Jerry Brown has proposed resurrecting a plan from nearly two decades ago to expand California’s electricity grid — a strategy that was part of efforts to deregulate the state’s utility industry. In the name of clean energy, Gov. Cal-ISO, which has a board appointed by the governor and approved by the Senate, manages the long-distance transmission of most of the state’s electricity. “The problem at the center of the issue is a very dirty utility that would be linked with the California grid,” Corcoran said. The 1999 proposal to expand the western grid died after the failed efforts at deregulation led to manipulation of the California energy markets, a jump in electricity prices and rolling blackouts.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 15, 2016 09:56 UTC