As state energy officials were anticipating since the Obama administration stimulus package was made public, California will get nearly $412 million for weatherization and energy efficiency programs that will be funneled through the California Energy Commission (CEC). An announcement from Vice President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Steven Chu confirmed this Thursday.
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Bill Offers Tax Breaks to Independents, Alternative Energy
The $100 billion economic-stimulus bill narrowly approved by the U.S. House of Representatives last Wednesday contained a number of tax breaks and incentives designed to give a boost to independent oil and natural gas producers and producers of alternative energy.
Bill Offers Tax Breaks to Independents, Alternative Energy
The $100 billion economic-stimulus bill narrowly approved by the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday contained a number of tax breaks and incentives designed to give a boost to independent oil and natural gas producers and producers of alternative energy.
Northern CA Gas Drilling Stepped Up at Brisk Pace
With the stimulus of the state’s electricity and natural gas crunch lingering, the pace of new natural gas well drilling in the northern half of California has nearly doubled over last year, according to state officials. Notices to drill new gas wells are coming in at a pace not seen since the mid-1980s, and the total for any single year in the 1990s will soon be surpassed.