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Over the past few years, surveys and public workshops have yielded new ideas on how to keep communities and customers safe from wildfires and other disasters, and how to mitigate the impacts of PSPS events. -
When a wildfire tore through Briceburg nearly two years ago, the tiny community on the edge of Yosemite National Park lost the only power line connecting it to the electrical grid. -
A Los Angeles judge has rejected a lawsuit to stop the plant’s dismantlement. But the group filing the lawsuit says it’s not over — yet. -
California residents were asked to voluntarily conserve power again on Friday as the heat wave that is baking the U.S. West strained the state's energy grid and raised the possibility of rotating outages. -
The potential Flex Alerts would be in effect during the hours from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. -
The City Council gave its initial approval of the agreements in a 6-3 vote on May 25. The same members of the council who dissented then — Joe LaCava, Monica Montgomery Steppe and Vivian Moreno — voted no on Tuesday. -
A San Diego researcher thinks greenhouse gas reduction strategies should also look at air pollution. -
KPBS Midday EditionCalifornia lawmakers are mulling over sweeping changes to the state's net metering regulations, which determine how residential solar users are paid. -
KPBS Midday EditionActivists had been pushing the council to reject the deals, which they said do not do enough to hold the utility accountable. But supporters said they were the best compromise the city could get. -
The pact announced Tuesday that would float hundreds of turbines off the coast of Morro Bay and Humboldt Bay has been promoted as a breakthrough to eventually power 1.6 million homes.
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