Wednesday Top of the Scroll: Newsom plans to keep lights on in CA — with fossil fuels
A controversial plan from Gov. Gavin Newsom would reshape how business is done on the California power grid…. State lawmakers could vote as early as Wednesday night on the polarizing legislation, whose text was revealed late Sunday. The bill would give the Department of Water Resources unprecedented authority to build or buy energy from any facility that can help keep the lights on during the next few summers — including polluting diesel generators and four gas-fired power plants along the Southern California coast that were originally supposed to close in 2020 but were rescued by state officials.
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