The San Diego County Water Authority issued a request for interest for the proposed pumped storage project in January that drew 18 respondents. The respondents included five full-service entities offering to finance, design, permit, build, and operate the project, as well as responses from two developers, five off-takers, and six parties interested in building the project, providing […]
A decades-old effort to restore water and salmon to California’s second largest river is on the chopping block under a proposal by House Republicans to speed up dam projects and increase diversions to farmers. The legislation would override federal and state restoration projects on the San Joaquin River as well as allow for increased pumping […]
Wetter weather and continued growth in renewable energy sources resulted in some big changes in electricity generation in California in 2016, according to numbers recently released by the California Energy Commission. Natural gas still accounted for the largest single share of in-state power generation but the amount deployed dropped 10 percent last year. The difference was […]
When Senior Park Ranger Maureen Beckman started patrolling Carbon Canyon Regional Park about five years ago, there was one thing she heard most often: Don’t be the ranger who kills the redwoods. Tucked into the south end of the park about a mile’s hike from the nearest parking lot is a three-acre grove of 242 […]
San Diego Water Issues RFP For 500 MW Pumped Hydro Storage Project
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /Utility Dive (Washington, DC)by Peter MaloneyThe San Diego County Water Authority issued a request for interest for the proposed pumped storage project in January that drew 18 respondents. The respondents included five full-service entities offering to finance, design, permit, build, and operate the project, as well as responses from two developers, five off-takers, and six parties interested in building the project, providing […]
Critics Blast House Republicans’ California Water Grab
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Courthouse News Service (Pasadena, Calif.)by Nick CahillA decades-old effort to restore water and salmon to California’s second largest river is on the chopping block under a proposal by House Republicans to speed up dam projects and increase diversions to farmers. The legislation would override federal and state restoration projects on the San Joaquin River as well as allow for increased pumping […]
Hydro, Wind And Solar Make Inroads In California’s Electric Grid
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Rob NikolewskiWetter weather and continued growth in renewable energy sources resulted in some big changes in electricity generation in California in 2016, according to numbers recently released by the California Energy Commission. Natural gas still accounted for the largest single share of in-state power generation but the amount deployed dropped 10 percent last year. The difference was […]
Threatened By Drought, Not One Orange County Redwood Tree Has Been Lost
/in San Diego County /by Andrea Mora /The Orange County Register (Anaheim)by Anthony MendozaWhen Senior Park Ranger Maureen Beckman started patrolling Carbon Canyon Regional Park about five years ago, there was one thing she heard most often: Don’t be the ranger who kills the redwoods. Tucked into the south end of the park about a mile’s hike from the nearest parking lot is a three-acre grove of 242 […]