert the state’s infrastructure to reflective surfaces Climate change is back on the docket as the California Legislature gets underway in 2021. But buyer beware: one proposed bill would mandate California students are taught about climate change [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe Lawsuit says California utility customers forced to bail out utilities for wildfires utilities caused After the Public Utilities Commission denied three Investor Owned Utilities in California – Pacific Gas and Electric, San Diego Gas and Electric, and Southern California Edison – the cost of wildfire repayments [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe Elon Musk’s friends and associates say he’s told them he’s moving It was only in May when Tesla CEO Elon Musk threatened to move both the company headquarters and production facilities to Texas or Nevada if they were not allowed to reopen as soon as possible, [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe None of the nine Bay Area counties are included Pacific Gas & Electric Co. announced Thursday that “Public Safety Power Shutoffs” would take place Sunday and Monday in northern California and Sierra foothills. However, not one of the nine Bay Area counties are included, MSN reported, [...]
by Jessica R. Towhey InsideSources.com Have the California wildfires of 2020 “set a record,” as state officials report? Only if you don’t look back too far. What some are calling “unfathomable” today was commonplace in California’s past — and helps explain why America’s West Coast has a forestry management problem. On Sunday, the California Department [...]
Tom Tanton, E&E Legal's Director of Science and Technology Assessment As Appearing on IER's Podcast E&E Legal's Tom Tanton joins the Institute for Energy Research's (IER's) podcast to discuss his recent electrification report published by E&E Legal. According to the show summary, "Tom Tanton, Director of Science and Technology Assessment for The Energy & Environment [...]
by Katy Grimes As Appearing in the California Globe Could it instead be the dismal California economy and failing state that is causing the Steyers to move? “Billionaire environmental activist and former presidential candidate Tom Steyer is selling a couple of homes in his portfolio. Last month, he parted with a Lake Tahoe home for [...]
