Residents with new homes in 2023 in Marin County, CA will do their cooking with electric appliances after the Board of Supervisors in November voted to ban natural gas hookups in new buildings. The county, a peninsula sandwiched between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, is expected to adopt Ordinance No. 3776 in January.…
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California OKs $1.4B to Expand EV, Hydrogen Infrastructure
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved $1.4 billion in funding to build out the state’s electric vehicle (EV) charging and hydrogen refueling infrastructure. The investments would support Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order to phase out new gasoline-powered passenger vehicle sales by 2035, CEC said. “This plan charts the path for Governor Newsom’s historic budget…
California Well Stimulation Permitting Slows; Draft Fracking Ban Issued
California oil patch regulators on Friday denied 21 hydraulic fracturing (fracking) permits requested by Aera Energy, a unit of Shell Oil Co. and ExxonMobil. The decision to deny the well stimulation treatment (WST) permits by the California Geologic Engineering Management (CalGEM) division coincided with a draft released to ban fracking beginning in 2024. Since Gov.…