Air Regulators Pitch Heavy Use of Carbon Capture to Slash Emissions by 2045
The California Air Resources Board’s draft update of its plan to cut greenhouse gases in the state would allow a...
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Net Energy Metering Proceeding Extended to Allow More Input
Updated May 11 After months of delay, a regulatory proposal released May 9 reopens the record on the controversial proceeding...
Read moreWind Blows in the Sails of Offshore Wind
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management finalized its environmental review of a potential 1.6 GW of floating wind turbines...
Read moreSempra Energy and SoCalGas Earnings Drop, SDG&E’s Rise
The parent corporation of San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Gas May 5 reported lower quarterly earnings of...
Read moreEdison’s First Generation Battery Storing Wind Energy Put to Rest
Once the largest battery grid storage project, Southern California Edison’s 8 megawatt, 32 MW-hour pilot located at its large Tehachapi...
Read moreJUICE: A Diablo Nuclear Power Plant Extension Faces High Hurdles
Rumblings about extending the life of Pacific Gas & Electric’s aging Diablo Nuclear Power Plant past the date its federal...
Read moreEdison International Earnings Fall
Edison International’s first quarter earnings fell to $84 million, or $0.22 per share, compared to net income of $259 million,...
Read morePG&E Corp Earnings More than Triple
Pacific Gas & Electric’s parent corporation reported considerably higher earnings for the first quarter of this year of $475 million,...
Read moreLawmakers Move to Advance Zero-Net Carbon Power, Better Public Information
Legislation driving clean energy, lowering utility bills, and better informing citizens of projects and carbon emissions cleared the Senate energy...
Read moreAgreement Reached to Advance Dual Energy Flows from Vehicles and Chargers
Federal, state, and local officials, utility and labor representatives and carmakers have agreed to work together to commercialize bidirectional electric...
Read moreFederal Regulators Propose Giving States More Say in Regional Transmission
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved 4-1 a proposed rulemaking that would give California and other states a larger role...
Read moreBills Back Ratepayer Bonds for Tree Cutting Costs; New Clean Energy Workforce Office
The Assembly Utilities & Energy Committee on April 20 passed legislation to expand private utilities’ access to ratepayer-backed bonds and...
Read morePG&E Adds 183 MW of Storage, en route to 3,300 MW by Mid-decade
Pacific Gas & Electric brought 182.5 megawatts of four-hour battery storage online, it announced April 18. That brings its total...
Read moreBills Advancing Power Line Undergrounding and Alternative Energy and Vehicles Pass
The state Senate energy committee has approved legislation to accelerate the undergrounding of overhead power lines to reduce fire and...
Read moreNews Roundup: New Renewable Peak, East Bay Home Electrification Launched
California hit a new renewable energy peak of nearly 98%. This new record of nonfossil resources flowing into the grid...
Read moreEV Sales Rise, Zero Emission Trucks and Buses Slated for Bulk of State Funds
Sales of electric cars and other light-duty vehicles hit 16% of the market share by the end of the first...
Read moreHigher Natural Gas Prices Push up Grid Market Costs
A 50% increase in natural gas costs drove up the grid operator’s day-ahead market prices in the fourth quarter of...
Read morePG&E Settles Dixie and Kincaid Wildfire Litigation for Million$
Pacific Gas & Electric reached two settlements for a combined $55.25 million with the District Attorneys of the five counties...
Read moreElectric Hot Water Heat Pump Subsidy Increased by $40M
State utility regulators approved $40 million in additional incentives for home and small business electric heat pump water heater installations....
Read moreBills to Remove Barriers to California’s Clean Grid Goal Advance
The Assembly energy committee backed legislation to require that installers of large solar rooftop panels be paid prevailing wages. Lawmakers...
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