Cost-effective and stable production of gas, electricity, water, and other critical California public utilities are the backbone of economic stability. Preventing price gouging, ensuring ample corporate competition, maintaining transparency between industrial special interests and Sacramento, and providing high quality service for local and statewide communities are several of the key priorities for independent-minded voters. Moving forward, independents will be paying close attention to California public utility solutions that strike the proper balance between environmental protection and laissez-faire economics.
Conventional wisdom has it that the United States is a declining producer of energy, and that we’re likely to need more imports unless we can work our way off.
The Blythe Solar Power Project, near Blythe, CA, was supposed to be the biggest solar power plant ever but Solar Trust, who holds the rights to build the plant, is now in bankruptcy.
California, Arizona and five other states get substantial amounts of water from the Colorado River, which is rightfully known as the most litigated river on the planet.
The Imperial Valley gets 20% of all the water from the Colorado River and produces 80% of the country’s winter vegetables.
In the wake of Fukushima, Germany, Japan, and Scotland are moving away from nuclear power towards renewable energy. Germany plans to shut down their 17 nuclear reactors and replace them with wind and solar power.
The MWD is the biggest supplier of treated water in the United States. It delivers an average of 1.7 billion gallons of water daily to 17 million people.
A 2005 Senate bill was supposed to streamline the process for tribes to get permits for energy projects on tribal land. But it made things worse.
