energy

climate change

Race to zero: Can California’s power grid handle a 15-fold increase in electric cars?

By Nadia Lopez | CalMatters | January 17, 2023

If so, that assumes California would build solar and wind at almost five times the pace of the past decade — that may not be realistic.

climate change

Texas blackouts put California in spotlight

By Emily Hoeven | CALmatters | February 18, 2021

Blackouts reveal a larger, shared problem: the inability of the power grid to respond to extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change.

Frayed Wires: As California enters a brave new energy world, can it keep the lights on?

By Julie Cart | CALmatters | January 16, 2019

California is casting off fossil fuels on its way to becoming a fully electrified state. But it's unclear whether the aging electricity grid can deliver.

energy

What happens if PG&E goes bankrupt?

By Judy Lin | CalMatters | November 29, 2018

What could happen if PG&E, which provides natural gas and electricity to 16 million people in northern and central California, goes bankrupt in the aftermath of the deadliest blaze in state history.

carbon-free

The high cost of a zero-emission California

By Dan Walters | September 24, 2018

Reaching Gov. Jerry Brown's goal of a carbon-neutral California would require massive expenditures on the electrical grid and for zero-emission vehicles.