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A Pioneering Switch
How will the transition to non-profit Pioneer Community Energy affect Butte County’s electricity customers? By Ken Magri In an era of increasing concern about energy prices and availability, Butte County is on its way to […]
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Opinions
Analysis: Over a century later, California may need another revolt against its utility companies
By Loretta Lynch for CalMatters Fed up with decades of powerful railroads corrupting the state board that was supposed to regulate them, California voters created the modern Public Utilities Commission in 1911. Now, some 114 […]
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With no limits, PG&E may raise rates again for Northern and Central Californians
By Mark Kreidler This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, and co-published here with permission. Pacific Gas and Electric Company, which dominates the supply of power to most of Northern and Central […]
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Miocene fund intact
While PG&E has yet to announce a decision regarding the repair of the historic Miocene Canal—which is owned by PG&E and was destroyed by the Camp Fire—Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey told county supervisors […]
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Rebuild the canal?
It will take $40 million to $60 million and four to five years to repair the upper portion of a major canal destroyed by the Camp Fire, according to PG&E study findings reported during a […]
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Sparking debate
This feature is part of special wildfire report on the one-year anniversary of the North Complex Fire’s destruction of Berry Creek and Feather Falls. Find links for more articles in this series at the end […]
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In good faith?
Gail Tozier placed her hand upon the bark of a dying olive tree in her Butte Valley orchard. The trees are over 120 years old, she said, and haven’t been irrigated since November 2018, when […]
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Day of reckoning
Michael Hanko leaned over the lectern in a Chico courtroom as if his legs would give out, mustering the strength to continue speaking about the sibling he lost in the Camp Fire. His was the […]
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Guilty pleas from PG&E
On Tuesday morning (June 16) at Butte County Superior Court, more than 19 months after the Camp Fire, PG&E pleaded guilty to causing the mega blaze as well as 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter linked […]
Camp Fire
Can PG&E limit outages?
While economists are trying to determine just how stark the new COVID-19 reality is for mom-and-pop businesses, a recent survey by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce suggests the situation hasn’t hit rock bottom: Forty-three percent of […]
Camp Fire
‘Don’t forget about the Miocene Canal’: Butte County DA and PG&E reach agreement on water access, but questions linger
Business started booming for the Bamford family shortly after they opened the doors to their olive oil tasting room and gift shop in 2016. People constantly trickled into the downtown Oroville storefront to sample the […]