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KPBS Midday EditionThe electric station program is part of the state’s Climate Action Plan mandate. It’s also hoped that electrifying transport trucks will improve the chronically polluted air in the neighborhoods near the Port of San Diego, including Barrio Logan, Logan Heights and Sherman Heights. -
SDG&E requests a rate increase due to growing use of solar energy, documents show how a building renovation at SDSU was mishandled, and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park says the birth of a new rhino will help save an endangered species. -
With San Diegans cranking up the air conditioning, KPBS looks at how SDG&E's new Time-Of-Use billing plan could impact what you pay for power. -
KPBS Midday EditionTwo cities in San Diego county will take preliminary votes Tuesday on the issue of community choice energy. The votes in La Mesa and Chula Vista may begin the process of establishing a joint powers agreement among eight jurisdictions in San Diego County.
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The San Diego power company is asking the California Public Utilities Commission for permission to increase its minimum monthly charge from $10 to $38. Critics call it a tactic to keep homeowners from going solar. -
The news comes as SDG&E and other investor-owned utilities are under increasing pressure to address their role in causing wildfires throughout the state. -
San Diego Gas & Electric added the high usage charge to its billing structure in 2017 at the behest of the California Public Utilities Commission. More than 120,000 SDG&E customers were affected by the charge last year, which is applied to a customer's bill when they use more than 400% of their base energy allowance in a given month.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the firing of California's top oil and gas regulator Thursday over an increase in state permits for hydraulic fracturing and allegations of conflicts of interest among senior government officials. -
The Assembly's Governmental Organization Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved Senate Bill 465, which would ensure the state would indefinitely recoup funding that local governments incur while taking action to ensure the continued safety of cities around San Onofre. -
This week new regulations go into effect for dockless scooters in San Diego.
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