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Tapping into solar-charged batteries could help prevent blackouts

by Guest Commentary September 19, 2020September 17, 2020

Changing regulations in California would help keep the lights on by enabling customer-owned solar-charged batteries to provide energy to the grid.

To prevent blackouts, California needs more clean energy – and a bigger, better run grid

by Guest Commentary September 4, 2020September 2, 2020

California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

We have a power supply problem

by Dan Walters August 30, 2020August 30, 2020

California’s blackout déjà vu – and the need for more generation and sufficient storage

by Guest Commentary August 24, 2020August 21, 2020

‘Mad Max’ in California? Energy crisis is avoidable

by Guest Commentary August 21, 2020August 19, 2020

Reclassify hydropower now – as renewable energy

by Guest Commentary August 20, 2020August 20, 2020

The Skyline fire burns near Foothill Parkway and Skyline Drive in Corona on Aug. 13, 2020. Residents cheers each time a drop is made. Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG

Crises collide as fires rage

by Emily Hoeven August 20, 2020August 20, 2020

California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Blackouts reveal our power shortage

by Dan Walters August 19, 2020August 18, 2020

A rare lightning storm crackles over Mitchell's Cove in Santa Cruz around 3 a.m. August 16, 2020. The severe storm system rolled through the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas early Sunday, packing a combination of dry lightning and high winds that triggered wildfires throughout the region. The National Weather Service on Sunday extended a red flag fire warning for the entire Bay Area until 11 a.m. Monday morning. Photo by Shmuel Thaler, The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP

The weekend: blackouts, lightning, fire tornado — and first shutoffs in 20 years

by Emily Hoeven August 17, 2020August 17, 2020

Students return to class at Paradise High School nine months after the Camp Fire ravaged the community

Make up school time lost to climate disasters, fire country lawmaker says

by Ricardo Cano January 23, 2020January 23, 2020