After Years of Turmoil, PG&E Looks to New Playbook
Although still under sporadic criticism from regulators, legislators and customers, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) and parent company PG&E Corp. are developing a new playbook, including updated wildfire mitigation plans.
CEO Patricia Poppe during a fourth quarter conference call Thursday said the mitigation plans were moving to risk-based from activity-based. They would address the highest risk areas in its service territory with an “enhanced, predictive” model using state-of-the-art technology.
“I feel good about our ability to build a transparent system so anyone who wants to can be aware of the status of our wildfire mitigation plan,” said
Tiny Nuclear Reactors Can Save American Energy
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Tiny Nuclear Reactors Can Save American Energy
They pack 10 percent of the power of a full-size nuclear plant in just 1 percent of the space. Jan 3, 2021
Often touted as a more flexible, powerful alternative to renewables, nuclear’s advantages haven’t outrun its dogged volatility. We associate nuclear reactors more often with disaster than innovation, but as the United States takes more coal and gas plants offline, engineers are hoping fresh reactor concepts could redeem nuclear’s stature in American energy. Bigger is no longer better. The future, experts say, looks like “multispeed” nuclear energy a combination of traditional large plants and smaller, safer megawatt reactors.