Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Saturday that will free up additional energy capacity for the state’s power grid in response to the heat wave in the Golden State and the growing wildfire in southern Oregon that is impacting transmission lines used to import energy to California.
Newsom’s order will allow the emergency use of auxiliary ship engines to relieve pressure on California’s electric grid. This follows his emergency proclamation Friday which suspends certain permitting requirements to enable to use of backup power generation.
The state is halfway through the Flex Alert Saturday evening, the California Independent System Operator’s (Cal ISO) request for California residents and businesses to “flex their power” by conserving as much electricity as possible between 4 and 9 p.m.
Earlier this week, the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services deployed firefighting equipment and personnel to Oregon through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact to assist in the response to the Bootleg Fire.
Newsom’s office said that since last summer, the state’s energy agencies have taken swift action to ensure grid reliability this summer and for the future in order to build California’s climate resilience.
“please don’t fire me. i see know you all are serious about all the problems i have caused with my poor management. i get it, really, give me a chance, please”
#RecallGavinNewsom
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A 5 minute head start before the angry mob chases him into Montana…where another angry mob will be waiting for him.
Why do there have to be a “emergency order”??? How about if the need for more energy is there we have the resources to make that happen? Let have common sense in our government REGARDLESS of who’s in charge.
… everything from Newsom is an “emergency: or a “crisis” ….. 🙁
No it’s not just him. ANYONE in charge will do the same thing. In fact it’s been done in the past. As I said “REGARDLESS” who’s in charge.
If Gavin really wanted to help he would increase hydro. We would benefit from additional water storage and get green power 24/7 at the same time.
Intentional destruction of our state is a tragedy.
Keep voting for the liberals at your own peril.
When a governor tries to get more warmer storage there are too many environmental groups that make it impossible. This has been tried in the past and do to regulation and lawsuits it’s impossible to do. Not just because of the current governor.
@Matt – Gavin along with his party can fix the problem 100%.
Get real. You can’t be serious.
Get real. It’s ain’t hard to dig some holes. The whole environmental movement is all political. Nothing to do with normal people who just want normal solutions to normal problems. Politicians are the greatest threat to normalcy. They all gatta go.
I must be older then you all. I’ve been around and lived in California all my life and have seen this scenario MANY times. It just doesn’t happen over night. And YES it has been tried and YES people have blocked it in the past. EVEN BEFORE the current governor. And NO I’m not defending him. I’m statin go FACTS.
Newsom’s office said that since last summer,
the state’s energy agencies have taken swift action
to ensure grid reliability this summer and for the future
in order to build California’s climate resilience.
no part of that statement is true or we would not be reading it here at the end of a the newscum! rant about he is helping us by using the same thing he and his energy warriors deemed not reliable or green enough to help the state
during this exact situation
again over the last few months the newscum has been trying to dend over to the people and fix the problems he created so he can avoid the recall
so either the dems are not going to put the scam fix on the machines out of fear
or they are letting the newscum fall on his wine glass
either way i dont see how the state and all of the collaborating employees and staff and politicians and judges and boards and councils allow it to happen since we have gotten a full corrupt view
of how the dem political powers see us >>> the american citizen>>>in this state
putting americans in the streets and housing the millions of illegals in affordable housing
the politicians vowing to use our money to buy up hotels to place the Americans put on the street …
by the politicians agenda
of screwing americans
and pushing a union first action to set up socialist workforce
the panic button the newscum is pushing is quite interesting
as he blows through billions of our dollars to save his career
how generous of him ….
any lawers want to look into actual law suits
and or criminal actions of the newscum binding us for generations
to pay for his re election campaign funds with our tax dollars
and future bond scams
Smoke um if you got um!
Maybe we should just bring back the natural-gas fired power plants. And maybe those newly designed nuclear power plants (no CO2 emissions). As things now stand, California is going to have power emergencies every year, and they will only get worse when more electric cars are on the road.
Or, join the Exodus and leave Kleptofornica for good (results).
It shouldn’t take an executive order to free up electricity for an electricity starved state.
If the government cannot supply all of the electricity needed by its people then the government should open electrical generation for anyone who wants to generate it.
Open competition is a mainstay of a free economy.
A unionized monopoly as a public service is always a disaster.
You all do realize that ships burn the dirtiest fuel to generate electricity. They burn fuel oil. Way better to have the nuclear plants and natural gas running instead. Oh wait, the great state of California closed off most of them these last 2-3 years.
and don’t forget before declaring bankruptcy, pg&e gave out bonuses
#RecallGavinNewsom
The governor doesn’t run pg&e. How about #firepgemanagment
Matt over here shilling for the governor. Ain’t that special. Zero understanding of true nature of power companies and government relationships. Maybe uncle gavi will bounce you on his knee when he gets fired but for now you will need to keep sucking your binkie and let the grown ups talk.
Not a shill. Just stating FACTS. I’m old enough and have lived in California all my live and this scenario happens OVER AND OVER. YES EVEN BEFORE the current person in charge of California. NO… I and NOT DEFENDING ANY GOVERNOR before or after the current one. You might get the person of your dreams as the next governor and that person will do something you don’t like and you’ll say the same thing.
@matt
You got some valid points. But let’s not underestimate the level of fascism we are living under in this state but more over the country.
In rebuttal, SFGATE on July 8 says, “Newsom’s handling of PG&E could be front and center this fall” during his recall and discusses how Newsom had lots of leverage over PG&E during its bankruptcy due to controlling access to its insurance fund and that his appointees regulated this utility. All he did was give some tough talk speeches, but effectively did nothing, zippo, for ensuring supply or fire reduction.
Our own State has not been taking care of its residents.
That is Criminal.
No power is going from ships to the electrical grid. To “reduce pollution” Newsom recently signed an order that ships in California ports must use and pay for shore power rather than use their auxiliary engines to run lights, Air conditioning, etc while docked,. Unintended consequences: not enough power for everyone else. Ships are now allowed to use their engines to generate electricity for themselves.
You got it wrong on a couple of points.
1) The article says nothing about “power is going from ships to the electrical grid.” Newsom’s order will allow the emergency use of auxiliary ship engines to run on-board facilities.
2) Newsom did not recently sign “an order that ships in California ports must use and pay for shore power rather than use their auxiliary engines to run lights, Air conditioning, etc while docked.” Vessels, aircraft, trains, trucks, and recreational vehicles have been required to use shore or ground power for decades. Typically they are local city or port authority requirements. The California Air Resources Board is also involved and has been considering changes to their shore power regulations so that they apply to more classes of vessels.
“Auxiliary ship engines?” You mean the kind that burn fossil fuel? Damn hypocrite. #RecallNewsome
everything he does is to buy votes so we won’t be recalled.
He’s desperate because he knows his dreams of being president will be shot down if he’s recalled from the governorship.
Yes he wants to be president so he can ‘spread’ the things he has done in California the rest of the nation. Crazed liberals, of course, love the idea!
What a magnanimous act by a thoughtful and caring individual. Nothing tyrannical nor authoritarian at all in this single man signing an order (proclamation) to actually permit more electricity to be disseminated to we yokels residing in his kingdom.
the Green movement, actually having the power to determine how much electricity can be generated for use in a state of (once) free citizens.
Thanks King Gavin! What would we do without your wisdom and kindness? Can I worship and kiss your feet? What ever happened to our state senate and legislature?
Not needed in a dictatorship. If I was in the state legislature, I would be suing. I guy up for recall should not be calling all the shots like he’s boldly saving the world. It’s very hitlarian
CA requires docked ships to use shore power (AKA the power grid) because they use the crudest fuel to run their engines and generators. Ships are not supplying power, they are just not using our shore power. Wind and solar energy is great but not when it’s dark, cloudy and lacking wind!
It takes an Executive Order?
No, he just likes to sound important. This fool gatta go
Thank you Gavin. Don’t listen to the knee jerk hateful comments. Anytime our Governor Newsom is mentioned here in Claycord it becomes a piranha like frenzy of the nastiest comments! I like our Governor in spite of the crude remarks.
Newsom just pocketed $5 Million from SEIU. They own him.
Don’t worry, popcorn…. Newscum won’t listen to anyone that disagrees with him – just like all other politicians.
That being said, Newscum and the rest of the democrat politicians are directly responsible for the failures in allowing new base load generation to be built, which includes expansion of reservoirs, etc… instead relying on solar and wind – which only work on sunny days/windy periods and are therefore not reliable for base generation. Add to that is the mandate for electric vehicles, which the present electric infrastructure cannot handle – thanks to the political appointees to the CPUC and CEC.
Add to that the fires impacting transmission lines coming into California (which btw) is a direct failure of the govt…
You want to cheer on a lying snake, then fine. But remember that this country was founded on freedom of speech. Remember that. You want to insult others because they disagree with you ? That certainly shows your level of (im)maturity.
If Newsome wanted to help California he would resign.
What! There’s room to spare? So much for a transparent government. Counting down the days to Sept 14.