Articles tagged Newsom

Natural gas emissions continue to decline, but providing transparency about the methane intensity is an increasingly important selling point for many buyers, according to experts.

Groundbreaking legislation in California that will require large companies to publicly disclose their annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has become law with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature.

The Department of Energy (DOE) has conditionally awarded $1.1 billion in federal funding to Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) to support extending operations at California’s last remaining nuclear power plant.

New York, following the green trail of California, last month adopted several measures to speed up the state’s adoption of electric vehicles (EV) and zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV). 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week turned up the heat on climate change initiatives with a letter to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in which he stressed state agencies to prepare for an energy transition that involves no new natural gas plants. 

California has begun the public comment period for a regulatory initiative to end the issuance of new hydraulic fracturing (fracking) permits by January 2024.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and bankruptcy bound Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) and its parent company have informed a federal court in San Francisco of their joint support for a revised plan of reorganization for the combination utility’s exit from Chapter 11. The agreement includes PG&E’s acceptance of a state takeover if it fails to get timely court and state approvals.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) and its parent company have received approval from a federal bankruptcy court in San Francisco for a $23 billion financing package to help pay its considerable liabilities from a rash of wildfires in 2017 and 2018.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has allocated up to $12 billion over the next five years to support climate change mitigation measures, targeting wildfires and various energy transformation efforts.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) late Thursday filed a revised final Chapter 11 reorganization plan after its recent completion of three separate victims and insurance settlements totaling more than $25 billion.