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- Written by: Rainbow Ag
As part of the event, a Purina sales specialist will be on-site for discussions on flock at 10 a.m., livestock at 10:30 a.m. and equine at 1 p.m.
A barbecue lunch will be provided at noon.
Coupons and hats will be given away, and there will be a raffle for an Orion 65 Cooler at 2:30 p.m.
Customers can start earning raffle tickets 2 weeks prior to event on Purina feed purchases.
“We are proud to serve the residents of our community and thank them for their continued loyalty,” said Rainbow Ag owner Jim Mayfield. “We invite everyone to celebrate our Purina Feed Greatness Days.”
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- Written by: California Department of Food and Agriculture
The board consists of five members appointed by the CDFA secretary.
Members are beekeepers who reside in California and who represent the major geographical divisions of the beekeeping industry.
The Apiary Board is advisory to the secretary on all matters related to the beekeeping industry and may make recommendations on all matters affecting the activities of the department in relation to the beekeeping industry, including an annual review of the department’s apiary program.
The members receive no compensation but each member shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in attending meetings of the board and any other official duty authorized by the board and approved by the director in accordance with the rules of the Department of Personnel Administration.
The term of office of the members of the board is four years. Terms for current vacancies will begin Jan. 1, 2019.
Individuals interested in being considered for a Board appointment should send a brief resume by December 1, 2018 to the California Department of Food and Agriculture, 3288 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832 Attention: Courtney Albrecht.
For additional information, contact Courtney Albrecht at 916-403-6647, or e-mail
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- Written by: Natural Resources Defense Council
“Powering Forward: Publicly Owned Utilities Are Critical to California’s Energy Efficiency Progress” details the efforts of 38 publicly owned utilities, or POUs, which are locally owned government agencies delivering power, to save energy and money through efficiency programs since they began formally reporting their results in 2006.
The POUs have invested almost $1.6 billion in efficiency programs since then, yielding $4.3 billion in total benefits or approximately $3 billion after accounting for the cost of the programs, a return of nearly $3 for every $1 invested.
If the POUs achieve their cumulative 2018-2027 energy efficiency targets, they will save an additional 8,000 gigawatt hours (GWh), enough electricity to power nearly all the homes of Los Angeles for one year and avoid nearly 3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution – equivalent to the annual emissions from more than 500,000 cars.
But substantial additional savings exist. If all POUs were to scale up to the national benchmark for aggressive efficiency efforts, they could save nearly 50 percent more than what they currently adopted as their 10-year targets.
That translates into cutting enough electricity to meet the needs of nearly two million homes for one year (600,000 more households than with the current targets, alone) and reducing pollution equivalent to the annual emissions spewed by 260,000 more cars.
“Publicly owned utilities, which provide power to almost one-quarter of California’s population, play a critical role for the state’s climate action and for ensuring affordable electricity service. While many POU efficiency programs have had great successes, all utilities need to scale up if California is to reach its climate goals and keep electricity bills as low as possible,” said report author Lara Ettenson.
The NRDC report establishes that along with saving customers and utilities money, creating jobs, and protecting public health, POU efficiency achievements are crucial to achieving California’s recently expanded ambitious climate policies to cut the state’s greenhouse gas emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels and double energy efficiency savings by 2030, as well as to become carbon neutral by 2045.
The 38 utilities range from the nation’s largest POU, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power with 1.5 million customers, to the smallest serving fewer than 400 customers. Since 2006 – the first year they were required to report – the POUs also have:
– Avoided carbon emissions equivalent to eliminating harmful pollution emitted by more than 430,000 cars for one year.
– Saved 6,500 GWh of electricity and avoided the need for two large, 500-megawatt power plants.
Last year, alone, they helped their customers save $850 million on electric bills, cut 1,000 GWh of electricity, and avoided the equivalent annual pollution from 65,000.
Key areas for improvement include:
– Scaling up savings by exploring new ways that efficiency programs can serve every type of customer, from residential to industrial as well as those that are harder to reach, like rural communities and people or business owners who primarily speak a language other than English.
– Making sure programs are evaluated periodically.
– Expanding services for low- and middle-income customers.
– Improving the current efficiency target-setting process by clearly defining which assumptions are being used to set those targets and why.
According to Ettenson, “With the right steps, POUs can continue to provide homeowners and businesses ways to cut additional energy waste and save more money, offer low-income customers energy-saving programs that improve quality of life and reduce their energy burden, support local economies, and ensure electricity production results in less pollution. That will create a cleaner and healthier environment for all Californians.”
The full report can be found here.
The 38 POUs analyzed for this report are Alameda, Anaheim, Azusa, Banning, Biggs, Burbank, Colton, Corona, Glendale, Gridley, Healdsburg, Imperial Irrigation District, Lassen, Lodi, Lompoc, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Merced, Modesto, Moreno Valley, Needles, Palo Alto, Pasadena, Pittsburg, Plumas Sierra, Port of Oakland, Rancho Cucamonga, Redding, Riverside, Roseville, San Francisco, Shasta Lake, Silicon Valley Power, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Trinity, Truckee Donner, Turlock Irrigation District, Ukiah and Vernon.
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- Written by: California State Treasurer’s Office
“This is just one more great example of how green financing can significantly change the calculus in how we pay for billions in green infrastructure needs throughout our state,” said Treasurer Chiang. “California is setting an example for the rest of the nation on how to build cleaner, greener projects that not only improve our road, bridges, and schools, but that also have an eye toward curbing the destructive effects of climate change.”
The proceeds of the taxable and tax-exempt bonds will be used to build a 190,000-square-foot building at the private, not-for-profit university’s Westchester campus that will house 625 beds. When completed, the building is expected to meet LEED Silver certification.
“Loyola Marymount’s commitment to sustainability is embraced at all levels of the university, including our finance operations,” said Chief Financial Officer Thomas Fleming. “Issuing green bonds is a natural fit for the university. This action reaffirms our ethos and helps expand the marketplace for those seeking environmentally responsible investments.”
In 2017, California became the first state to reach a cumulative total of five billion dollars in green bonds sold. In addition, over the past decade, the State Treasurer’s Office has purchased more than $1.5 billion in green bonds, including $200 million in green bonds from the World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development IBRD) earlier this month.
The bond sale marks the first time the California Educational Facilities Authority has authorized a green bond issue. The sale is being managed by Morgan Stanley.
Treasurer Chiang has been a national leader in championing the use of green bonds to finance the conversion of polluting infrastructure to greener and cleaner alternatives.
He recently signed the Green Bond Pledge on behalf of California, making the state the first in the nation to pledge to use green financing to combat climate change.
He also conducted a national listening tour, held an international symposium, and produced two reports on green bonds: “Green Bonds Vol.1: Barriers and Challenges” and “Green Bonds Vol. 2: Actionable Strategies and Solutions.”