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Rob Nikolewski

San Diego

Energy Reporter at The San Diego Union-Tribune

I'm the energy reporter for the San Diego Union-Tribune @sdut and I cover oil, nat gas, renewables, nuclear, utilities and the grid.

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  • 6 days ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Rob Nikolewski

    Hay otra empresa tecnológica trabajando en San Diego. Nuro, una empresa de tecnología de conducción autónoma con sede en Silicon Valley, ha desplegado un coche de prueba en las calles de Hillcrest, Little Italy, Bankers Hill y partes del centro de la ciudad y Golden Hill. El vehículo no es autónomo; el Toyota Prius híbrido que utiliza Nuro tiene una persona al volante capacitada para operarlo.

  • 1 week ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Rob Nikolewski

    A place to perhaps store at least some of the 3.55 million pounds of waste sitting at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station remains in play after a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court — but plenty of hurdles loom before the spent fuel ever gets moved off the beach.

  • 1 week ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Rob Nikolewski

    The city of Coronado has created a subcommittee to explore the pros and cons of joining one of the two community choice aggregation energy programs in the San Diego area. “I know that they work for some communities and in some communities they haven’t worked,” said Coronado City Councilmember Kelly Purvis, who will serve on the subcommittee.

  • 1 week ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Rob Nikolewski

    There’s another tech company tooling around San Diego. Nuro, an autonomous driving technology company based in Silicon Valley, has deployed a test car onto the streets of Hillcrest, Little Italy, Bankers Hill and portions of downtown and Golden Hill. The vehicle is not driverless; the Toyota Prius hybrid that Nuro is using has a human behind the wheel who is trained to operate it.

  • 2 weeks ago | sandiegouniontribune.com | Rob Nikolewski

    California drivers may pay a bit more at the gas pump in the next few days after Israel’s military strike into Iran, but some fuel analysts don’t expect a dramatic surge in prices, and one thinks Golden State consumers may not see much impact at all. Denton Cinquegrana, chief oil analyst at OPIS, the Oil Price Information Service that provides data and forecasting on global energy, predicts gas prices across the country will rise about 8 to 10 cents per gallon within the next week.

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Rob Nikolewski
Rob Nikolewski @robnikolewski
9 Jun 25

A recent poll measured the level of support for battery storage projects among San Diego County residents. Here are some of the results: https://t.co/ENY7LQq4Fu @sdut @cleantechsd @ProbolskyRsrch #batteries #batterystorage

Rob Nikolewski
Rob Nikolewski @robnikolewski
6 Jun 25

Marine Group Boat Works, a Chula Vista company, recently converted a diesel tugboat to electric power: https://t.co/ISwr3pd2uY @sdut @MarineGroupBW @AirResources @portofsandiego

Rob Nikolewski
Rob Nikolewski @robnikolewski
4 Jun 25

How much deference should the California Supreme Court give to the state's public utilities commission on new rules for solar customers?: https://t.co/qr3SU3hg9O @sdut @CaSupremeCourt @californiapuc @ewg @CenterForBioDiv #utilities #solar