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The race to electrify California starts in rural regions

02/07/24 7:10 AM By Brad Hooker
California is scaling up its grid infrastructure but the buildout is putting more scrutiny on natural and working lands and collaborations with rural counties.
KEYWORDS California agriculture CARB developing solar farms in the Central Valley Electric grid reliability nature-based solutions for climate change repurposing fallowed farmland for conservation projects Sustainable Groundwater Management Act urban sprawl
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Brad Hooker
Sacramento Bureau Chief, Agri-Pulse West

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