Ever since California went into lockdown to mitigate against the spread of COVID-19 last March, many of the state's "non-essential" businesses have taken their chances operating underground to try to stay above water.
Last summer’s rolling blackouts in California did not last that long, relatively speaking. But the first statewide outages in nearly 20 years drew a quick and pointed response from Gov. Gavin Newsom.
“Let me make this crystal clear: We failed to predict and plan for these shortages and that’s simply unacceptable,” Newsom said at the time, no doubt keenly aware that Gray Davis became a former governor after a string of blackouts helped to trigger a recall effort that cost Davis his job. Newsom ordered the California Energy Commission, the California Public Utilities Commission and the California Independent System Operator to deliver a report explaining what happened and why.
Will California–Las Vegas High Speed Line Construction Start in 2Q21? Written by Oliver Cuenca, News and Features Writer, International Railway Journal
Brightline West plans to resume the sale of private activity bonds to fund its 168-mile California–Las Vegas high speed project, which it could receive from the federal government, or from the state governments of California and Nevada.
Brightline West hopes to begin construction of its $8.4 billion, 168-mile California–Las Vegas high speed line in the second quarter of 2021.
The new start date was confirmed by Sarah Watterson, President of Brightline West, in a letter to the Nevada High-Speed Rail Authority, according to a report by the Las Vegas