Tens of thousands of California American Water Company customers in the Monterey area could face a rate hike of 16.1 percent beginning Jan. 1, 2027.
After months of delay, the California Public Utilities Commission, the state’s regulator of private utilities, finally voted on Thursday, Aug.…
Tomorrow, June 26, the California Public Utilities Commission was scheduled to adopt a proposed decision regarding the Monterey Peninsula’s cu…
A proposed decision from two California Public Utilities Commission administrative law judges dropped Friday afternoon, May 9, that could have…
David Schmalz here, with some notable news to report. This past water year—a calendar built around the wet season, from Oct. 1, 2023 to Sept. …
David Schmalz here. There’s a lot going on in the world right now, and in the chaos it can be hard to focus on the brass tacks.
For many, landlines are almost an urban legend. But for people who live in isolated areas with unreliable cell phone service such as Cachagua,…
After more than a decade in the trying, a major desalination plant to serve the Monterey Peninsula has cleared a significant hurdle—in theory,…
The future water supply of the Monterey Peninsula got a big boost Sept. 30 when Anne Simon, an administrative law judge appointed by the Calif…
If only public officials could wring water from their hands, the Peninsula might have a water project already. And there might’ve been a posit…