California has been diligently trying to reduce use of fossil fuels and cut greenhouse gas emissions. Last year, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 350, which requires 50 percent of the electricity from utilities to come from renewable sources by 2030. But it’s not just energy utilities that can add more renewables to their portfolios […]
Rancho California Water District’s board of directors voted June 9 to move out of Stage 4a and into Stage 3c of the District’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan. The move will restore residential, landscape, agricultural, and commercial customer’s efficient budgets to 100 percent and will continue to encourage customers to use water efficiently. The Board also voted to […]
Thousands of Southern California residents were left without power Tuesday as a brutal heat wave continued to bake the region, utility company officials said. Some 5,500 customers — including residences and businesses — scattered across Los Angeles were affected as of 2 p.m. Most would probably have power restored by the evening, Department of Water and Power officials said. Though […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Ruben Vives, Hailey Branson-Potts and Nina Agrawal
Firefighters on Tuesday continued to battle twin blazes burning dangerously close to each other in the mountains above Duarte and Azusa, as hundreds of residents were forced to flee and dozens of horses were evacuated. More than 1,000 firefighters deployed to tame the Reservoir and Fish fires, burning about 1.5 miles apart in Angeles National Forest. The fires […]
BLOG: Will Water Sector Help or Hurt on Climate Change?
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Water Deeply (New York) Quoted: Kelly RodgersCalifornia has been diligently trying to reduce use of fossil fuels and cut greenhouse gas emissions. Last year, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 350, which requires 50 percent of the electricity from utilities to come from renewable sources by 2030. But it’s not just energy utilities that can add more renewables to their portfolios […]
RCWD Moves to Drought Stage 3c, Restoring Customers Efficient Water Budget
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Valley News (Fallbrook)Rancho California Water District’s board of directors voted June 9 to move out of Stage 4a and into Stage 3c of the District’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan. The move will restore residential, landscape, agricultural, and commercial customer’s efficient budgets to 100 percent and will continue to encourage customers to use water efficiently. The Board also voted to […]
Heat Wave Knocks Out Power to Thousands in Southern California
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Joseph SernaThousands of Southern California residents were left without power Tuesday as a brutal heat wave continued to bake the region, utility company officials said. Some 5,500 customers — including residences and businesses — scattered across Los Angeles were affected as of 2 p.m. Most would probably have power restored by the evening, Department of Water and Power officials said. Though […]
Raging Fires in Azusa and Duarte Now 4,900 Acres
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Ruben Vives, Hailey Branson-Potts and Nina AgrawalFirefighters on Tuesday continued to battle twin blazes burning dangerously close to each other in the mountains above Duarte and Azusa, as hundreds of residents were forced to flee and dozens of horses were evacuated. More than 1,000 firefighters deployed to tame the Reservoir and Fish fires, burning about 1.5 miles apart in Angeles National Forest. The fires […]