Energy

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Study: A Fully Renewable Energy Grid Is Too Costly For Now

Michael Lipkin

Solar panels, wind farms and hydropower facilities contributed 80 percent of the energy on the largest portion of California’s power grid on May 13, a record for renewable energy sources. But can wind, solar and hydroelectric power sustain an entire electric grid full-time?
KPBS Evening Edition

Rising Seas Could Swamp The Shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Plant By Next Century

Amita Sharma

The plant’s majority owner, Southern California Edison, does not believe it should have to worry about rising sea levels beyond a couple of decades from now, even though millions of pounds of waste might still be stored at the site.
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Coastal Commission Met Privately With Edison A Year Before Public San Onofre Waste Storage Vote

Amita Sharma

Documents reveal Edison representatives met with Coastal Commission staff at least three times and traded scores of emails more than a year ahead of a public vote on where to store radioactive waste from the shuttered nuclear plant.
Environment

Sempra VP Surprises, Says 100 Percent Renewable Grid Is Possible Now

Ingrid Lobet

A vice president with Sempra Energy, one of the nation’s largest utilities, made a stunning admission to a roomful of gas and oil executives this week: there is no technical impediment to California getting all of its energy from renewables — now.
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Sempra Energy Executive: 100 Percent Renewable Energy Can Be Done Today

Maureen Cavanaugh

Megan Burke

Speaking Thursday at UC San Diego's Institute of the America's annual energy conference, Sempra Vice President Patrick Lee said the technology exists today for a total reliance on renewable energy.
Environment

Low Turnout For Public Hearing On SDG&E's Gas Line Replacement

Alison St John

Few people attended the public scoping meeting in Escondido on Wednesday to find out about a proposed natural gas pipeline that would cost ratepayers nearly $640 million.
Environment

Solana Beach Becomes First In County To Opt For Alternative Energy Program

Claire Trageser

The city of Solana Beach became the first in the county to move forward with a program that allows local governments to bypass San Diego Gas & Electric and buy their energy directly.
KPBS Midday Edition

CPUC Holds Public Hearings For SDG&E Natural Gas Pipeline

Maureen Cavanaugh

Marissa Cabrera

San Diego Gas & Electric plans to build a 47-mile natural gas pipeline along the 15 freeway from Rainbow to Miramar.
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Coastal Commission Met Privately With Edison A Year Before Public San Onofre Waste Storage Vote

KPBS News

The California Coastal Commission gave the public a one-week notice in October 2015 that Southern California Edison was proposing to keep waste from the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant onsite. But new documents show Commission officials met privately with Edison representatives to discuss that waste storage at least three times the year before.
Environment

Stall In Lawsuit Reveals The Distance Between California And Former Ally, EPA

Ingrid Lobet

On the surface, it is just a request to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for more time to prepare, due to a change in federal administration.