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Opinion: If L.A. wants to avoid summer blackouts and another Aliso Canyon, we need to reinvent our energy system. UCLA’s Alex Ricklefs explains how

A No Trespassing sign declares the boundary line of the Southern California Gas Company gas fields at Aliso Canyon.
A sign declares the boundary line of the Southern California Gas Company gas fields at Aliso Canyon. Photo by Michael Owen Baker.


Alex Ricklefs (California Center for Sustainable Cities, Institute of Environment of Sustainability, UCLA) opines that LA needs to reinvent its energy infrastructure in order to avoid blackouts and more natural gas leaks. He believes green microgrids are a possible solution, but warns change won’t come without its challenges. Ricklefs suggests the UCLA CCSC’s Energy Atlas can help policy makers and utilities focus their conservation or microgrid efforts.

Read more at Los Angeles Times