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Tag: utilities

grid

California’s electric grid needs an overhaul

Avatar by Guest Commentary December 23, 2020December 22, 2020

The network of utilities and operators running California’s electric grid must create a more flexible, sustainable system.

The Anderson’s address spray painted on the end of a log in a timber deck of Douglas Firs cut down by PG&E following the CZU Lightening Complex Fires in August of this year. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Whack and stack: PG&E’s toppling of trees creates new hazards

Avatar by Julie Cart December 18, 2020December 18, 2020

Utility ratepayers need an advocate, too

Avatar by Guest Commentary December 16, 2020December 15, 2020

California’s energy system should be resilient, flexible and affordable

Avatar by Guest Commentary October 12, 2020October 10, 2020
radio active

Add nuclear waste to list of social injustices

Avatar by Guest Commentary August 31, 2020August 29, 2020
energy

Reject Assembly Bill 1720: Utility ratepayers must be protected from higher bills

Avatar by Guest Commentary August 3, 2020August 2, 2020
Newsom Kincade Fire PG&E

What happens if California takes over PG&E?

Avatar by Judy Lin February 5, 2020February 21, 2020
I sign informs parents and students Sunol Glen Elementary School is closed during a power outage in Sunol, Calif. on Oct. 10, 2019.

Will fires, outages land California students in ‘disaster relief’ summer school?

Ricardo Cano by Ricardo Cano December 5, 2019December 6, 2019
A fire rages in the state of Western Australia. Photo by Raymond Fruseth Gangstad via Flickr

When it comes to wildfires, should California be more like Australia?

Avatar by Julie Cart November 26, 2019November 26, 2019

“We need the food that we lost.” Low-income families still reeling from blackouts

Jackie Botts by Jackie Botts November 22, 2019February 27, 2020

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