By John Thiel, STPUD General Manager
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Back in the 1940s, before South Tahoe Public Utility
District existed, sewage flowed directly into beautiful Lake Tahoe. Citizens rallied to sign a petition to form the District and this year marks our 70th anniversary. From a single septic field to an award-winning 7.7 million gallon per day wastewater treatment facility, with 100% recycled water and biosolids, a lot
has changed over the years.
While 2020 has been a challenging year, the District made great strides in protecting our community from wildfire and improving the reliability, effectiveness, and efficiency of our system.
The former property-assessed clean energy program administrator plans to sell off assets via Chapter 11, but PACE securitizations through its bankruptcy-remote trusts will continue to be backed by homeowner ad valorem assessments.
The Yangjiang Nanpeng Island offshore wind farm. [Photo/China General Nuclear Power Corp]
This month I had the pleasure of joining the Renewable Energy International Finance and Cutting-Edge Technology Forum in Hefei, East China s Anhui province. There was much to discuss and consider, with this a timely subject with much commonality between China and the UAE.
China is a global leader in renewable energy, and when I fly into Beijing from the UAE, over the Himalayas, I can see wind turbines as on terrain over Central China and towards the capital city.
And dotted along the coast up from the South China Sea, to the East China Sea onwards to the Yellow sea are a series of gleaming wind farms, empowering China s green revolution of sustainable energy.