PSE Healthy Energy - In the Media

July 26, 2024

Study: NYC Spends $70 Million Annually on Uncombusted Gas Leak ResponseIn 2018 alone, New Yorker taxpayers paid a “hidden cost” of $70 million in responding to 22,090 uncombusted gas leaks throughout the city, according to study author Sebastian Rowland, PhD., of the nonprofit research institution PSE Healthy Energy.

Bronx Times

July 25, 2024

Gas Leaks Could be Costing New York City Taxpayers More Than $70 Million a YearFighting gas leaks in New York City could be costing taxpayers more than $70 million a year, a new report by the research and policy institute PSE Healthy Energy finds.

City Limits

July 23, 2024

Gas Risk is Worst in These 20 US Cities"Uncombusted gas leaks are a preventable situation that can draw significant time and resources away from other emergencies," Sebastian Rowland, a scientist at Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for Healthy Energy who was involved in the research, said in a statement. "Nationwide, fire departments are spending nearly half a billion dollars to prevent gas leaks from becoming even more serious emergencies."

Newsweek

July 22, 2024

Gas Leaks Cost US Fire Departments More Than Half a Billion Dollars Each Year, Finds StudyResponding to gas leaks cost U.S. fire departments over $564 million in 2018, according to a new study published in Energy Policy. The study, led by PSE Healthy Energy, is the first to estimate the financial burden placed on first responders by gas leaks.

Tech Xplore

July 16, 2024

Cómo Protegerte antes, durante y después de un corte de energía“Una revisión de 2023 realizada por PSE Healthy Energy, un instituto de investigación independiente, encontró que los condados más afectados, principalmente en el sur de California, tienen un promedio de 4 a 5 cortes de seguridad pública al año, que en promedio duran 48 horas”, explica la experta.

Tiempo Latino

July 11, 2024

Para este Verano de Temperaturas Extremas, California tiene Energía Limpia Suficiente para cubrir la Demanda de ElectricidadUna de las razones de las organizaciones para cerrar estas tres plantas, es que un informe de PSE Healthy Energy reveló que el 84% de las plantas de gas (OTC) están ubicadas en vecindarios desfavorecidos y terminan afectando la salud de forma desproporcionada de las personas que viven en dichas zonas, y que son de bajos ingresos y de color, en su mayoría.

La Opinion

July 08, 2024

New Research Shows that Solar-powered “Resilience Hubs” in California Could Generate up to 8GW of PowerPower outages are on the rise nationwide as climate change brings more frequent wildfires, heat waves, and severe weather events. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the state of California have both recently established funding to help communities create “resilience hubs” that rely on solar+battery systems to provide emergency power for residents.

North American Clean Energy

July 03, 2024

New Report Outlines Possibilities of Permanent California Solar + Storage “Resilience Hubs”“Demand for resilience hubs remains high,” said senior scientist Patrick Murphy, noting that California’s Strategic Growth Council awarded 11 grants for resilience hubs in February 2024, “but more than 100 communities requested funding. “In their analysis, Murphy and his colleagues with the group PSE Healthy Energy (PSE) identified nearly 20,000 potential sites for solar+battery powered resilience hubs.

Solar Power World

July 02, 2024

HECO's Public Safety Power Shutoff Program Begins, Leaving Residents to Question Preparation“Income matters,” Murphy said. “Your ability to ride through an outage is very income-driven, especially to minimize the impact.” Murphy suggested that policymakers need to seriously consider the disparate impacts of public safety power shutoff programs as they become a more common tool to prevent wildfires.

Hawaii Public Radio

July 01, 2024

Warning: 97% of Tested North American Natural Gas Samples Contain Cancer-Causing BenzeneThe study is the first to assess whether gas leaks contain enough odorant to protect against elevated levels of benzene exposure, and provides the most comprehensive data to date on residential natural gas composition. Researchers from PSE Healthy Energy and Stanford University collected and analyzed 587 samples of natural gas from 481 residences in 17 North American cities.

SciTechDaily

July 01, 2024

The Toxic Benzene Found in Tested North American Natural Gas Samples is Responsible for Cancer Rates that Make up 97% of the SamplesSebastian Rowland, the lead author and lead scientist from PSE Healthy Energy, stated that smaller leaks are not typically toxic, but they pose a challenge in detecting and repairing, which can result in a persistent indoor source of benzene and methane.

List 23

July 01, 2024

Study finds California sitting on 8 GW gold mine with resilience hubsResearchers at PSE Healthy Energy explored reliable ways to keep resilience hubs powered on. They found that fossil fuel generators have significant drawbacks and then looked into solar plus energy storage as a more reliable solution. The research team led by Patrick Murphy, senior scientist at PSE Health Energy, explored whether fossil fuel would make the hub resilient in power supply.

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