California Energy Update 8/12

Professor sees energy 'trap' ahead Sacramento Bee WASHINGTON -- Tom Murphy, an associate physics professor at the University of California, San Diego, likes to compute big and daunting numbers. So when he grew concerned about how the nation could sustain its spiraling energy consumption, ...

Efficiency meets eco-friendliness; Siemens Flex-Plant(TM) technology will ... Power Engineering Magazine In an opening ceremony on August 10, 2012, Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) officially dedicated the Lodi Energy Center (LEC). The new plant with an installed capacity of 300 megawatts (MW) is located in Lodi, California. For this natural gas ...

State, Local Agencies Come Together to Dedicate State-of-the-Art Lodi Energy ... Power Engineering Magazine State and local elected officials today joined with the Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) in celebrating the completion of the 300-megawatt Lodi Energy Center (LEC), the cleanest and most efficient combined-cycle natural gas-fueled power plant in ...

Colorado, industry search for value of energy efficiency improvements Denver Post In Portland, Ore., new homes with energy-efficiency certifications sold for 8 percent more than those without, according to a 2011 study by the Earth Advantage Institute, a Portland nonprofit promoting energy efficiency. In California, green-certified ...

Local officials dedicate cutting-edge Lodi Energy Center Lodi News-Sentinel People who were now able to pay their rent, make their house payment if they still had one, put food on the table and send their kids to school and provide clean, efficient energy for the state of California." — Robert Balgenorth, president of the ...

Investigation dampens Monster's energy buzz gulfnews.com ... California-based company said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday that it received a subpoena last month from an unidentified state attorney general's office concerning the advertising and ingredients of its ...

Energy Flex Alert Lifted for Weekend, Conservation Urged KTLA Although people are still being asked to conserve power, a flex alert issued by the California Independent Systems Operator for this weekend has been shortened. The grid operator initially called for a flex alert from Friday through Sunday. It remained ...