The San Diego City Council on Tuesday loosened some of its water restrictions, including limits on watering lawns, based on projections the city has enough water supply to weather continued drought. The decision followed a similar move from the San Diego County Water Authority last month, which said it wouldn’t impose mandatory water use cuts […]
Southern Californians are conserving water as never before. Yet based on one government formula, we are not conserving at all. Southland water use is down, the same as if local water agencies were imposing a 30 percent rationing mandate. But the official conservation target by these same agencies, based on a new state reporting requirement, […]
The manager of the state’s electric grid released studies Tuesday that show its proposed expansion would yield annual consumer savings of as much as $1.5 billion by 2030 and help with the state’s goal of 50% renewable energy by then. The California Independent System Operator, which produced the nearly 700 pages of reports under a […]
In advance of a political showdown in the state Legislature, Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration made its first formal effort Tuesday to extend the life of the program central to California’s bid to combat climate change. The California Air Resources Board, which is controlled by the governor, released a plan that would continue the state’s cap-and-trade […]
San Diego County Water Authority, Coastkeeper Trade Barbs Over Conservation
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KPBSby Maureen Cavanaugh, Michael Lipkin Quoted: Mark WestonThe San Diego City Council on Tuesday loosened some of its water restrictions, including limits on watering lawns, based on projections the city has enough water supply to weather continued drought. The decision followed a similar move from the San Diego County Water Authority last month, which said it wouldn’t impose mandatory water use cuts […]
OPINION: Water Conservation: Mandatory or Way of Life? Guest Commentary
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Daily Newsby Jeffrey KightlingerSouthern Californians are conserving water as never before. Yet based on one government formula, we are not conserving at all. Southland water use is down, the same as if local water agencies were imposing a 30 percent rationing mandate. But the official conservation target by these same agencies, based on a new state reporting requirement, […]
Study Says Expansion of California’s Electric Grid Would Save Consumers $1.5 Billion
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Ivan Penn and Jeff McDonaldThe manager of the state’s electric grid released studies Tuesday that show its proposed expansion would yield annual consumer savings of as much as $1.5 billion by 2030 and help with the state’s goal of 50% renewable energy by then. The California Independent System Operator, which produced the nearly 700 pages of reports under a […]
California’s Key Climate Change Program Aims for New Life
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Liam DillonIn advance of a political showdown in the state Legislature, Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration made its first formal effort Tuesday to extend the life of the program central to California’s bid to combat climate change. The California Air Resources Board, which is controlled by the governor, released a plan that would continue the state’s cap-and-trade […]