California should bring all its resources to bear to support renewable energy development and restoration efforts at the Salton Sea, said a top state lawmaker while touring the area Tuesday.
“I don’t think most Californians know in Imperial County we have the greatest variety of renewable energy sources,” said Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, as he visited the Featherstone geothermal plant in Calpatria. “When you consider its relationship to the Salton Sea, as a state we need to do everything we can to put to work all the economic development tools we have to help catalyze the opportunity.”
The Featherstone plant was one of three stops on Steinberg’s whirlwind tour of the area — possibly the first time a state Senate president pro tem had come to Imperial County, said state Sen. Ben Hueso, D-San Diego, who led the tour.