Supes vote to sue California over its energy policies

By Marcy Axness, TME

A historic order by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in June 2021 requires the state’s utility companies to obtain a sizeable chunk of their new electricity supplies — coming online between 2023 and 2026 — from clean, non-fossil resources, such as distributed energy resources (small generating and storage facilites connected to the grid), renewables and zero-emitting sources.

The CPUC news release said that 11,500 megawatts (nearly 25% of the state’s current supply) must be from these lower-impact sources “to ensure electricity reliability in the state and to meet clean energy goals.”

Kern County Sues State

On August 10, six weeks later, the Kern County Board of Supervisors voted in closed session to file a lawsuit against…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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