Southern California faces an “above normal large-fire potential” this month and lingering through fall due primarily to vegetation left dry by five years of drought and the usual round of dangerous Santa Ana winds. The dire wildfire activity outlook came Tuesday from Angeles National Forest officials, who said a normal number of Santa Ana wind […]
The nascent energy storage sector is often described in terms of how fast it’s currently expanding — and its potential for explosive growth in the near future. But across San Diego County decades-old deployments such as ice storage are still in use just as cutting-edge technologies such as lithium-ion storage grab so many headlines. At […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Quoted: San Diego County Water Authority
Odds favor below-normal rainfall and above-average temperatures in Southern California this winter, according to a National Weather Service forecast released Monday.The overall average of 25 computer models indicate there is a 55 to 60 percent chance of neutral conditions this winter, meaning neither El Nino nor La Nina conditions, said Eric Boldt, an Oxnard-based meteorologist […]
Encinitas City Council member Mark Muir, who has represented the San Dieguito Water District on the San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors since 2013, has been elected as the new board chair of the county organization. Muir follows two years of Mark Weston (Poway) leading the board of the Water Authority, which sustains […]
‘Above Normal Potential’ for Large Wildfires Ahead in Southern California
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /NBC Los Angelesby Jonathan LloydSouthern California faces an “above normal large-fire potential” this month and lingering through fall due primarily to vegetation left dry by five years of drought and the usual round of dangerous Santa Ana winds. The dire wildfire activity outlook came Tuesday from Angeles National Forest officials, who said a normal number of Santa Ana wind […]
Energy Storage Growth: Something Old as Well as Some Things New
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Rob NikolewskiThe nascent energy storage sector is often described in terms of how fast it’s currently expanding — and its potential for explosive growth in the near future. But across San Diego County decades-old deployments such as ice storage are still in use just as cutting-edge technologies such as lithium-ion storage grab so many headlines. At […]
Weather Service Predicts Dryer, Warmer Winter in Southern California
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Times of San Diegoby Chris Jennewein Quoted: San Diego County Water AuthorityOdds favor below-normal rainfall and above-average temperatures in Southern California this winter, according to a National Weather Service forecast released Monday.The overall average of 25 computer models indicate there is a 55 to 60 percent chance of neutral conditions this winter, meaning neither El Nino nor La Nina conditions, said Eric Boldt, an Oxnard-based meteorologist […]
Muir to Lead San Diego Water Authority
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Del Mar Times Quoted: Mark MuirEncinitas City Council member Mark Muir, who has represented the San Dieguito Water District on the San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors since 2013, has been elected as the new board chair of the county organization. Muir follows two years of Mark Weston (Poway) leading the board of the Water Authority, which sustains […]