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In Largest Approval Yet, Energy Commission OKs $730M for Clean Projects
This week, the five members of the California Energy Commission approved the largest one-time spending to date for clean energy...
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State regulators require the private utilities to offer to sell renewable portfolio resources to community energy and other providers. Each...
Energy Commission Gets Unprecedented Boost in Funding
The California Energy Commission will see a 140% increase in its budget, from some $996 million to $2.4 billion, if...
Energy Commission Pumps More Money into Clean Economy
The California Energy Commission doled out another $39 million in clean energy funding Wednesday, adding to the hundreds of millions...
New Bill Expands Climate Emissions Reporting
Legislation introduced by Sen. Scott Weiner (D-San Francisco) would require large companies that do business in California to publicly disclose...
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Slashing emissions from dirty diesel backup systems, the use of which is growing, is the focus of energy and air...
Newsom Proposes $2.5B for Electric Transportation & Fire Mitigation
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2021-22 budget proposes spending more than $1.5 billion to accelerate electric and other non-fossil fueled vehicles and...
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Liane Randolph, who has been at the California Public Utilities Commission for the last five years is making a big...
Feinstein and Barragan Take Aim at SoCal Gas for Astroturfing
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Rep. Nanette Barragán (D-CA) are demanding answers from Southern California Gas about its ongoing attempts...
Rising Concern Over Diesel Generators
Pacific Gas & Electric came under fire for relying on diesel generators at a special joint energy and air agency...
CA Gets It that the Power System Must Manage EV Charging
California’s heat wave-induced blackouts came during evening peak demand spikes. If California fails to manage electric vehicle charging it could...
Juice: CA Leads on U.S. Green Hydrogen Solutions
California is showing that green hydrogen will soon be a crucial path to greenhouse gas emission reductions that cannot be...
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PG&E sparked last fall's Kincaid wildfire, CalFire reveals. State regulators launch a cutting edge framework for figuring how big a...
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Before the start of the fireworks, Pacific Gas & Electric announced it funded most of the $6.75 billion cash payment...
House Climate Committee Issues Decarbonization Roadmap
The House Select Committee on Climate Change released a much-awaited plan June 30 that seeks to make the nation carbon...
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California sets the nation’s first statewide mandate to electrify medium- and heavy-duty trucks beginning in 2024. State energy regulators and...
California Mandates Electric Trucks
The California Air Resources Board voted nearly unanimously June 25 to require that at least 100,000 trucks on California roads,...
Air Board Set to Adopt Electric Truck Rule
The California Air Resources Board is expected to approve the first statewide clean truck standard in the country June 25....
Juice: Beyond Diesel Backup Generation and Blackouts
The use of clean-fueled microgrids to keep power flowing to vulnerable people and critical services—from safety to water supply—during upcoming...
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State lawmakers ask the private utilities hard questions about the new wildfire mitigation plans' impacts on ratepayer pocketbooks and safety....