In a matter of weeks, California has been hit with two record-breaking heat waves, hundreds of blazes, freak lightning storms and dangerously poor air quality. Now, unusually strong winds are Continue Reading
Power shut-offs like the one that darkened parts of California this week are expected to be a regular occurrence in the state for years during wildfire season as PG&E Corp. PCG 0.33% upgrades its aging equipment and Continue Reading
A firefighter works during the Creek Fire in Madera County, California on Sept. 7. California’s worst fire season on record is about to ramp up as a hot, dry autumn Continue Reading
California asked residents to dial back their air conditioners this holiday weekend as the state tries to avoid a repeat of power shortages that weeks ago triggered the first rolling Continue Reading
Last month as a heat wave slammed California, state regulators sent an email to a group of energy executives pleading for help. “Please consider this an urgent inquiry on behalf Continue Reading
California fire officials on Sunday reported significant headway battling the two largest of dozens of lightning-sparked blazes raging in and around the greater San Francisco Bay area since mid-August, though Continue Reading
California may experience its worst year for wildfires in decades, climate experts say, pointing out that it has already battled two of the three largest blazes in its recorded history Continue Reading
California utilities, community choice aggregators and renewable developers are not expected to see a hit to their credit ratings due to ongoing wildfires and recent rolling blackouts, but a “potential Continue Reading
As a record heatwave pushed California’s electric grid to the brink last week, the world’s most powerful lithium-ion battery was unveiled outside San Diego, showcasing a technology that could cut Continue Reading
Firefighters are battling historic blazes across the California, with 1.4 million acres already torched by the fires. Dry weather and lightning strikes have sparked wildfires across California. Source: California Department Continue Reading
Signs of a problem within California’s power system emerged a full day before the blackouts hit. Trader Dov Quint sat in his basement outside Boulder, Colorado, scouring the state’s day-ahead power Continue Reading
An abundance of fossil fuels combined with advances in technology to harness wind and solar power has sent energy prices crashing around the world. WSJ explains how it all happened Continue Reading
Amid a heatwave in the West, the largest U.S. solar state, California, is grappling with power issues and with keeping its electricity grid stable as demand exceeds supply. And in Continue Reading
Hundreds of wildfires burning across Central and Northern California that have already killed six people more than doubled in size on Friday, becoming some of the largest in state history Continue Reading
As a historic heatwave scorches stretches of California, the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage field continues to report daily net withdrawals in order to meet cooling demand, catapulting regional prices. Continue Reading
While California is challenging the Federal government in court to overturn the revocation of California’s waiver enabling the state to issue greenhouse gas restrictions on light-duty vehicles, it has finalized Continue Reading
Power prices in the U.S. West soared to record highs for a second day on Tuesday, and California utilities urged consumers to conserve energy to avoid more rotating outages as Continue Reading
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) and major automakers on Monday confirmed they had finalized binding agreements to cut vehicle emissions in the state, defying the Trump administration’s push for Continue Reading
A record-breaking heatwave and surge in cooling demand led to a spike in natural gas prices in California Aug. 17, with the highest levels seen so far this summer posted. Continue Reading
PG&E began cutting off power to more than 700,000 households and businesses across northern and central California in rolling blackouts to prevent wildfires. The utility said it could take up Continue Reading
One of the most extreme heat waves in generations is smothering California this week and pushing the region’s power grid to the brink of collapse. In the past 72 hours, Continue Reading
California’s grid operator is warning of possible rolling blackouts and calling on the state’s utilities to start cutting power to some customers. On late Friday, the California Independent System Operator declared a Continue Reading
Energy traders are paying less for gasoline in America’s biggest fuel market as California imposes a new round of business closures to fight a spike in coronavirus cases.Spot gasoline in Continue Reading
In California, there is a debate heating up over whether dead trees should be cleared and burned for biofuel before they burn where they are in yet another devastating West Continue Reading
A Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into California’s efforts to reduce vehicle emissions appeared to be politically motivated, a DOJ whistleblower wrote in testimony to lawmakers that was released Tuesday. Continue Reading
In a parched and dusty patch of land in California’s central valley, a series of wells has been pumping out some of the state’s dirtiest crude oil. Almost a century after Continue Reading
Despite environmental concerns, California will allow PG&E Corp. to use diesel-powered mobile generators to keep some electricity flowing when the utility proactively cuts power to prevent live wires from sparking fires Continue Reading
A crisis California didn’t foresee — the Covid-19 pandemic — is complicating preparations for one that arrives with a vengeance every year. With wildfire season on the horizon, state officials have Continue Reading
Tankers carrying some 20 million barrels of crude oil are idling off the coast of California as onshore storage space runs out and the level of supply remains excessively high. Continue Reading
There’s new evidence from Los Angeles County that the novel coronavirus may have infected around 4 percent of its population. That’s both good news and bad news. Officials in the Continue Reading
A California regulator has asked PG&E Corp ( PCG.N ) for governance and oversight changes in its reorganization plan, while also proposing penalties of about $2 billion on the San-Francisco Continue Reading
PG&E, a utility that supplies electricity and natural gas to 16 million people, or about one in 20 Americans, admitted that its failure to maintain its equipment was criminally negligent Continue Reading
California ordered its 40 million residents to stay at home except for essential activities beginning Thursday night in the largest such lockdown in the U.S., as the nation’s total coronavirus Continue Reading
Los Angeles is aiming to become the first city in the nation to use renewable hydrogen to produce electricity, with the goal of ending the use of carbon-based natural gas entirely. Continue Reading
California’s burgeoning hydrogen market has the potential to rapidly replace oil and gas at scale, helping the state to meet its carbon-neutrality goals by mid-century, but it faces critical government Continue Reading
The U.S. death toll from coronavirus infections rose to 11 on Wednesday as new cases emerged around New York City and Los Angeles, while Seattle-area health officials discouraged social gatherings Continue Reading
California’s mountain snowpack is about half its normal level, raising fears that the state could return to drought after a string of mostly abundant wet years. On Thursday, officials of Continue Reading
California’s utilities regulator has proposed an increased $2.14 billion fine on PG&E Corp for its role in causing the devastating 2017 and 2018 wildfires in Northern California. FThe decision raises Continue Reading
As Chinese business shutdowns extended past the traditional Lunar New Year holiday into February, and workers stayed home from factories and ports, “it became pretty clear…that we were looking at Continue Reading
Home sales are slowing in wildfire-prone areas of California as insurers retreat from high-risk regions, say real-estate agents and homeowners. Insurance companies have continued to reduce their wildfire exposure in the Continue Reading
After months of wildfires, an essential question in a warming, windy California is this: How does the state keep the lights on? A tiny Native American tribe, settled here in Continue Reading
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday rejected a bankruptcy reorganization plan submitted by PG&E Corp ( PCG.N ), the state’s largest investor-owned utility, saying its proposal fails to meet the Continue Reading
In a letter Friday to PG&E, the Democratic governor said the company’s plan “fails to address most of the issues we previously raised,” including a transformed corporate board and sufficient Continue Reading
PG&E’s current rate of electric-line replacement falls far short of what’s needed to prevent a surge of failures due to the effects of aging, according to the analysis by researchers Continue Reading
California’s bankrupt power producer PG&E Corp ( PCG.N ) said on Friday it had reached a $13.5 billion settlement with victims of some of most devastating wildfires in the state’s Continue Reading
California’s wildfires have grown so costly and damaging that insurance companies — a homeowner’s last hope when disaster strikes — have increasingly been canceling people’s policies in fire-prone parts of Continue Reading
Outside the Beltway EARTH, WIND AND FIRE: Parts of California are warming at double the rate of the continental United States — and that pace has only accelerated over the Continue Reading
Bankrupt California power producer PG&E Corp ( PCG.N ) did not properly inspect and replace transmission lines before a faulty wire sparked a wildfire that killed more than 80 people Continue Reading
PG&E Corp. has lost a challenge to a California law that holds it liable for property damage from fires related to its equipment, a win for wildfire victims seeking to Continue Reading
The California Restaurant Association (CRA) sued on Thursday the City of Berkeley over a ban on the use of natural gas in newly built buildings, in order to protect Berkeley’s Continue Reading
