June 15, 2012 By Joseph Perkins The California Public Utilities Commission routinely rubber stamps renewable energy projects without discussion. But that was not the case this past Thursday, when Commissioner Michael Florio objected to a solar project that came before the state agency. It w...
Posts Tagged ‘renewable energy’State promotes renewable energy at all costsFriday, June 15th, 2012State Pushing Sub-Prime Energy Home LoansThursday, May 24th, 2012May 24, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Wasn’t the sub-prime disaster of the last decade bad enough? From 2003 to 2007, it was likely the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) helping unqualified low-income renters fill out sub-prime home loan applications to buy homes at a... California Energy Crash ComingWednesday, February 8th, 2012 FEB. 8, 2012 By KATY GRIMES Ready for more electricity blackouts? With California's renewable energy mandates, cap and trade requirements, and implementation of AB 32, it is becoming increasingly clear that California is at a precarious energy crossroads, and one that lawmakers don't yet ap... Chino Hills Wins Battle Against SCEThursday, November 10th, 2011Katy Grimes: The city of Chino Hills has won an important battle. I just received word that Southern California Edison has been ordered by the California Public Utility Commission to provide alternatives to their Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project in Chino Hills. SCE has until January 10 to p... Windmill-Gate Scandal Storms Into CAThursday, October 13th, 2011 OCT. 13, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Electricity: the peril the wind sings to in the wires on a gray day. -- novelist Janet Frame Windmill-Gate is blowing across the trendy new resource of wind-generated electricity. New new studies look at “cycling”: the ramping up and down of gas power plants... Solyndra Crash Hits Green BusinessesFriday, September 16th, 2011 SEPT. 16, 2011 Solyndra, the Fremont solar-panel manufacturer that went belly up last week, was the subject of a hearing Wednesday all the way in the nation’s Capitol. Lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Committee on Oversight and Investigations wanted to get to the botto... CA Missing Global Warming GoalsFriday, August 5th, 2011 K. LLOYD BILLINGSLEY: California is not on track to meet the most ambitious goals of AB 32, the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, according to Carl Blumstein, director of the California Institute for Energy and the Environment. “It’s very challenging,” said Blumstein, addre... Markets ‘Crush’ Brown’s Windmill FantasyFriday, July 29th, 2011 JULY 29, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI With the swagger of a boxer before a match, on July 24 Gov. Jerry Brown said he would “crush” any efforts to block renewable energy projects in California. Brown apparently was referring to efforts by environmentalists to stop a planned gargantuan 968 Meg... 99% Chance of Budget TodayTuesday, June 14th, 2011 John Seiler: There's a 99 percent chance the Legislature will pass a budget today; with the other 1 percent accounting for tomorrow. They'll use whatever "gimmicks" they need, tax increases or no tax increases. The reason was reported yesterday by my colleague Steven Greenhut: "Legislators I talk... Gridlock On Renewable Energy HighwayTuesday, May 24th, 2011 MAY 24, 2011 By K. LLOYD BILLINGSLEY California politicians want to draw 33 percent of the state’s energy needs from “renewable” sources such as wind and solar by 2020, fewer than 10 years away. That plan will be hard to pull off for many reasons, including those outlined by energy e... |