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Electric transmission industry group highlights weaknesses in America’s power grid
09 Apr 2025 00:16 GMT
America’s aging arteries for electricity are stressed and face potential failure thanks in part to increasing load demands from the burgeoning large data center industry, said industry representatives and government regulators gathered in Colorado.
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Sacramento law firm files lawsuit against PG&E over Capitola explosion
08 Apr 2025 23:55 GMT
A Sacramento law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against Pacific Gas & Electric Company for a Christmas Day apartment explosion on behalf of residents and business owners in the Capitola Village. A reported explosion caused a fire in the Capitola …
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Lawmakers Concerned Over Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant's Use Of AI
08 Apr 2025 20:20 GMT
Diablo Canyon, California's only remaining nuclear power plant, is making history as the first U.S. nuclear facility to implement an on-site generative AI solution. The plant, located in San Luis Obispo, has integrated Atomic Canyon's Neutron …
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It’s the first U.S. nuclear plant to use AI. Why Diablo Canyon has California lawmakers worried
08 Apr 2025 12:33 GMT
In summary
For now, the Diablo Canyon nuclear facility will use AI to comply with regulations. But some lawmakers think additional guardrails are needed for future uses.
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Eagle Point Closes Financing with Energy Vault as it Commissions the Calistoga Resiliency Center, the Largest Utility-Scale, Ultra-Long Duration Energy Storage Facility in the World
08 Apr 2025 12:37 GMT
Eagle Point Credit Management LLC (“Eagle Point”), an investment manager focused on specialized private credit strategies, today announced that it has provided $28 million in project financing to Energy Vault, a leader in sustainable, grid-scale energy …
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Stroll: Bay Area electric mandates — a vast expense with minimal benefit
07 Apr 2025 23:30 GMT
Will you or your landlord need to replace your gas-fired furnace or water heater? Starting in less than two years, it may cost tens of thousands of dollars if the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has its way. And it’s unlikely to make much …
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Energy Vault Holdings Announces Closing of $28 Million in Project Financing for Calistoga Resiliency Center
07 Apr 2025 14:16 GMT
Energy Vault Holdings, a provider of sustainable, grid-scale energy storage solutions, has announced the closing of $28 million in project financing for its Calistoga Resiliency Center (CRC).
The financing includes the completed sale of an Investment Tax …
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Environmentalists Are Rethinking Nuclear. Should They?
07 Apr 2025 10:47 GMT
The disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant began on the afternoon of March 11, 2011, when the Tōhoku earthquake, also known as the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Great Sendai Earthquake, struck the island of Honshu. The shock, which …
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SCE customers to receive credits in April and October
07 Apr 2025 00:46 GMT
Southern California Edison customers will receive the first of two California Climate Credits on their April bill.
SCE residential and small business customers will find a $56 credit applied to their bill. Another $56 credit will appear in October. …
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Rooftop solar is not the culprit behind high electric bills, advocates say
06 Apr 2025 14:03 GMT
That $8.5 billion “cost shift” that regulators say falls on non-solar customers — and is partly responsible for our outrageous electric bills? It doesn’t exist.The silhouette of the evening electricity transmission pylon.
No, rooftop solar advocates told …