- California Current

Merchant Battery Project in San Diego Follows Approval of SCE’s Big Storage

May 24, 2022

San Diego County’s energy grid is in for a major overhaul. A non-utility, 165 megawatt battery project located across nine sites in San Diego County was announced May 24. Upon its completion, it will be the first fully merchant storage project and will be key...

Headline Buzz

Non-diesel backup weighed, high electric bills vs. electrification, new storage coming

Grid threats and higher costs, feds permit pipelines, Sempra utilities seek big rate increases

Plan to cut carbon is panned, grants fund clean affordable homes and EVs, NEM back in play

So Cal utilities’ earnings sink, Diablo extension fraught with challenges, 1st gen battery decommissioned

PG&E reports flush earnings, Atonement for coal, Economists pose affordable solar roof strategies

States get more say in transmission, solar investigation is bad news for the market, bills ease access to bonds

War’s impact on CA energy, Higher grid costs, State’s big EV plans

California Public Utilities Commission

SoCalGas Seeks 21% Revenue Increase

SDG&E Seeks 19% Revenue Hike

Gov’s Revised Budget Adding $9.5B to Climate Programs Met with Little Enthusiasm

Air Regulators Pitch Heavy Use of Carbon Capture to Slash Emissions by 2045

CEC Funds a Range of Projects, from Chargers to Zero-Emission Affordable Dwellings

Net Energy Metering Proceeding Extended to Allow More Input

Climate Crisis

California Air Resources Board

CARB Says Direct Air Capture Needed to Meet Its Carbon Reduction Goals

April 21, 2022

California will need to remove 100 million tons, or more, of carbon from the atmosphere to meet its climate change goals, the chair of the state’s Air Resources Board told a...