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A total of 1,765 utility customers in the unincorporated communities of Valley Center, Rincon, Pauma Valley and Lilac in North County San Diego have been deprived of power since 1:20 a.m. Thursday morning, San Diego Gas & Electric reported. -
Taking swift action after Thursday's San Diego City Council meeting in which a lone franchise utility bid was revealed, Mayor Todd Gloria Friday announced he was rejecting San Diego Gas & Electric's bid for the city's gas and electric utilities. -
Just one bid was received for San Diego's next utility franchise agreement — a minimum $80 million offer from San Diego Gas & Electric to provide the city's gas and electric utilities for the next 20 years. -
San Diego Gas & Electric on Wednesday notified approximately 2,700 customers in East San Diego County it may have to turn off power in order to reduce wildfire risk beginning early Friday morning. -
San Diego County is still trying to develop a climate action plan that allows for housing growth, while protecting the environment, and meets state goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. -
KPBS Midday EditionEven if councilmembers don’t agree on a winning utility in that time, the city has options. That includes forming its own utility and maintaining a relationship with a community choice aggregation provider.
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A new report finds California made remarkable progress in boosting reliance on renewable energy in the past decade. -
With expected Santa Ana winds and elevated fire weather conditions in north San Diego County, San Diego Gas & Electric has notified approximately 21,480 residents that it may have to turn off power to reduce wildfire risk Monday and Tuesday. -
When Pacific Gas & Electric cut power to large swaths of wildfire-prone Northern California last fall, few of the emergency personnel managing the blackouts for the nation’s largest utility had learned the fundamentals of managing an emergency in their home state.
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San Diego has work to do as the state celebrates clean air day.
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