Energy

Environment

Debate Over Nuclear Waste Storage Could Change With New Administration

Alison St John

Plans to store San Onofre’s spent nuclear fuel in canisters 100 feet from the ocean are running a little behind schedule. But the new Republican administration in Washington DC won’t change the debate over where to store nuclear waste.
Environment

Report: Climate Change Rules Boost Economy In Central Valley

Erik Anderson

A study finds that California's climate-friendly policies have created a $13 billion economic boost to the Central Valley's economy.
Environment

Appeals Court To Decide Future Of California Carbon Auctions

The Associated Press

Businesses looking to invalidate California's fee for carbon pollution take their arguments to a state appeals court Tuesday in a case that could determine the future of one of California's signature efforts to combat climate change.
Environment

San Diego To Join International Sustainability Initiative

City News Service

City officials Monday announced plans for San Diego to join the 2030 District initiative, which helps owners of commercial buildings make their holdings more energy-efficient.
Public Safety

Judge Set To Sentence PG&E In Criminal Case Tied To Blast

The Associated Press

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. says it is prepared to pay the maximum fine of $3 million after a jury convicted the company of deliberately violating pipeline safety regulations before a deadly natural gas pipeline explosion in the San Francisco Bay Area.
KPBS Evening Edition

California Regulators Get An Earful In Escondido

Erik Anderson

SDG&E is trying to convince state regulators that extreme wildfire conditions are the reason the 2007 wildfires killed two people, burned nearly 200,000 acres and destroyed more than 1,300 structures.
KPBS Midday Edition

'Containment' Envisions Nuclear Waste Storage 10,000 Years In The Future

Maureen Cavanaugh

Michael Lipkin

In the 1990s, the government gathered architects, artists and futurists to imagine ways the underground waste could be discovered.
KPBS Midday Edition

SDG&E Seeks $379 Million From Ratepayers In 2007 Wildfire Costs

Susan Murphy

The public will have an opportunity on Monday to weigh in on SDG&E's request to recover $379 million in costs from the 2007 wildfires. It is the utility's second attempt to pass on hundreds of millions of dollars stemming from the fires to its ratepayers.
Politics

SDG&E's Plan To Lobby On Community Choice Is Suspended

Claire Trageser

The California Public Utilities Commission says SDG&E is not doing enough to show its lobbying arm is separate from the utility.
KPBS Midday Edition

What’s Next In The Decommissioning Of San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant

Maureen Cavanaugh

Marissa Cabrera

The major dismantling of the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant may begin in 2018.