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The board voted to look into creating a community choice energy program which would allow the county to buy its own electricity and decide where it comes from — which could lead to lower costs for ratepayers. -
The San Diego City Council voted 7-2 Monday to begin the process of establishing a public-sector energy provider to compete with companies like San Diego Gas & Electric. -
SeaWorld's New CEO, GM's All-Electric Future, and the Trump administration eases up on payday lenders. -
KPBS Midday Edition"We are always being attacked," one expert said. If computer hackers hijack California's electricity network, the entire state could be held hostage. -
KPBS Midday EditionGreg Jaczko, the former head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, now says the risks involved with nuclear power are just too great. -
The NRC held a three-hour webinar Thursday to hear Southern California Edison’s proposed corrective actions, after a near-miss accident halted radioactive waste transfers at San Onofre last year. -
With every rainstorm, more sewage and plastic trash flows into the U.S. from Mexico fouling beaches and wetlands. A church wants to build a high-rise in Banker's Hill. Neighbors say it's too high. And the NRC is looking into whether Edison can continue to move around nuclear waste at San Onofre. -
While the NRC considers whether the operator of the San Onofre nuclear power plant can resume storing spent nuclear fuel on site, the public is struggling to understand what the worst case scenario would be if something went wrong. -
Mayor Faulconer says "yes in my backyard" to denser housing. The prospect of statewide rent control is not dead yet. And PG&E declares bankruptcy in the face of enormous financial liability. -
KPBS Midday EditionCalifornia is moving away from nuclear power. But a new book is out that says nuclear power is the best tool we have to meet our energy needs and prevent climate change.
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