Energy and Climate Change

Getting More Renewable Energy into the State Grid

The Bay Area Council on Thursday (Sept. 11, 2014) was pleased to host California Public Utilities Commissioner Carla Peterman in conversation with ...

Disappointed, Not Surprised by Gigafactory Decision

The Bay Area Council responds to news reports today that Tesla has chosen Reno, Nevada, to build its battery Gigafactory: “While we were hoping f...

Responding to Open Letter on Tesla Gigafactory

An “open letter” penned this week by the California Budget Project and other so-called “budget watchdogs” from states competing to secure t...

21st Century Infrastructure Coming to Cupertino

Residents and businesses in Cupertino in the heart of Silicon Valley will be among the first in California – and among the first in the nation --...

TESLA GIGA PLANT IS WORTH THE FIGHT

The Bay Area Council has been advocating over the past several months for California to step up its game in competing for Tesla's proposed Gigafact...

Bay Area Council Poll: Resounding Support for Upgrading Key Communications, Energy Networks

As more and more people come to rely heavily on mobile and broadband technologies for a wide range of everyday needs – from banking to healthcare...

AT&T, FCC TO TEST ALL-IP NETWORKS AS PART OF 21ST CENTURY INFRASTRUCTURE Initiative

Decades ago, Silicon Valley overtook Route 128 in Massachusetts as the technology hub of the nation because California’s culture of innovation wa...

Ambitious Bay Delta Plan Unveiled for Public Review

The Bay Area Council, under the leadership of our Water Committee Co-Chairs Jim Levine of Montezuma Wetlands LLC and Suffolk Construction West Coas...

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SETS 2014 POLICY AGENDA

Sustaining the Bay Area’s economic growth, broadening it and positioning the region and the state for future prosperity were central to the 2014 ...

Bay Area Council Economic Institute Embarks on Sea-Level Rise Study

Following recent devastation on America’s Gulf and Atlantic coasts, and with sea levels at the Golden Gate projected to rise by four-and-a-half f...
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