“The emergency spillway worked.” That, the latest tone-deaf utterance from the leader of the state Department of Water Resources, is the type of comment we’ve come to dreadfully expect from the Department of Denial. To hear that remark at a legislative hearing in Sacramento only compounded the shock. The Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee […]
Deep in the Trinity Alps, 130 miles northwest of the troubled Oroville Dam, local officials are raising alarms about another earthen dam with documented weaknesses and limited capacity for releasing the water that has poured in from storms and melting snow. Trinity Lake, the state’s third-largest reservoir, was filled to 97 percent of its storage […]
/in California and the U.S./by Mike Lee /Electric, Light and Power (Tulsa, Okla.) Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority Quoted: Mark Muir
The San Diego County Water Authority board of directors on Thursday authorized the Water Authority, in conjunction with the city of San Diego, to begin seeking detailed proposals for a potential energy storage facility at San Vicente Reservoir. The project could help ease pressure on power grids by producing locally generated renewable energy on demand, […]
/in California and the U.S./by Mike Lee /Energy Storage (London, UK)by Andy Colthorpe Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority Quoted: Mark Muir
A 500MW energy storage facility with “5-8 hours” storage duration could be built in San Diego, California, with a local water authority seeking detailed proposals for such a project to support the grid and help integrate renewable energy. San Diego County Water Authority announced on Thursday that its board of directors, in conjunction with the […]
Gridley – “I’m sorry. I’m sorry for the impact on your lives,” Bill Croyle told a crowd of more than 250 people at the Butte County Fairgrounds. Croyle, the acting director of the Department of Water Resources, answered questions and listened Thursday evening as people stepped up to a microphone and were heard during the […]
A bill by Assemblyman Rudy Salas, D-Bakersfield, that intends to keep drinking water safe and affordable by expanding state assistance to water systems in larger, severely disadvantaged communities, cleared the Assembly Environmental Safety & Toxics Materials Committee this week. Assembly Bill 560 was approved with a 7-0 vote. “Communities in California should not have to struggle […]
Editorial: DWR Should Quit Trying To downplay Dam Disaster
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /Chico ER“The emergency spillway worked.” That, the latest tone-deaf utterance from the leader of the state Department of Water Resources, is the type of comment we’ve come to dreadfully expect from the Department of Denial. To hear that remark at a legislative hearing in Sacramento only compounded the shock. The Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee […]
Another Giant California Dam Has Downstream Residents Worried
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /The Sacramento Beeby Jane Braxton LittleDeep in the Trinity Alps, 130 miles northwest of the troubled Oroville Dam, local officials are raising alarms about another earthen dam with documented weaknesses and limited capacity for releasing the water that has poured in from storms and melting snow. Trinity Lake, the state’s third-largest reservoir, was filled to 97 percent of its storage […]
San Diego Water Board Looking Into Pumped Storage Hydro
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Electric, Light and Power (Tulsa, Okla.) Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityQuoted: Mark Muir
The San Diego County Water Authority board of directors on Thursday authorized the Water Authority, in conjunction with the city of San Diego, to begin seeking detailed proposals for a potential energy storage facility at San Vicente Reservoir. The project could help ease pressure on power grids by producing locally generated renewable energy on demand, […]
San Diego Wants 500MW Pumped Hydro For Grid, Renewables And To Help Water Company Revenues
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Energy Storage (London, UK)by Andy Colthorpe Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityQuoted: Mark Muir
A 500MW energy storage facility with “5-8 hours” storage duration could be built in San Diego, California, with a local water authority seeking detailed proposals for such a project to support the grid and help integrate renewable energy. San Diego County Water Authority announced on Thursday that its board of directors, in conjunction with the […]
Oroville Dam: DWR Offers Apology, Answers Questions
/in California and the U.S. /by Andrea Mora /Mercury News (San Jose)by Dan ReidelGridley – “I’m sorry. I’m sorry for the impact on your lives,” Bill Croyle told a crowd of more than 250 people at the Butte County Fairgrounds. Croyle, the acting director of the Department of Water Resources, answered questions and listened Thursday evening as people stepped up to a microphone and were heard during the […]
OPINION: Rudy Salas Water Legislation Clears Committee
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Bakersfield CalifornianA bill by Assemblyman Rudy Salas, D-Bakersfield, that intends to keep drinking water safe and affordable by expanding state assistance to water systems in larger, severely disadvantaged communities, cleared the Assembly Environmental Safety & Toxics Materials Committee this week. Assembly Bill 560 was approved with a 7-0 vote. “Communities in California should not have to struggle […]