Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 23, 2024
Grid failures start fires From 2001 to 2023, roughly 92 million acres in the United States have been burned by lightning-caused fires , and about 68 million acres have been burned by fires caused by human activity , electrical operations being just one example. So how extensive is this problem and how does it happen?
Columbia Climate Law
JULY 9, 2015
Recently, two competing plans to reform California’s four-tier electricity rate structure of the three investor-owned utilities (IOUs) [1] have emerged from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Under the current tariff system, customers who use more electricity are charged significantly higher rates per kilowatt-hour (kWh). [4]
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Environmental Progress
APRIL 20, 2021
Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable. Adding more variable energy sources to electricity grids, all else being equal, might not in itself make electricity less reliable. But all else is not equal. GW of wind produced at a rate of 0.65
Law Columbia
AUGUST 8, 2023
Scope 2 emissions are those attributable to producing the energy (principally electricity) that the company buys. 29] California has its own Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions regulation for electricity generators, industrial facilities, fuel supplies, and electricity importers. [30] 39] 42 U.S.C. 40] William F.
Environmental Progress
JANUARY 20, 2022
As an illustrative example, the Finnish Posiva is now building a final repository for which it got a political permit (Decision-in-Principle) in 2001, and it is aimed to be operational in 2024. The time from political permit to a working facility was 23 years. For example, the title of section 4.27 reads (our emphasis): “4.27.
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