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Merchant Battery Project in San Diego Follows Approval of SCE’s Big Storage
San Diego County’s energy grid is in for a major overhaul. A non-utility, 165 megawatt battery project located across nine...
Emerging Technologies: Virtual Power Plants Advance in California
California regulators and utilities are finally beginning to seize the emerging virtual power plant (VPP) opportunity that allows aggregations of...
CPUC Approves $4.5B for SONGS Decommissioning
Utility regulators rejected cost and safety concerns raised by ratepayer and nuclear safety advocates as they approved without comment a...
Delays in Public Ability to Review Renewable Contract & Bids Shortened
It’s been nearly two decades since California first ordered utilities to enter into long-term contracts for renewable contracts and simultaneously...
PG&E and SCE Earnings Plummet
California's two largest investor-owned utilities latest losses from growing wildfire liability total more than $1.3 billion. Pacific Gas & Electric...
New CPUC Rulemakings Aim to Reduce Disconnections and Increase Utility Safety
The California Public Utilities Commission voted to launch a pilot project to curb power disconnections at struggling customers’ homes as...
Edison Warns California Won’t Make its Greenhouse Gas Limits
Edison International added its voice to warnings that California will not reach its greenhouse gas reduction mandate set for 2030...
Millions of Dollars Allegedly Diverted from City of Industry Solar Study to Former Officials
The Los Angeles County District Attorney charged a former state senator, a City of Industry former city manager, and two...
SCE Wins $7.7 Billion Rate Case
The California Public Utilities Commission approved a 19% increase in Southern California Edison's triennial rate case. Its revenue requirement will...
Big hydro loss, Gov. waives pollution limits, Sempra earnings
Warnings about diminished hydropower because of the ongoing drought in California become a reality. On Thursday, a state official announces...
Edison International Earnings Level, SCE’s Drop
Quarterly earnings for Edison International were on par with those of the previous year, at $318 million. Per share earnings...
CPUC Updates Distributed Resources Plan to Capitalize on Broad Benefits
California’s groundbreaking 2016 Distributed Energy Resources Action Plan will be updated to better align rising levels of clean local renewables...
State Regulators Study Transmission Needs, New Options Highlighted
California’s goal to acquire massive amounts of new wind, solar, and storage won't be reached if the transmission needed to...
News Roundup: Solar & Efficiency are Key for Electrification, SCE Launches EV Buildout
Home electrification will raise electric bills and create a serious financial burden unless rooftop solar and energy efficiency are part...
100 MW Battery Project Fills Oxnard Gas Project Void
A 100 MW battery project opened in place of NRG's proposed 262 MW natural gas-fueled Puente power project near Oxnard...
Bills passed, PG&E rate hike, Diesel backup
Senate energy bills pass a key Assembly policy committee this week. That includes ones supporting building and vehicle electrification and...
SCE Wants Another $1B in Ratepayer-Backed Bonds
Southern California Edison filed its second application to issue ratepayer-recovery bonds to cover part of its wildfire capital spending as...