RCRC press releases and related news clips about RCRC and our member counties. Please note that a subscription may be required to read some external publications.

 

In rural California, high-quality internet access can be a matter of life or death-The Sacramento Bee

In this commentary to the Sacramento Bee, Calaveras County Supervisor Jack Garamendi describes how rural counties are banding together, through the formation of Golden State Connect Authority, to take advantage of state and federal funding in order to establish internet access for their unserved and underserved communities.

 

California’s community energy resilience bill passes key hurdle -Microgrid Knowledge

California’s Community Energy Resilience Act (SB 833), which would help cities and local governments develop energy resilience plans using clean distributed energy resources, unanimously passed the California Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communication this week following testimony in its favor by several organizations including RCRC.

 

'Big new California reservoir on track for $2.2B federal loan' -Associated Press

A long-delayed plan to build a giant reservoir in Colusa County to help withstand the U.S. West’s notorious droughts got a huge financial boost on Thursday when the federal government signaled its intent to loan the project nearly $2.2 billion — about half of the cost to design, plan and build it.