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The 2000–2001 California electricity crisis, also known as the Western U.S. energy crisis of 2000 and 2001, was a period of time during which the U.S. state of California had a shortage of electricity supply caused by market manipulations and capped retail electricity prices. [10]
The state of higher education in California is falling apart. ... The LAO noted that some campuses in the systems devote little spending on building repairs. The Legislature has contributed to the ...
While headlines often scream about crises in the oil and gas sector, the real state of emergency in the U.S. lies elsewhere: in the outdated, unreliable, and vulnerable electrical grid. Ironically ...
The 2019 California power shutoffs, known as public safety power shutoff (PSPS) events, were massive preemptive power shutoffs that occurred in approximately 30 counties in Northern California and several areas in Southern California from October 9 to November 1, 2019, and on November 20, 2019, by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas ...
The California Assn. of School Business Officials said that it supports "any statutory changes that recognize the enrollment realities are varying and unique" and "any opportunities to alleviate ...
California has led the United States from 2010 to 2017 with its sustainable energy plans (also known as "clean energy"), with Clean Edge's Clean Energy Index for 2017 rating it at 92.0, with the second ranked state being Massachusetts, at 77.8, and North Dakota the lowest at 8.0. California is the only state with extensive deployment of wind ...
State and local energy policies typically relate to efficiency standards and/or transportation. [2] Federal energy policies since the 1973 oil crisis have been criticized for having an alleged crisis-mentality, promoting expensive quick fixes and single-shot solutions that ignore market and technology realities. [3] [4]
A major solar power plant project that was granted over a billion dollars in federal loans is on the road to closure, with energy experts blasting the project as a "boondoggle" that harmed the ...