Why the Current Nuclear Showdown in California Should Matter to You Does the dream of nuclear power still ‘look bright’ as one enthusiastic investment advisor gushed less than a year ago, or is it the “the dream that failed,” as the Economist asserted as far back as March of 2012? Approaching 5 years this March … Continue reading Why the Current Nuclear Showdown in California Should Matter to You
CA lawmakers: PacifiCorp-CAISO regional market could hurt clean energy targets Bringing PacifiCorp’s operations into the California ISO could save up to $9.1 billion, but a half dozen lawmakers have told Gov. Brown they are worried about holding onto control of the state’s energy policies and direction. “The proposed regionalization must not undermine state sovereignty or … Continue reading CA lawmakers: #PacifiCorp – CAISO regional market could hurt clean energy targets
CAISO Plans Upgrades To Boost Renewable Energy Management With a continued goal of operating a cleaner energy grid, the California Independent System Operator Corp.’s (CAISO) board of governors has approved several proposals that CAISO says will support improved integration of energy storage and demand response resources in the wholesale electricity market. The board has also … Continue reading CAISO Plans Upgrades To Boost Renewable Energy Management
Use Market Pricing to Reduce California CO2 Emissions Nobody should be surprised that California’s cap-and-trade program is the most cost-effective strategy to reduce carbon emissions. What’s astonishing is that policy makers insist on pursuing other more expensive options. The existing mandate to GHG reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 is apparently on an achievable … Continue reading Use Market Pricing to Reduce California CO2 Emissions
It is now time to remove the nuclear fuel from San Onofre In the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future final report to the Secretary of Energy, it stated that the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act which tied the entire U.S. high-level waste management program to the ill-fated Yucca Mountain site in Nevada has … Continue reading It is now time to remove the nuclear fuel from #San_Onofre
SMUD cancels $1.45 billion hydro project in El Dorado County The Sacramento Municipal Utility District has canceled plans to build a $1.45 billion hydroelectric project at Iowa Hill in El Dorado County, citing high costs and the potential to obtain power more economically from other sources. SMUD’s board of directors voted unanimously to abandon the … Continue reading #SMUD cancels $1.45 billion hydro project in #El-Dorado County
Critical LADWP power infrastructure found at risk The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the nation’s largest municipal electricity utility, neglected to make fundamental security fixes at its critical power facilities, according to City Hall consultants who recently followed up on 9/11-era recommendations. Nearly 15 years later, they found basic recommendations ignored and that … Continue reading Critical #LADWP power infrastructure found at risk
New York serves as a model in how to reform electric utilities Nevada certainly is off to a bumpy start in tapping our greatest natural resource — the sun — to create electricity on rooftops. Even as photovoltaic solar panel manufacturers and installers were getting more than 15,000 incentive-stoked customers to turn their rooftops into … Continue reading New York serves as a model in how to reform electric utilities
Nevada Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against NV Energy On Net Metering Changes NV Energy, the Nevada utility benefiting most from recent net metering changes made by the Nevada Public Utilities Commission, will now be a defendant in a class-action lawsuit filed by two individual PV system owners. The two plaintiffs, John Bamforth and Stanley Schone, argue … Continue reading #Nevada Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against #NV_Energy On Net Metering Changes
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