How AI Data Centers Could Be Driving Up California Electric Rates Before They’re Even Built
https://vimeo.com/share/6b64233d-9b4f-4b14-a94a-ca7e72b1d50e How AI Data Centers Could Be Driving Up California Electric Rates Before They’re Even Built Buried in next week’s San José City Council agenda are two items that, at first glance, appear unrelated. The first would authorize San José Clean Energy (SJCE) to enter into a 15-year agreement worth up to $124.5 million for […]
PG&E Reverses Course, Protects Coyote Valley in Power Project Shift
PG&E reverses decision environmentalists say threatened wildlife in San Jose’s Coyote Valley The Big Picture Pacific Gas and Electric Company agreed to relocate a major South Bay transmission project to land adjacent to the existing Metcalf Substation, abandoning earlier plans to build on agricultural land in Coyote Valley. The shift follows more than a year […]
Open Space Preserved as San Jose Advances Power Reliability Plan
Santa Clara Valley open space to remain intact as San Jose power reliability plan gets approved – ABC7 San Francisco The Big Picture The California Public Utilities Commission approved a revised energy infrastructure plan that preserves Coyote Valley open space while allowing critical grid upgrades to move forward. Instead of building in sensitive habitat areas, […]
New South Bay power substation to be built at existing site
New South Bay power substation to be built at existing site – San José Spotlight The Big Picture The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved relocating a major energy project to the existing Metcalf Substation instead of building a new facility in Coyote Valley. The decision allows LS Power to move forward with its high-voltage […]