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Pacific Coast Leaders Reunite to Accelerate Clean Energy, Prioritize Equity
The heads of the three west coast states and British Columbia renewed and strengthened their vows made five years ago...
Opinion: Dr. Climate, Dr. Grid, Mr. M.D., & Me
The mega heat wave gripping California and the West has revealed cracks in California’s clean energy policy edifice that increasingly...
In Brief: PG&E Seeks Federal Money for Diablo; Clean Energy Gets a Boost
Pacific Gas & Electric Sept. 2 filed for federal funds to help keep its 2,200 MW Diablo Canyon nuclear plant...
CA Energy Commission Awards $25M in Clean Energy Grants
The Energy Commission approved $25 million in clean energy grants on Aug . 10, with the largest $11 million for...
CAISO May Operate Transmission Sending Wyoming Wind to California
Wind energy developer Anschutz Corp. asked the California grid operator in late July to manage at least 1,500 MW of...
Silicon Valley CCA to Provide Google 100% Clean Energy All Day, Every Day
Silicon Valley Clean Energy and Google reached a 10-year agreement in which the community choice aggregator will supply two of...
Humboldt Houses 1st Renewable Microgrid that Sells Power to the Grid
California’s first grid-connected large solar-battery microgrid went live last week after years of work by Cal Poly Humboldt’s Schatz Center,...
Energy Commission Okays $19M more in Grants
The California Energy Commission approved $19 million in grants this week to help commercialize clean energy projects, ranging from longer...
California Utilities’ Residential Demand Response Expansion Challenges
Plans by California’s three dominant investor-owned utilities to expand their residential demand response (DR) programs are hampered by a lack...
Climate Protection Bills Move to the Assembly
The California Senate has passed a legislative package aimed at reducing climate emissions. Elements of the package include accelerating new...
Bills Reducing Climate Impacts Pass, East Bay to get 40 MW of geothermal energy
Two Senate bills passed May 24 that would allow the creation of local financing districts to fund projects to reduce...
Stakeholders, Utility Unite in Face-Off with Regulators Over Arizona Just Energy Transition
Arizona Public Service (APS) raised the national standard for a Just Energy Transition with its $144.45 million settlement with affected...
Solutions on the Legislative Table to Shift Rate Hikes Away from Utility Customers
The urgency of finding strategies to tamp down continually rising utility bills was the focus of an Assembly energy committee...
Calif’s Zero Emissions Goal Drives Huge New Demand, Weird Math and Dunkelflaute
California may face up to a 90% growth in electricity demand to meet its economy-wide zero emissions by 2045 goal,...
Steps Forward on DOE Share of Infrastructure Bill Funding
The $1.3 billion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that President Joe Biden signed last November must next pass through...
Community Energy Teams Up to Acquire 670 MW of New Power
Three community energy providers have joined together to meet urgent clean energy requirements and are seeking bids for nearly 670...
Booming Clean Energy Highlights Transmission Needs
Record growth through the end of last September brought the combined installed wind, solar, and battery storage capacity in the...
Big Bucks Heading to EV Chargers and Refueling Stations
The same day the federal $1.2 billion Infrastructure package was signed into law that includes $7.5 billion for EV stations,...
Shorts
California’s community choice organizations signed agreements for 3,000 MW of clean energy supplies over the last year. “These projects reflect...
Distributed Batteries Reach 700+ MW, But Much More Needed
Battery systems installed at California homes and businesses now total 721 megawatts, with roughly 70% percent of them, about 42,000...