Greentech Media | By Herman K. Trabish | Link to article “If we are going to go beyond 33 percent, it matters how the resources fit together. We have to plan for that.” A just-proposed California law would do away with the state’s 33 percent renewables mandate in favor of a coherently procured greentech future. […]
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Assemblyman V. Manuel Pérez Advances New Statewide Energy Procurement Policy
June 6, 2013
Greentech Media | By Herman K. Trabish | Link to article Sacramento, California – Today, Assemblyman V. Manuel Pérez put forth a legislative proposal for a new coordinated approach to state energy procurement that emphasizes affordability and reliability, while helping the state meet its greenhouse gas emission goals and improve air quality through the enhanced […]
Senator Calls for Justice Investigation of SCE on San Onofre Renovation
May 29, 2013
Greentech Media | By Herman K. Trabish | Link to article Faced with no nuclear power, the state’s system operator is making alternate plans and issuing warnings. Letters suggesting that the San Onofre nuclear plant operator purposely misrepresented renovations at the facility to regulators means the plant will likely not be back on-line in time […]
Despite Fears, New Renewables Are Not Bankrupting California
May 22, 2013
RenewableEnergyWorld.com | By Susan Kraemer | Link to article Until recently, the potential rate impact of all the new contracts for renewable energy being added to meet California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard since 2006 has been a matter of some concern. According to the Division of Ratepayer Advocates in early 2012, an estimated $20.8 billion will […]
‘Peak Fossil Fuels’ Is Closer Than You Think: BNEF
April 24, 2013
Bloomberg | By Tom Randall | Link to article Every time an iPhone is charged or an episode of “Mad Men” plays on a television, puffs of vaporized carbon join the atmosphere, products of power-plant combustion. And every year the world demands more. That era may be nearing an end, as the world approaches “peak […]
U.N. official describes a ‘dark night’ for global carbon trading
April 18, 2013
E&E Publishing | By Debra Kahn, | Link to article SAN FRANCISCO — Depressed carbon markets in the European Union underscore the need for a globally linked trading scheme, including California’s first-in-the-U.S. economywide cap-and-trade program, a top international climate official said yesterday. The European Parliament’s rejection of a plan to fix a heavily oversupplied emissions […]
NV Energy to decommission coal plants, shift to gas and renewables
April 2, 2013
Las Vegas Sun | By Andrew Doughman | Link to article CARSON CITY — NV Energy will roll out a major policy initiative Wednesday, announcing that it will shutter its coal-fired plants, increase investment in renewable energy and create thousands of construction jobs over the next 12 years. Under the plan, Nevada’s coal plants would […]
Climate Maverick to Quit NASA
April 1, 2013
NY Times | By Justin Gillis | Link to article James E. Hansen, the climate scientist who issued the clearest warning of the 20th century about the dangers of global warming, will retire from NASA this week, giving himself more freedom to pursue political and legal efforts to limit greenhouse gases. His departure, after a […]
Renewed Tax Credit Buoys Wind-Power Projects
March 21, 2013
NY Times | By Diane Cardwell | Link to article After a deep slump at the end of last year, the wind industry is picking up. First Wind, a Boston-based developer and operator that was sitting on a pile of stalled projects with the potential to power roughly 300,000 homes, now expects to go forward […]
