Wow! We ended the CA 2026 legislative session with some impressive victories for our members. You can read about them below – from new mandates for responsible data center development, to increased penalties for assault against our utility workers, to growing our electrical infrastructure, and creating thousands of new, good middle-class jobs for our members….
The Trump administration has waged a relentless and costly battle against offshore wind. Having had its previous attempts to shut down projects with stop work orders and remitting permits shot down in court, the administration has switched to a new tactic: paying developers to abandon their projects. The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) has paid…
From Blue Green Alliance The U.S. Department of the Interior has agreed to pay $765 million to the energy developer Invenergy to cancel four offshore wind project leases, an amount equal to what Invenergy originally paid the federal government for them. Under this deal, the cancellation would be purchased through the Judgment Fund, a reserve of taxpayer…