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Posted 15 weeks ago
Some sobering global warming commentary from UC San Diego scientists puts Cap & Trade in perspective.According to the scientists, the preoccupation with CO2 is all well and good, but none of our carbo
Posted 15 weeks ago
Despite all the government incentives to install solar, it just gets harder and harder to... install solar.We know all about the potential roadblocks to large-scale solar installations-- conservationi
Posted 15 weeks ago
PG&E's Diablo Canyon nuclear plant's operation license is set to expire in 2025. But PG&E isn't waiting to seek an extension. The company announced today that it will seek a 20 year extension from the
Tags: regulatory
Posted 16 weeks ago
This is perhaps more a general economic commentary than an energy commentary, but because it involves a wind-energy start-up, I figure it's fair game for this space.Windstream Technologies, Inc., is b
Posted 16 weeks ago
As if PG&E didn't have enough problems with SmartMeters...David Baker's article in today's San Francicso Chronicle reveals yet another nasty feature to the new technology: they allow PG&E to shut off
Tags: electric
Posted 16 weeks ago
By now you've probably herd that the TV regulations passed on 5-0 vote. Starting in 2011, some marginally onerous rules kick in governing how much power your TV can draw, then in 2013, the regs go fro
Tags: regulations
Posted 16 weeks ago
If you read the print edition of the Wall Street Journal, there is an interesting juxtaposition of articles that says a lot about energy in this country today.On page B4 is an article by Rebecca Smith
Posted 17 weeks ago
First it was Bakersfield, now it's the Bay Area. Consumers are not happy with the new PG&E SmartMeters.The San Jose Mercury News reports receiving 30 complaints from consumers after its story about th
Posted 17 weeks ago
Last week we posted about the deal Brightsource (and its contractor Bechtel) cut with the unions to build the massive Ivanpah solar installation in San Bernardino County. At the time it seemed like al
Posted 17 weeks ago
SMUD filed a lawsuite in yesterday in federal court alleging that Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Merill Lynch defrauded the utility by riggin bids related to the muncipal derivatives that SMUD inv
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