Tag: Electricity

Rate Realities Campaign Urges Legislators to Cut Mandates that Add 37% to Customer Bills

The California Chamber of Commerce this week announced the next phases of the “Rate Realities” campaign, calling on lawmakers to get serious about affordability,...

Cost Cutting Regional Energy Market Gets Governor’s OK

Last week, California Chamber of Commerce-supported legislation that will enable the state to participate in an expanded regional electricity market was signed by Gov....

CalChamber ‘Rate Realities’ Campaign Highlights Drivers Behind Electricity Costs

Last week, the California Chamber of Commerce launched its “Rate Realities” campaign to raise awareness about the true drivers behind California’s electricity costs while...

Cost Cutter Energy Bill Clears First Committee

A bill strongly supported by the California Chamber of Commerce as a Cost Cutter that will reduce energy costs for Californians won unanimous support...

Burdensome Utility Ratepayer Bill Fails Again in Senate Committee

California Chamber of Commerce-opposed legislation imposing burdensome and redundant reporting requirements that could lead to privacy concerns for employees failed to pass a Senate...

State Air Resources Board Updates Plan for California to Reach Carbon Neutrality

After conducting a series of workshops over the last year and a half, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved an updated version of...

Immense Progress for State’s Energy Grid

Top energy sector leaders from across the state joined the California Chamber Board of Directors meeting recently to discuss California’s clean energy future, and...

Governor Signs Bill to Relicense Diablo Canyon Power Plant

A California Chamber of Commerce-supported bill that provides the mechanism to relicense the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant and ensure a source of essential...

Bill to Relicense Diablo Canyon Power Plant Goes to Governor

In the final hours of the session, legislators passed and sent to the Governor a CalChamber-supported bill, SB 846 (Dodd; D-Napa), that provides the...