Local residents, ranchers, and farmers are opposing plans for the largest solar power facility in the San Francisco Bay Area, suing the county that approved the project and potentially opening Continue Reading
California power company Pacific Gas and Electric (PCG.N) said on Wednesday it would bury 10,000 miles of power lines in high-risk fire zones as a safety measure after its equipment Continue Reading
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) ordered on Thursday utilities to procure 11.5 gigawatts from zero-emission electricity sources in what it described “a historic decision” aimed at ensuring reliability and Continue Reading
California regulators approved on Thursday a proposal that will require utilities to buy more clean power, a measure backed by environmental groups. Under the proposal, utilities will have to buy Continue Reading
Big batteries intended to save California from blackouts haven’t been added in time to stave off the threat of outages as the state struggles to meet power demand during this Continue Reading
Power prices for Tuesday in the U.S. West soared to their highest levels since February as homes and businesses cranked up air conditioners to escape a brutal heat wave blanketing Continue Reading
Each year Lake Oroville helps water a quarter of the nation’s crops, sustain endangered salmon beneath its massive earthen dam and anchor the tourism economy of a Northern California county Continue Reading
The impacts of California’s deepening drought hit home for Central Valley farmers earlier this week, when federal officials announced they didn’t have enough water to supply many of their agricultural Continue Reading
California adopted on Thursday a new regulation that requires rideshare companies such as Uber and Lyft to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions and ensure 90 percent of their vehicle miles Continue Reading
The US Environmental Protection Agency on April 26 took the first steps in dismantling the Trump administration’s rollback of fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks, including announcing it Continue Reading
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it will move to grant California permission to set more stringent climate requirements for cars and SUVs, a reversal of a key Trump Continue Reading
Despite its green reputation, California has a big fossil fuel problem on its hands: neighborhood oil and gas drilling. In California, there’s nothing preventing frackers or drillers from setting up Continue Reading
Californian drivers are edging closer to paying $4 for a gallon of gasoline with the state open for business again and Governor Gavin Newsom planning for a summer with almost Continue Reading
Two Democratic Senators from California are urging the Biden Administration to follow California’s lead and set a date for phasing out new sales of gasoline and diesel-powered cars. In a Continue Reading
The Sierra Club and several other environmentalist organizations are suing Kern County in California for approving a revised ordinance that will allow for the drilling of several thousand new oil Continue Reading
Tens of thousands of oil wells could be developed in Kern County, California as an ordinance which was previously denied exploration is being revised. This Monday, the Kern County Board Continue Reading
Northern Californians are taking to the open road in much greater numbers, an early signal that gasoline demand may be returning a year after the pandemic paralyzed the economy. Traffic Continue Reading
Icicles created by drip irrigation are illuminated by a car’s headlights during a cold snap January 17, 2007 in Orange Cove, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Few things affect where Continue Reading
Governor Gavin Newsom has submitted his 2021-22 State Budget proposal to the state Legislature. Among the many provisions, the Governor’s budget proposes $1.5 billion to achieve the state’s zero-emission vehicle Continue Reading
More than 75,000 homes and businesses in Southern California are in the dark as dry, gusty winds continue to blow across the state, raising the risk of wildfires in the Continue Reading
More than 700,000 Southern California residents are facing blackouts as near-hurricane-force winds batter the state, whipping the flames of two wildfires and raising the risk of new ones. Edison International turned off Continue Reading
Dave Sapsis went to bed on Sunday, Aug. 16, with a sense of foreboding. As the head of risk mapping at the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, he’d seen Continue Reading
California is grappling with yet another weather-driven disaster as a wildfire propelled by hurricane-force gusts rages south of Los Angeles, with dangerous conditions expected to persist across the precariously-dry state. The Continue Reading
PG&E Corp. said it was planning to pre-emptively cut power to about 361,000 customers in northern and central California in an effort to prevent wildfires, marking the largest such shut-off Continue Reading
California’s latest blackouts have become yet another stark reminder of the Golden State’s battle with Mother Nature. Barely months after a summer heat wave prompted its first rolling blackouts in almost Continue Reading
Wildfires in California have burned a record 4 million acres since the start of 2020, charring more land in the past nine months than during the previous three years combined. The Continue Reading
The Environmental Protection Agency raised concerns about California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to ban sales of new gasoline and diesel-powered passenger cars in the state by 2035, arguing that the Continue Reading
California’s Governor Gavin Newsom last week announced that the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines would be banned from 2035 in the state administration’s latest effort to reduce Continue Reading
A wildfire ripping through Northern California’s wine country has more than tripled in size, forcing thousands of evacuations and endangering properties in a region devastated by blazes just three years Continue Reading
PG&E Corp. warned it may need to cut power about 97,000 homes and businesses this weekend — almost five times more than it earlier anticipated — to prevent its equipment Continue Reading
Three big oil and gas-related stories this week were all interrelated with one another, though few really understand that to be the case. Those stories were: For Governor Newsom, banning Continue Reading
PG&E Corp. was cutting power to about 195,000 people across Northern California in an attempt to keep its power lines from sparking wildfires amid another round of extreme heat, dry Continue Reading
California’s decision to ban sales of new conventional vehicles starting in 2035 shows how regulators’ aggressive emission targets are forcibly reshaping an industry that is struggling to keep its customers Continue Reading
California just started the clock on a future that a few years ago would’ve been unthinkable: dealerships full of nothing but zero-emissions cars. On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom ordered regulators to phase Continue Reading
Afternoon commuter traffic streams northward from Los Angeles on the State Route 14 freeway on May 13, 2020 in Newhall, California. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images If automakers weren’t already planning Continue Reading
California will phase out sales of new, gasoline-powered cars by 2035 as part of its fight against climate change, Governor Gavin Newsom announced — the first state to set an Continue Reading
Global satellite data indicate wildfires are becoming bigger and more intense. WSJ talks with NASA’s Doug Morton to understand the science behind what’s making the planet more flammable and making Continue Reading
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
