California Energy Update 8/15

New Report Highlights Growth of Wind Energy in California Noozhawk Rep. Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara, a senior member of the Committee on Energy & Commerce, highlighted on Tuesday a new report released by the U.S. Department of Energy, the 2011 Wind Technologies Market Report, detailing the growth in wind energy ...

How Energy Conservation Impacts Today's Flex Alert in California KQED (blog) The heat has yet to break, but Californians are being urged to turn down their air conditioners. Operators of the state's electricity grid have declared a Flex Alert for Tuesday, telling customers to curb their power use as California's inland regions ...

Valero Energy and Western Refining Thriving in 2012 as US Refiners Profits ... Investor's Business Daily Valero Energy and Western Refining Thriving in 2012 as U.S. Refiners Profits Reach Highest Levels Since 2007. By MARKETWIREMARKETWIRE12655 Beatrice Street Los Angeles CA 90066. USA , Marketwire.comInvestor's Business DailyInvestors.com ...

Fast Start Energy About To Go Online In California Science 2.0 (blog) California is cursed with a need to regulate energy deregulation, so it can't do the obvious thing like let utility companies buy transmission lines or sign long-term contracts - instead, companies have to buy on the spot market but they can't pass ...

Temperatures Dip But Energy Coservation Still Necessary Patch.com The California Independent System Operator, which manages the state's power grid, issued a Flex Alert -- a call for residents to voluntarily conserve power -- for today due to elevated power-use forecasts. "Conservation is critical," it said in a ...

California Invests in Emissions-Reducing Locomotives Energy Digital ROSEVILLE, Calif., Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Union Pacific Railroad is investing $20 million to test new technology designed to reduce diesel emissions from freight locomotives in California. A series of 25 experimental locomotives will be based in ...

California AG to eye market share issues of Tesoro bid for BP refinery Platts The state of California will review Tesoro's bid for BP's 266000 b/d Carson refinery near Los Angeles to see if the deal would present any concerns over competition issues, a spokeswoman for the California Attorney General's Office said Tuesday ...

2012 gas prices head for record USA TODAY Even with demand expected to recede after the peak summer driving season, 2012 will surpass last year's price, says Brian Milne of energy tracker Telvent DTN . The run-up comes at a time when prices typically have peaked for ... Fallout from production ...

Energy Commission Releases Photos, Data On Genesis Solar Flood KCET (blog) The California Energy Commission (CEC) posted photos and some preliminary reports Tuesday afternoon on its website regarding the July 31 flood that damaged the Genesis Solar Plant in eastern Riverside County. Though the CEC cautions that the data ...

The Most Energy Efficient Home is Small… Right? Sustainablog (blog) Recently, I overheard a two people arguing about the relative efficiency of an old, small, inefficient, cold climate home in the Northeast versus a newly constructed large Southern California home using energy efficient methods. At first I guessed that ... California's Energy Future - Environmental Trends Several new studies of AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act suggest that California's energy-future is imperiled. One such study projects job losses of ... www.environmentaltrends.org/.../californias-energy-future.ht...