Mark Chediak

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  • Workers building solar panel system on rooftop of house. Two men installers in helmets installing photovoltaic solar module outdoors. Alternative, green and renewable energy generation concept.Politics

    Fate of $20 billion US home solar market lies in GOP Senate hands

    By Mark Chediak and Bloomberg
  • Firefighter and helicopter fight LA wildfireEnvironment

    Useless high-voltage power lines risk sparking California fires

    By Mark Chediak, Dave Merrill, and others
  • The Xcel Energy headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, on Friday, March 8, 2024. Xcel Energy Inc. acknowledged that its equipment was likely involved in igniting the worst wildfire in Texas history. But the utility company also refuted allegations it had acted negligently. Photographer: Ben Brewer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEnvironment

    Xcel Energy is cutting power to 55,000 Colorado customers rather than risk sparking another wildfire

    By Mark Chediak and Bloomberg
  • A burned car and home following the Smokehouse Creek Fire in Fritch, Texas, US, on Friday, March 1, 2024. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said as many as 500 structures such as houses and barns have been damaged or destroyed in the largest wildfire in state history. Photographer: Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEnvironment

    Texas wildfires follow Warren Buffett’s warning about the ‘specter of zero profitability’ looming over utilities—and not just in California

    By Mark Chediak, Will Wade, and others
  • LIVERMORE, CA – MARCH 22: Eastbound Interstate 580 near North Flynn Road in Livermore, Calif., Wednesday, March 22, 2023. A section of the highway cracked and a retaining wall tumbled down a rain-soaked hill. (Santiago Mejia/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)Environment

    California fears even worse fire season as ‘superblooms’ from historic wet winter become kindling

    By David R. Baker, Brian K. Sullivan, and others
  • winter stormEnvironment

    America’s electrical grid barely escaped a calamity as massive storm exposes a vulnerable natural-gas infrastructure

    By Gerson Freitas Jr., Naureen S. Malik, and others
  • Diablo CanyonEnvironment

    California votes to keep last nuclear plant running through 2030

    By David R. Baker, Mark Chediak, and others
  • California droughtEnvironment

    California lawmakers urge Justice Department to investigate ‘drought profiteering’ as water prices soar to historic highs

    By Kim Chipman, Mark Chediak, and others
  • HOUSTON, TEXAS – FEBRUARY 21: A view of high voltage transmission towers on February 21, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Millions of Texans lost their power when winter storm Uri hit the state and knocked out coal, natural gas and nuclear plants that were unprepared for the freezing temperatures brought on by the storm. Wind turbines that provide an estimated 24 percent of energy to the state became inoperable when they froze. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

    Gas sellers made $11 billion while millions of Texans were without power in February

    By Kevin Crowley, Naureen S. Malik, and others
  • Bill Magness, president and chief executive officer of Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc., speaks during the 2019 CERAWeek by IHS Markit conference in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, March 14, 2019.

    CEO of Texas’ power grid operator fired in wake of February blackouts

    By Will Wade, Naureen S. Malik, and others
  • Smoke rises into the sky behind Sterling Vineyards along Silverado Trail during the Glass Fire in Napa County, California, U.S., on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2020. Firefighters were battling multiple rapid growing wildfires sparked during a red flag warning Sunday that burned structures and prompted evacuations.Lifestyle

    Wildfire ripping through California wine country expands as thousands flee

    By Mark Chediak, Brian K. Sullivan, and others
  • Home with both solar panels and a nearby wind turbineTech

    One City Canned Natural Gas for New Home and Business Builds—and It Won’t Be the Last

    By David R. Baker, Mark Chediak, and others
  • California is considering shutting power off during high-wind periods to lower the likelihood of wildfires.

    California Could Go Dark This Summer to Prevent Wildfires

    By Mark Chediak, Brian Eckhouse, and others