Image via Getty Images.OPINION – The U.S. Department of Energy’s 2025 Resource Adequacy Report is a critical moment of reflection for California’s electric grid. As our state leads the nation in clean energy adoption and grapples with rising electricity demand, the report discusses issues that Californians cannot afford to ignore.
Offshore wind turbines, image by New AfricaOPINION – Following BOEM’s announcement canceling future offshore wind leases across the U.S., it’s important to remember that California still holds existing leases, including the wind area off the Central Coast.
Image by AndreyPopov. OPINION – To the extent that the “ghost of energy deregulation haunts” SB 540, as the headline of an article in The Capitol Weekly recently declared, in certain ways it is, ironically, a friendly ghost.
Heat pump. Image by Fotomax. OPINION – California didn’t become a solar leader by stopping and starting. It did so by making long-term, consistent investments that gave homeowners, workers, and innovators confidence to act.
Solar panel and wind turbine - Renewable energy. Image by bombermoon. OPINION – As the federal government turns its back on the clean energy transition—gutting decades of progress with the passage of the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill”—California now stands alone at a critical crossroads. With federal incentives slashed and funding for renewable projects drying up, the burden of clean energy leadership has shifted squarely onto Sacramento.
Image by peterschreiber.mediaA quarter century after the California energy crisis, some supporters of energy deregulation have taken to a new idea: turning over control of the state’s energy grid to a West Coast nonprofit.
Image via Shutterstock and Carl WurtzOPINION – There’s no doubt in anyone’s mind about the ability of fusion to generate limitless venture capital. But will it ever, can it ever, generate electricity? If you ask experts with no skin in the game, the answer is more sobering
Atom on abstract background. Image by bluebay2014. OPINION – For decades, California has quietly led in the race to fusion energy. Now, as breakthroughs become routine and the pursuit of fusion enters its final phase, we have introduced several bills to ensure California maintains its role as the center of fusion research and development.
ESG and Carbon Credit icons. Image by Thawatchai ChawongOPINION – Without swift action to reauthorize the cap-and-trade program and implement updates to align with the state’s climate targets, one of California’s cornerstone environmental policies could unravel due to lack of market confidence.
Former Rancho Seco nuclear plant in California, USA. Image by alcfeoh21OPINION – Nuclear energy is officially back on the table—not just at the World Bank, but around the globe. Countries, organizations, and governments increasingly realize that decarbonization can’t happen without nuclear. California, alas, remains paralyzed.