Shasta County backs ballot-curing bill in separate vote-by-mail action
The board signed onto AB 2604, while also taking up a separate SB 1420 support item on ballot processing and early voting.
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Shasta County adopts Ironman road-closure rules for future events
The board approved a resolution letting Public Works temporarily close county road lanes for Ironman Group events, with permit, notice, insurance and cleanup requirements.
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CEC adopts 2025 energy policy report, flags gap to 7-gigawatt load-shift goal
Staff told commissioners California is still well short of its 2030 demand-flexibility target as the agency approved its latest Integrated Energy Policy Report.
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CEC approves four CA-TREC grants to expand residential energy contractor training
The grants will fund apprenticeship support, student counseling and contractor training tied to heat pumps and other residential electrification work.
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CEC approves $3 million UC Irvine project to forecast behind-the-meter resources
Project SIGNAL will study short-term forecasting of rooftop solar, batteries and EV charging, with staff saying the work could improve grid reliability and ratepayer savings.
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Shasta County eyes retroactive $292,400 Paradigm contract for injured worker’s care
Supervisors are being asked to approve a six-month medical-management agreement for a severely injured county employee, with costs capped and no added General Fund impact expected.
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ACID board approves election order, finance manager hire and $1.8 million offseason work list
The June 11 meeting set up the district’s 2026 election cycle, confirmed a finance manager transition and advanced a large offseason capital plan for further refinement.
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Shasta County backs AB 2604 ballot-curing bill
The board formally asked lawmakers to pass a statewide process for voters to fix unsigned or mismatched vote-by-mail ballots.
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CPUC hearing puts wireless service-quality rules in the public record
At a July 15 hearing, commissioners said they will review comments from more than 800 people before deciding whether to extend existing phone-service standards to wireless carriers or adopt new rules.
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Shasta County seeks to extend ACC hazardous-materials consulting contract to 2027
Public Works is asking supervisors to add $100,000 to the ACC Environmental Consultants agreement and push its term to Dec. 31, 2027.
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Shasta County seeks first contract of its kind for catastrophic workers’ comp case management
A Risk Management memo asks supervisors to authorize a Paradigm Clinical Solutions deal that would cap county costs at $292,400 for claim 25-0495.
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Shasta supervisors declare Measure B adopted, advancing charter change on election security and transparency
The board’s July 14 declaration formally records Measure B as passed and would add a county charter amendment if implemented.
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CARB advances cap-and-invest overhaul with $10 billion bill-credit shift, industrial fund
At a May 28 hearing, staff outlined a rewrite of California’s cap-and-invest program that would steer more allowance value to electricity bill relief, create a $4 billion industrial incentive fund and tighten long-term allowance budgets.
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CPUC adopts long-delayed framework for buying failing water systems
The 3-0 vote in Rulemaking 22-04-003 replaces an older acquisition process with expedited review timelines and ratepayer protections for failing, at-risk and potentially at-risk water utilities.
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CPUC keeps SOMA limits in place, declines expansion to new construction
Commissioners updated the Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing program but did not open it to new construction or master-metered properties.
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CEC approves $9 million tribal microgrid grant novation to OurEnergy for Yurok project
The California Energy Commission approved a grant amendment that transfers an EPIC-funded tribal microgrid project from the Barona Group to OurEnergy L.L.C., shifts the site to Weitchpec and extends the term by 21 months.
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CEC approves $4.1 million PG&E smart-meter edge-computing demonstration
The July 8 vote backs a four-year EPIC project to test distributed-intelligence applications on 9,000 smart meters in PG&E territory.
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CEC adopts final 2025 Integrated Energy Policy Report
The California Energy Commission approved the final 2025 IEPR at its July 8 business meeting and backed the action with a CEQA finding that adoption is not a project.
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CEC set to adopt final 2025 energy policy report after yearlong proceeding
Backup materials for the July 8 business meeting show the commission poised to approve the final Integrated Energy Policy Report after workshops, webinars, a draft report and a proposed final version.
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CEC approves $1.5 million Guidehouse contract for energy modeling work
The multiyear agreement will support forecasting, electrification analysis, demand-flexibility tools and the commission’s Common Platform.
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CEC advances more than $11 million in clean-energy workforce and research grants
At its July 8 business meeting, the California Energy Commission approved four workforce-related awards and one EPIC research grant tied to electrification, apprenticeships and grid forecasting.
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CEC backs four July 8 workforce and apprenticeship grants totaling more than $9.2 million
The California Energy Commission approved four grants tied to residential clean-energy training, apprenticeship support and contractor pipeline development.
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CEC approves $1.5 million grant to support apprentices with childcare and safety tools
The California Energy Commission backed a CRESST award to the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California to help income-qualified apprentices stay in residential energy-efficiency training.
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CEC approves $1.5 million LATTC grant for clean-energy student supports
The grant will fund non-instructional services meant to help Los Angeles Trade-Technical College students complete training and move into clean-energy jobs.
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