STORAGE: Analysts say a significant buildup of battery energy storage capacity over the last two years has helped California’s grid weather this summer’s heat wave-driven power demand spikes. (East Bay Times)

ALSO: Rural Washington state residents push back on a proposed 16-acre battery energy storage system, saying it would take land out of farming. (Capital Press)

SOLAR: 

GRID: 

  • A southern California city that could lose power and natural gas service after landslides compromised utility lines appeals to Tesla to provide solar panels and batteries to residents. (Los Angeles Times)
  • Frequent power outages imperil the Port of Los Angeles’ quest to electrify its operations and distribution system. (Los Angeles Times)
  • A New Mexico advocacy group urges the U.S. Forest Service to reject a proposed transmission line leading to Los Alamos National Laboratory, saying it would damage cultural and ecological sites. (Santa Fe New Mexican)

MICROGRIDS: A developer plans to install a wind and solar powered microgrid in downtown Honolulu. (news release)

OIL & GAS: 

  • Advocates criticize Chevron for operating a local news website in the Permian Basin, saying it exists solely to prop up the industry. (Floodlight)
  • A California petroleum company seeks to block the state from releasing documents related to the firm’s plan to reopen a pipeline that spilled more than 100,000 gallons of oil in 2015, saying it could enable sabotage. (KCBX)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: 

UTILITIES: 

  • Oregon’s largest natural gas utility agrees to reduce its proposed rate hike following pushback from environmental and consumer advocates. (OPB)
  • Wyoming rural electric cooperatives push back on Tri-State Generation & Transmission’s plan to phase out coal generation. (Cowboy State Daily)

MINING: An industry-commissioned report finds Alaska’s mining sector supported 11,800 jobs and $1.1 billion in total wages last year. (Alaska Beacon)

COMMENTARY: A retired attorney calls on the Northwest’s congressional delegations to help prepare for rising power demand by reforming a 1980s law that handicaps the Bonneville Power Administration. (Oregon Capital Chronicle)

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Jonathan hails from southwestern Colorado and has been writing about the land, cultures, and communities of the Western United States for more than two decades. He compiles the Western Energy News digest. He is the author of three books, a contributing editor at High Country News, and the editor of the Land Desk, an e-newsletter that provides coverage and context on issues critical to the West.