California utility giant details 2019 plan for boosted infrastructure and technology—and controversial expanded blackouts—to respond to and prevent devastating wildfires in its huge service area.
Construction firms join power providers caught in contract issues from giant utility’s Jan. 29 bankruptcy filing; the company also releases details of an extensive wildfire mitigation plan and upgrade.
Logistics of getting land-based wind turbines to sites could delay or cancel installations and risk up to $2.1 billion in revenue, an energy consultant study reports.
Alla Weinstein is described as “tenacious and focused” in her push to have lots of floating turbines generating power, and revenue, in deep water off California—and elsewhere.
Federal auditors say U.S. Energy Dept. PM inexperience led to the estimated final cost of the Mixed Oxide Fuel facility in South Carolina rising to $17.2 billion from its original $4.8-billion estimate, and its planned finish pushed out 32 years.