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California Public Utilities Commision

The Birth of Carbon Pricing and Delivering California's First 'Climate Dividend'

Mike Sandler | Posted 05.14.2013 | Green
Read More: Cap and Dividend, California Public Utilities Commision, Carbon Pricing, Climate Change, California Carbon Pricing, Green News
Mike Sandler

If carbon pricing in the United States were a baby, it would have been born on November 14, when the California Air Resources Board launched its first auction of Cap and Trade greenhouse gas permits. If carbon pricing is the baby, then the climate dividend is the birth announcement.

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Transformational Transportation - The Rideshare Revolution

Mike Montgomery | Posted 12.19.2012 | Technology
Read More: Taxis, California Public Utilities Commision, Ridesharing, Nick Allen, Carpooling, Economy, Smartphones, Jobs, Sacramento, Regulation, Cleanweb, Uber, Venture Capital, iPhone Apps, Sunil Paul, Sidecar-Car-Service, San Francisco, Technology News
Mike Montgomery

In our 21st Century society, I'll be cautiously optimistic that a well-intentioned CPUC will recognize the value dynamic new smartphone apps such as SideCar bring to the table.

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Rebate Debate Over Utility-Sector Cap & Trade Revenues

Mike Sandler | Posted 03.31.2012 | Green
Read More: Cap and Trade, California Public Utilities Commision, Climate Change, California, California Air Resources Board, Green News
Mike Sandler

If you've been wondering whatever happened to Cap & Trade in California, it's not your fault. The topic has bounced around several state agencies, and it was tied up in the courts for awhile.

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Jackie Ginley

City's Affordable Housing Initiative Spent Nearly $50 Million, Produced Nothing

HuffingtonPost.com | Jackie Ginley | Posted 11.17.2011 | San Francisco
Read More: Municipal Bonds, California Public Utilities Commision, California Municipal Bonds, Hercules Affordable Housing, Utilities, Bay Area, Affordable Housing, California Budget Problems, Low-Income Housing, Hercules California, California Budget Crisis, Municipal Debt, San Francisco News

Reporters Bob Porterfield and Jackie Ginley are exploring the financial challenges facing Hercules for The Huffington Post and Hercules Patch. Read th...

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Jackie Ginley

Hercules Municipal Utility Has Drained City Coffers

HuffingtonPost.com | Jackie Ginley | Posted 10.16.2011 | San Francisco
Read More: Hercules Municipal Utility, California Budget Problems, California Public Utilities Commision, Municipal Bonds, California Municipal Bonds, Utility Costs, Utilities, Hercules California, California Budget Crisis, Municipal Utilities, Municipal Debt, Bay Area, San Francisco News

Reporters Bob Porterfield and Jackie Ginley are exploring the financial challenges facing Hercules for The Huffington Post and Hercules Patch. HERC...

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Labor Leader's Lament: 'Where Are the Jobs' AT&T Promised?

Art Brodsky | Posted 09.13.2011 | Technology
Read More: Smartphones, Communications Workers of America, T-Mobile, California Public Utilities Commision, AT&T, Technology News
Art Brodsky

It makes absolutely no sense for anyone to say they would be better off with a crucial wireless industry held in the grip of just two companies controlling 80 percent or so of the business.

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Tri-State Generation, Environmentalists, AGree To Deal For More Regulatory Oversight

AP | JUDITH KOHLER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Public-Power-Cooperatives-Tri-State-Generation-and-Transmission-Association-Inc, Utilities Oversight, Colorado PUC, PUC, California Public Utilities Commision, Colorado Utilities, Denver News

DENVER — A regional rural electric provider agreed Wednesday to open up its planning process, settling a dispute over whether Colorado officials...

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Scott O'Malia: Obama Appoints Ex-Lobbyist For Enron-Like Company To Top Regulator Position

Mother Jones | David Corn and Daniel Schulman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: California Public Utilities Commision, Mirant, Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Maria Cantwell, Lobbyists, George W. Bush, President Obama, Enron, Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee, Scott O'malia, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Politics News

During his confirmation hearing last year, Scott O'Malia, a Republican Senate aide nominated to be a commissioner on the Commodity Futures Trading Com...

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John "Nuke Bailout" Bryson Must Not Be Secretary of Energy

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Solartopia, Bailout, Secretary of Energy, Barack Obama, Deregulation, Green Energy, Nuclear Power, SoCalEd, Southern California Edison, California Public Utilities Commision, Pacific Gas and Electric, Gray Davis, Enron, CPUC, John Bryson, Sustainable Energy, Pete Wilson, Gov. Schwarzenegger, Ralph Canvanagh, Natural Resources Defense Council, Electric Power, Greenwashing, Green News
Harvey Wasserman

Long gone from Southern California Edison, John Bryson's ascent to head the Department of Energy would send a disastrous signal to those who are committed to a post fossil/nuclear future.

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