Energy

Economy

California Mobile Home Park Gets Cutting Edge Renewable Energy System

Erik Anderson

California is funding a trial program that could bring cutting edge renewable power systems to low-income communities around the state.
Environment

Aliso Canyon Gas Storage Deemed Safe After Blowout But Challenge Looms

The Associated Press

The fight over reopening a massive gas storage facility that has been crippled since a major blowout is heading to court.
KPBS Midday Edition

7 Things To Understand About Community Choice In San Diego

Claire Trageser

An alternative energy program that would bypass San Diego Gas & Electric is possible and cost-effective, according to a study published this month. But the study is more complicated than that, and there are a variety of terms and concepts to understand that show how the authors arrived at those answers.
Environment

Governor Jerry Brown Likely To Face Decision On 100 Percent Clean Electricity

Ingrid Lobet

A key vote this week in Sacramento has moved California closer than most people could imagine to a future in which all electricity — 100 percent of it — is produced without releasing more carbon into the air.
Environment

New Study Finds Use Of Community Choice Energy Feasible

Claire Trageser

Switching to an alternative energy program called community choice will help the city of San Diego use more renewable sources of energy and could lower electricity costs, according to a study published this week.
Environment

Carlsbad To Share Cost Of Community Choice Energy Study

Alison St John

Carlsbad is the fourth North County city to agree to consider the feasibility of Community Choice Energy.
KPBS Midday Edition

Battle Over San Diego's Energy Future Will Heat Up Soon

Claire Trageser

For more than two years, the city of San Diego has been considering switching the way it buys energy, and Thursday is a big day in that decision-making process.
Politics

Roundtable: Mayor Faulconer's Future; Homelessness Plan; SDG&E Faces Energy Alternatives

Pat Finn

Mark Sauer

Kevin Faulconer has been mayor of San Diego for just over three years. Is he going anywhere? San Diego teams up with the county and others for a new homeless initiative. And SDG&E works to save power — its own.
KPBS Midday Edition

House To Consider Bill To Make Yucca Mountain Permanent Storage Site For Nuclear Waste

Maureen Cavanaugh

Brooke Ruth

The House Energy and Commerce Committee last week approved a bill that would create a permanent storage site and a temporary storage site in New Mexico or Texas. The bill will now be considered by the full House of Representatives.
Environment

California Attorney General's Office Faces Scrutiny Over San Onofre Inquiry

Amita Sharma

Questions are again being raised about the California Attorney General’s investigation of how consumers were left with a $3.3 billion bill for the closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station.