The following article was originally published on June 23, 2021. Contact: Rachel Becker rachel@calmatters.org IN SUMMARY Drought resilience depends on location but also extraordinary engineering — determining which California places are running out of water this year and which remain in good shape. In Los Angeles, people have been hearing about the dangers of drought […]

Placerville, Calif. — El Dorado Irrigation District (EID) and Pioneer Community Energy (Pioneer) signed a contract for Pioneer to receive electricity from an EID hydroelectric facility over the next 10 years. The contract represents a mutually beneficial arrangement that meets EID’s non-rate revenue goals through hydroelectric generation, while providing Pioneer with cost-effective, clean electricity for ratepayers […]