California governor looks to gasoline reserves to dampen price spikes

OIL & GAS: California Gov. Gavin Newsom calls on lawmakers to require petroleum refineries to maintain fuel reserves designed to avoid supply shortages and price spikes. (NBC Bay Area)

ALSO:California advocates appeal a county’s approval of an oil-truck loading facility, saying it could lead to tanker crashes and spills. (Santa Barbara Independent)

GEOTHERMAL:

• A developer looks to use $1 million in private and public funding to drill exploratory geothermal energy wells in central Colorado. (Colorado Sun)
• Idaho developers say steep exploration costs hamper efforts to take advantage of the state’s high geothermal energy potential. (Idaho Statesman)

CLEAN ENERGY: The Biden administration awards five rural Alaska communities nearly $18 million to develop hydropower, solar and battery energy storage system projects. (news release)

NUCLEAR: California nuclear microreactor startup Oklo inks non-binding deals to provide power to a Wyoming data center and Permian Basin oil and gas facilities. (Utility Dive)

GRID:

• California’s grid operator advances a bid to establish regional governance for a planned Western transmission organization and day-ahead power market. (Public Power)
• An Arizona utility seeks public input on a proposed transmission line designed to accommodate projected growth in the Phoenix area. (news release)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: A Colorado startup looks to begin manufacturing electric self-propelled camper trailers by the end of this year. (Solar Industry)

SOLAR:

• Clean energy advocates cautiously hope a slew of proposed utility-scale solar projects in Wyoming will clear the way for more development in the state. (Inside Climate News)
• Data show California’s Central Valley residents and businesses have so far this year installed about half as many rooftop solar arrays as during the same period last year, largely because of reduced incentives, while utility-scale installations increased. (Sentinel)
• A developer plans to install a 4 MW solar-plus-battery-storage system on a California mall’s rooftop. (Signal)

CLIMATE: A California lawmaker proposes giving regulators six more months to implement a new emissions disclosure law for large corporations rather than the two-year delay proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. (E&E News, subscription)

WIND: Oregon officials urge federal ocean managers to tighten restrictions on proposed offshore wind development along the state’s southern coast. (Jefferson Public Radio)

COAL: A New Mexico utility plans to begin demolishing the shuttered San Juan coal plant later this month with site cleanup commencing next year. (KUNM)CLIMATE: Southern Nevada health officials report heat-related ailments have killed at least 100 people in Las Vegas this year so far, a substantial increase from last year. (Mercury News)