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California’s grid operator, regulators and researchers have been warning that if the state fails to shift electric vehicle charging away...

The Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee approved several bills from the Senate that seek affordable clean energy, acceleration of transmission...

The Senate Energy, Utilities, & Communications Committee approved half a dozen bills that aim to reduce ratepayers’ financial burdens and...

California’s leadership on climate protection will falter if it fails to reduce carbon emissions 40% below 1990 levels by the...

The Senate Energy Utilities & Communication Committee passed legislation to slash the carbon intensity of new construction building materials and...

Silicon Valley Clean Energy and Google reached a 10-year agreement in which the community choice aggregator will supply two of...

The number of electric heat pumps to warm water and heat and cool air flowing in homes is expected to...

California’s first grid-connected large solar-battery microgrid went live last week after years of work by Cal Poly Humboldt’s Schatz Center,...

This week, the California Energy Commission approved modifying the eight-year-old 250 MW concentrated Mojave Solar Project to add an electrolyzer,...

Long-duration zinc air battery technology is advancing. Metal batteries using zinc are more advantageous than ones using lithium as a...

In response to a huge backlash by solar developers and clean energy advocates, President Joe Biden June 6 suspended for...

The governor’s proposed budget revision providing $5.2 billion—with the lion’s share going to the Department of Water Resources—to add 5,000...

The California Energy Commission launched its first proceeding to advance increased use of electric vehicles, solar systems, battery storage, and...

The California Senate has passed a legislative package aimed at reducing climate emissions. Elements of the package include accelerating new...

The California Energy Commission routinely approves millions of dollars in grants for clean energy research and development, but also regularly...

San Diego County’s energy grid is in for a major overhaul. A non-utility, 165 megawatt battery project located across nine...

While the controversy over how much to pay owners of home rooftop solar projects for energy supplied to the grid...

Californians are getting hit by continually soaring electric and gas utility bills, including from rising gas prices, escalating transmission costs,...

Following the huge outcry and subsequent withdrawal by federal energy regulators of their new policy to incorporate climate pollution and...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed May revise of the state budget would hike state spending on clean energy, emissions reductions and...