California’s official launch last week of the new Salton Sea Conservancy adds what some see as fresh momentum...
Salton Sea Gains a New Conservancy as the Salton Sea Authority Builds Upon its Critical Role
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Energy Articles
Coachella Power Strategy Hinges on Data Centers and IID Financing
The city of Coachella’s emerging strategy for expanding power capacity is not a single plan. It is two. On one...
IID Adopts New Strategic Plan as Regional Growth Pressures Power and Water Systems
Imperial Irrigation District (IID) has adopted a new two-year strategic plan that reads as both a roadmap and a...
IID and Indio Break Ground on First of Four Major Energy Projects
The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) and the City of Indio held a groundbreaking event on January 6 for the...
La Quinta Commits Millions to Help Secure Power Capacity as Regional Growth Pressures Mount
By any measure, the December 16 decision by the La Quinta City Council was one of the most consequential...
From Enron to Greater Palm Springs: Steve Lawrence Warns That Energy Is the Region’s Defining Economic Test
Steve Lawrence has spent his life in rooms where the country’s biggest energy decisions were made. He was an...
New Power Capacity for Development Must Rely on Cities, Developers, and IID to Join Forces
The push to bring new power capacity to the eastern Coachella Valley took a visible step forward this month as...
SCE Rate Hike of 10% Approved by CPUC; Desert Households Brace for Higher Bills
State regulators on Thursday, September 18, approved Southern California Edison’s latest general rate case. This move...
Big Rooftop Solar Changes Coming Via the Big Bill
The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), passed by Congress and signed on July 4, rewires the economics of rooftop solar...