California Current @cacurrent

California's independently powered energy news. We cover regulatory and legislative decisions that shape the future of our climate crisis and decarbonization. cacurrent.com California Joined February 2013

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California Current @cacurrent

4 years ago

California launches new rules to significantly reduce power demand at critical times to help the grid, climate and consumer pocketbooks cacurrent.com/flexible-power… @CalEnergy

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4 years ago

PG&E hopes to sell off nearly half of its 5.6 GW of hydro, gas and renewable power plants. The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant is not part of the current sales plan. cacurrent.com/pge-seeks-to-s… @PG4me @californiapuc

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4 years ago

The probability of a Fukushima-like accident in CA rises if its remaining nuclear plant stays online past the expiration of its licenses, says a Union of Concerned Scientists' report. cacurrent.com/risk-of-fukush… @UCSUSA @PGE4Me

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CA considers exempting large diesel-fueled backup projects from the state’s public permitting. What about the cumulative pollution impacts of surging diesel systems, particularly on the disadvantaged? cacurrent.com/energy-commiss… @CalEnergy

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4 years ago

Keeping Diablo Canyon, CA’s last nuclear plant, online beyond its license expiration is the focus of an upcoming forum. Opponents will counter regulators’ insistence that it’s needed for grid reliability with safety, legal and cost concerns. cacurrent.com/energy-officia… @CalEnergy

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4 years ago

A new social justice yardstick from CA regulators revealing how utility rate increases impact financially vulnerable customers is applauded by a key ratepayer advocate cacurrent.com/utilities-requ… @californiapuc @UtilityReform

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4 years ago

Fed regulators meet to discuss 3-year old plan to close CA’s last nuclear plant while owner PG&E and the Gov. push to keep it running. Central Coast residents object to the clashing efforts and costs @NRCgov NRC Meets on Diablo Decommissioning Despite Plant Re-licensing Efforts

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4 years ago

The life of Calif's 50-year old Diablo nuclear power plant may get extended. Safety committee raises red flags cacurrent.com/budget-bill-ma… @PGE4Me @EnvDefenseFund @SierraClubCA

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Budget bill may extend the life of the 50-year old Diablo nuclear power plant. Safety committee raises red flags cacurrent.com/budget-bill-ma… @PGE4Me

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4 years ago

The Senate Energy, Utilities, & Communications Committee approved half a dozen bills that aim to reduce ratepayers’ financial burdens and push the envelope on greening the grid’s electricity resourcesand ensuring charging station accessibility, bit.ly/3n7FrTp

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4 years ago

California may soon require climate pollution from all new building construction materials to be slashed. It requires carbon emissions from cement making to be cut, the first state to do so. cacurrent.com/bill-aims-to-d…

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4 years ago

CA's budget proposal to spend $5B to add 5 GW of fossil power to shore up supplies during intense heat raises red flags. Lawmakers and environmentalists want details and guard rails, including to protect overburdened communities from more pollution cacurrent.com/budget-revise-…

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4 years ago

Extending the life of California’s last operating nuclear power plant is fraught with challenges. cacurrent.com/juice-keeping-… @PG4me @California_ISO

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4 years ago

AZ's fight for a Just Energy Transition away from coal, proposed by APS and disrupted by state regulators, could be the U.S.'s biggest utility transition investment to date. Advocates fight on for it. cacurrent.com/stakeholders-u…

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4 years ago

The US government's investigation of a Calif. solar installer’s complaint that solar equipment from SE Asia circumvents anti-dumping rules on China is harming the market, solar advocates and developers warn. @CALSSA_org @nexteraenergy cacurrent.com/u-s-solar-trad…

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4 years ago

The US government's investigation a Calif. solar installer’s complaint that solar equipment from SE Asia circumvents anti-dumping rules on China is harming the market, solar advocates and developers warn. cacurrent.com/u-s-solar-trad…

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4 years ago

The Ukraine war could impact California’s progress toward its economy-wide net zero emissions by 2045 goal. California policymakers and utilities are committed to the mid-century goal, but the global energy market shift in support of Europe’s escape bit.ly/3jJueXa

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4 years ago

Sales of electric cars and other light-duty vehicles hit 16% of the market share by the end of the first three months of 2022, Patty Monahan, California Energy Commission member, announced April 12. That compares to being 12.5% bit.ly/3roAo3v