Lobo Fire (Nevada County)
Pocket Fire (Sonoma County)
Sulphur Fire (Lake County)
Tubbs Fire (Sonoma and Napa Counties)
Many of the questions Action News Now asked the FVT concerned finances and transparency. Action News Now was told on Tuesday that a detailed accounting of all the Trust expenses through December 31, 2020, will be filed with the Court later in the month of April, along with an update on claims payments.
As of Monday, the FVT reports that 7,364 Preliminary Payments have been issued for a total of $95,523,500.
Pro-Rata Payments of 30% of approved and signed-off claims have also been reported. 183 Pro-Rata Payments have been issued to fire survivors so far, totaling $45,816,527. The average of each of the 183 payments is $250,363.
NTSB issues preliminary report on investigation of railway employee fatality Written by David C. Lester, Managing Editor
The NTSB released a preliminary report on a BNSF yard employee who died in the early hours of March 3.
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On March 3 of this year, a BNSF conductor died in a La Mirada, California rail yard accident.
RT&S reported on the fatality the day it happened. The National Transportation Safety Board issued its preliminary report on the accident on April 1, and here’s what they’re reporting so far:
“The National Transportation Safety Board issued Thursday (April 1) the preliminary report for its ongoing investigation of the March 3, 2021, death of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway conductor in the La Mirada, California, railyard.
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Sempra Energy’s IEnova Unit To Report First-Quarter 2021 Earnings April 28
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SAN DIEGO, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Sempra Energy’s (NYSE: SRE) Mexican subsidiary, Infraestructura Energética Nova, S.A.B. de C.V. (IEnova) (BMV: IENOVA), plans to release its first-quarter 2021 earnings by 6 p.m. ET, April 28, in advance of a conference call with IEnova executives at 11 a.m. ET, April 29.
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Briefing materials also will be posted by 6 p.m. ET, April 28, on IEnova’s website, www.ienova.com.mx.
California’s electricity grid solution? Plug in really big batteries It will be the biggest test yet of whether batteries are reliable enough to sustain a grid largely powered by renewables 04 April 2021 - 06:00 David R Baker Picture: 123RF/SAIDIN B JUSHO
San Francisco With summer’s heat approaching, California’s plan for avoiding a repeat of last year’s blackouts hinges on a humble saviour: the battery.
Giant versions of the same technology that powers smartphones and cars are being plugged into the state’s electrical grid at breakneck speed, with California set to add more battery capacity this year than all of China, according to BloombergNEF.
California to Test Whether Big Batteries Can Stop Summer Blackouts
Bloomberg 3 days ago David R Baker
(Bloomberg) With summer’s heat approaching, California’s plan for avoiding a repeat of last year’s blackouts hinges on a humble savior – the battery.
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Giant versions of the same technology that powers smart phones and cars are being plugged into the state’s electrical grid at breakneck speed, with California set to add more battery capacity this year than all of China, according to BloombergNEF.
It will be the biggest test yet of whether batteries are reliable enough to sustain a grid largely powered by renewables. Last year, when the worst heat wave in a generation taxed California’s power system and plunged millions into darkness in the first rolling blackouts since the Enron crisis, many blamed the state’s aggressive clean-energy push and its reliance on solar power. Should a heat wave strike again this summer, it will be