In the ’70s, when it was still called marijuana, my buddy and I grew a crop near Briceland. Last week, we returned to the scene of our then crime. To minimize security concerns for our research, we booked safe passage to a couple grows via Humboldt Cannabis Tours. We expected to be impressed by technology […]
J.A. Savage
J.A. Savage is an environmental and economics journalist specializing in energy.
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Power Surge for County Electricity Plan
Don’t like Pacific Gas & Electric Co.? Then you might be relieved to hear your town and Humboldt County are working fast to give you the opportunity to have a local electricity provider. Last week, the Redwood Coast Energy Authority formally invited an alternative provider to take over for PG&E’s electricity. A “request for proposals” […]
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Humboldt Bay Radioactivists
Tucked near King Salmon, the Humboldt Bay nuclear power plant’s been shut down since 1976. It is part way to burial but, like rust, it will never sleep. In a PG&E-sponsored Aug. 19 “open house” in Eureka, utility staffers were supposed to update the community on the nuke plant’s progress toward decommissioning. The event left […]
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Arcata Eyes Costly Divorce
If Arcata divorces PG&E for its own “personal space,” speaking electricity-wise, that independence may come at a cost rivaling alimony, according to a recently released feasibility study. Arcata and the county of Humboldt are currently in the process of researching community choice aggregation, which would allow them to start their own electric providers or contract […]
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Move Over PG&E?
There’s no omnipotent god of electricity, even in Pacific Gas & Electric territory. Ask your off-the-grid friends. But, the rest of us now tethered to the two- or three-pronged outlet in Arcata — and perhaps Humboldt County in its entirety — may have the opportunity to cut the PG&E umbilical cord for a smaller, cheaper […]