The mornings and evenings in Fresno are finally chilly again after a long, hot, drawn-out summer season. And, just like with Fresno heatwaves, winters can serve up expensive energy bills. However, there are ways to lower those bills, and Fresno EOC wants to show you how. It is hosting a...
Newsom Demands Probe of Weekend Power Blackouts
An irate Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an emergency proclamation allowing some energy users and utilities to tap backup energy sources amid the state's days-long heatwave that has prompted rolling blackouts affecting hundreds of thousands of households. Newsom also sent a letter demanding that the state energy commission, state public utilities...
California Commission Backs Off Rooftop Solar Mandate
When California finalized the nation's first sweeping rooftop solar mandate for new construction last year, advocates pictured a utopia of all homes being built with solar panels, turning the clunky panels into the new norm to help the state achieve carbon neutrality. But those images of self-sustaining abodes may have...
Electricity Costs Could Tumble For Fresno Unified, State Center
Fresno Unified School District and State Center Community College District could soon see big savings on their annual electricity bills — as much as $1.5 million for Fresno Unified and $340,000 for State Center. Both are considering contracts with Constellation NewEnergy Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, to buy electricity that...
New Energy Plan Could Leave Californians in Dark: Walters
CALmatters’ Dan Walters is sounding the siren that history is repeating itself when it comes to energy deregulation. In his latest piece, Walters recalls the history of power company deregulation in the 1990s and how badly it missed on its promises. Now, it is happening again. “Newly drafted legislation would...