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PG&E’s Negligence, Not Its’ Bankruptcy, Is What Threatens Our Climate

Wildfires threaten not only our safety but also our climate. This summer, much of northern California has been blanketed with an ashy haze that shrouds normally visible peaks from Mount

Customer Empowerment Upheaval Forces California Into Hold On Renewables. Utilities And Renewable Energy Developers Wait While Regulators Decide The Future Of Customer Choice.

California is conducting what may be the most ambitious electricity customer empowerment experiment ever done anywhere; whether it will work remains very much in doubt. The state is the national

If Going 100% Renewable Is So Good For California, Why The Backroom Dealing?

Sammy Roth of The Desert Sun broke an interesting story last week about how Portland, Oregon-based PacifiCorp is working behind the scenes to effectively gut and amend a California State

California is aiming for 100% clean energy. How much of it will come from Wyoming?

The conservative billionaire Philip Anschutz wants to build America’s biggest wind project in Wyoming and send the electricity to California. But politics could get in the way. State lawmakers are

Will California’s 100% Renewables Goal Survive The Political Process?

Can the world’s sixth-largest economy get to 60% renewables by 2030 and 100% renewables by 2045? California’s Senate Bill 100 would require just that. Earlier this month senators passed the

Trump Wants To Kill Obama’s Climate Plan. What Does That Mean For Renewable Energy In The West?

President Donald Trump took a major step toward removing the United States from global efforts to fight climate change Tuesday, ordering federal officials to start dismantling Barack Obama’s Clean Power

Climate Change Law Has Reshaped California

Just past noon on a broiling Central Valley day, the strain on California’s electrical grid is rising with the temperature. Inside the control room that runs the grid, on the

TURN Wins New Green Energy Consumer Protections

Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, San Francisco–With Governor Jerry Brown’s signature on AB 1110 (Phil Ting, D-San Francisco) consumers concerned about the environment will be able to make more informed choices

California’s Duck: More Quack than Bite

Don’t Duck Renewables Due to Reliability Fears If you’ve followed debates about California’s electricity system over the last several years, you’ve no doubt seen our friend the duck made out

TURN Wins New, Higher Standards for Renewables

TURN has been a leader in legislative efforts to require California’s regulated utilities purchase more renewable energy. TURN’s support was key to the inclusion of higher renewable energy targets in

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