#incrementalism: #EnergyPolicy template hanging on #CitizensUnited #regulatorycapture by #IOU of the mayor: Create a limited purpose #MunicipalUtility designed to specifically support city community #microgrids within targeted regions like #Diridon.
Leverage Direct Access.
Acquire new #transmission.
Leverage shared capabilities of #LSE and #MUNI within a new #citydepartment.
Paywalled.
#Transition
https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/08/12/goodbye-pge-hello-san-jose-power/
#incrementalism #energypolicy #citizensunited #regulatorycapture #IOU #municipalutility #microgrids #diridon #transmission #lse #muni #citydepartment #transition
San Jose destroyed the entire neighborhood around #Diridon Station for #Google and now seems likely to end up with a community sized abandoned lot. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/21/googles-80-acre-san-jose-mega-campus-on-hold-amid-economic-slowdown-.html
#Diridon is a nice station, it's perfectly adequate for what it does (right now). But why the hell does #SiliconValley's main train station have a CASH only Cafe?