PacifiCorp to Join ISO’s Proposed Expanded Day Ahead Market, Adding Regional Grid Momentum
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Jury Rejects Fired CPUC Director’s Whistleblower Claim
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Read moreRegulators Require Edison to Pay $100M for Shoddy Efficient Light Bulb Program
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Read moreCPUC scrutinizes natural gas projects, Oks more storage deal amendments, CEC aims to improve equity funding
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Read moreRegulators Sign Off on Higher Priced PG&E Energy Storage Deals
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Read morePG&E Freed from Scrutiny of Deficient Wildfire Mitigation Work
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Read moreUtility $1B EV plan okayed, CAISO market to expand, Klamath dam removal cleared
The California Public Utilities Commission approves a $1 billion electric vehicle charging plan for the investor-owned utilities, although they’ve spent...
Read moreAnother Wildfire Fine for SCE
Southern California Edison faces a $1 million fine for starting a wildfire in Simi Valley in October 2019. The California...
Read moreLess onerous solar rooftop proposal released, Prop. 30 fails, 100M in CAISO daily energy costs
The California Public Utilities Commission released its long-awaited revised proposal on costs to be imposed on small rooftop energy systems...
Read moreRatepayers pay for higher returns, Sempra’s in the black, Edison’s in the red, PG&E customers may pay twice for Diablo malfunction
Sempra is the only utility company operating in California that reports rosy earnings. Sempra’s third quarter earnings went up and...
Read moreMicrogrids, PG&E Seeks Cash, Electricity Prices Rise
A residential solar company advances a plan to create microgrids in newly constructed housing developments, circumventing interconnection with investor-owned power...
Read moreRising natural gas prices, offshore wind auction set, storage trial and tribulations
Federal energy regulators warn that natural gas prices will be higher this winter. Exports of liquefied natural gas are the main...
Read moreUtilities’ EV Integration Program Gets the Thumbs Down
California regulators unanimously rejected the three investor-owned utilities’ joint proposal seeking $10 million to test out electric vehicle integration technologies....
Read moreGreen light for demand response, Aggregator pays more for renewables, Millionaire tax would fund EVs
The California Energy Commission approves rules to automate customer demand response. For the first time, its centralized database on variable...
Read moreEnergy Commission Approves Big Grants for Long-Duration Microgrid and Electric Trucks
The California Energy Commission voted on Oct. 12 for three grants totaling $42 million for a non-lithium-ion microgrid project east...
Read moreWest Coast clean energy pact reinvigorated, WA cap-and-trade coming, Plant closures delayed
Gov. Gavin Newsom and three other west coast leaders strengthen their five-year partnership to drive a clean energy grid and...
Read moreEast Bay Aggregator Offers App that Automatically Charges EVs Off Peak
East Bay Community Energy announced Oct. 4 that it is offering electric vehicle owners a free app that allows them...
Read morePG&E power plants for sale, Diablo seismic study concerns, CPUC promotes Aliso Canyon
Troubled Pacific Gas & Electric plans to put nearly 2.8 GW of its generating fleet, sans its nuclear plant, on...
Read moreCriminal Investigation of Another Big Fire Possibly Sparked by PG&E
Pacific Gas & Electric faces potential criminal liability again, this time for likely starting the Mosquito Fire in Placer and...
Read moreGas appliance sales ban, FERC proposes cybersecurity perks, Protests over bill to OK 100B for burying wires
California sets another first this week: becoming the first state in the nation to ban the sales of gas-fueled water...
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