Since Gov. Newsom's emergency drought order on March 28, Kern County hasn’t issued a single agricultural well permit, and frustration in the ag community is at a boiling point.
The majority of customers should be restored by Saturday night, said Amy Rutledge, manager of corporate communications for the power company, but some may not be restored until Sunday.
In comments made to state regulator, the Department of Commerce and Office of Attorney General Keith Ellison had vastly different suggestions for the Duluth-based utility's transition away from coal.