California Energy Commission (CEC) Mission Rock Peaker Plant Status
By Sheryl Hamlin The California Energy Commission held a scheduled status meeting on December 19, 2016 in Sacramento which was available on-line via Webex or phone-in audio in both English and Spanish. The notice of the meeting is here. The meeting was “attended” by CEC staff, legal counsel, commissioners, three representatives from Calpine and about […]
Santa Paula: Council Opposes Mission Rock Peaker Plant
By Sheryl Hamlin After numerous meetings and citizen dialogues, the city of Santa Paula has taken formal objection to the Mission Rock peaker plant. To read previous articles about the proposed peaker plant, click here. In a letter to be sent to the California Energy Commission (CEC) drafted by City Manager Fontes and Attorney Cotti, […]
Santa Paula: Mission Rock Peaker Plant Oppostion
By Sheryl Hamlin Item 12 A on the regular agenda for September 19, 2016 included a resolution opposing the proposed gas fired peaker plant on the Mission Rock site owned by Calpine. The text of the proposed resolution follows: A RESOLUTION OF THE SANTA PAULA CITY COUNCIL OPPOSING THE PROPOSED CALPINE MISSION ROCK ENERGY CENTER […]
Santa Paula Council and Citizens: Dialogue with Calpine about Mission Rock Peaker Plant
By Sheryl Hamlin Item 10E on the April 4, 2016 Santa Paula City Council resulted from a large citizen turnout at the March 21, 2016 council meeting opposing the proposed Mission Rock Energy Center (MREC). That meeting was described here and the MREC project application is located here at the California Energy Commission (CEC). The […]
Rocket Scientist, Fundraiser and Surgeon Take Over Citizens Journal
News By Citizens Journal Staff May 17, 2021, Oxnard, CA Citizens Journal was founded eight years ago by a group of Ventura County concerned Citizens and has grown to 160,000 readers and over 37,000 published articles. They did this to help address what they believed to be deficiencies in existing news media available in the […]
Oxnard Ormond Beach Power Plant Extension Approved; City Moves to Improve Internal Financial Controls; CAUSE Demands Rent Control
By George Miller The state water board has approved an extension to the Ormond Beach power plant to run for an indeterminate amount of time to meet unfilled power needs brought about by premature shutdown of fossil and seawater cooled power plants in favor of so called “clean power.” The City was hell-bent on closing […]
Oxnard Council OK’s Deal to Help Keep Ormond Beach Plant Open in Return for Later Demolition
By George Miller At the 1-21-20 meeting, the Oxnard City Council considered and approved a proposal that would keep the Ormond Beach power plant open for at least another two more years, in return for the operating company, Gen-On, to fund then demolish and remediate the soil it when it finally closes (details in linked […]
Climate Hysterics Skyrocket
By Paul Driessen Call it climate one-upmanship. It seems everyone has to outdo previous climate chaos rhetoric. The “climate crisis” is the “existential threat of our time,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi told her House colleagues. We must “end the inaction and denial of science that threaten the planet and the future.” Former California Governor Jerry Brown […]
Santa Paula Planning Commission: Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and Collector Car Vault
By Sheryl Hamlin During the January 23, 2018 Santa Paula Planning Commission meeting, the commission heard and approved two innovative projects: a stored solar battery energy system (BESS) and the Collector Car Vault. BESS … Battery Energy Storage System Previous articles on the Z-Global BESS project and battery storage can be read here including a […]
Santa Paula: Tough Stance Against Peaker Plant
By Sheryl Hamlin The proposed Mission Rock Peaker plant has been looming on the horizon for about two years now. With local meetings of the California Energy Commission drawing hundreds of citizens opposed to the gas fired peaker plant and numerous letters from citizens and the council, the staff of the CEC released a PSA […]
