Community Energy
Big Utilities Go Big on Utility Storage Deals
Pacific Gas & Electric will install 1.6 gigawatts of large energy storage projects between August 2023 and June 2024 to help meet its share of a requirement to add 11.5 GW of new resources by mid-decade to help balance the grid. The utility announced on Jan. 24 it signed nine 15-year agreements for large […]
Energy Agency May Turn Automation of Grid-Connected Devices into Reality
The California Energy Commission took the key first step toward a customer-led power sector that would help balance the grid during times of stress with the launch of its Load Management Standards rulemaking in late December.
The proposed standards begin the process of capturing demand flexibility from customers’ distributed energy resources—from electric vehicles to […]
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 megawatts of fossil-free power that can be ready over the next two to four years.
The Jan. 7 request for proposals issued by Central Coast Community Energy, Silicon Valley Clean Energy and Sonoma Clean Power […]
First Ever Tax Exempt Bonds Issued for Community Energy Renewables
Three community choice aggregators in the San Francisco Bay Area expect to reap considerable savings from the issuance of $2.2 billion in tax-exempt bonds to cover the costs of more than 400 MW of renewable power contracts over 30 years.
The bonds are an alternative way to pay for the power supply contracts. The aggregators […]
Community Energy Confronts Exit Fee Price Volatility
California community aggregators have deployed large amounts of wind, geothermal, solar, storage and microgrid technology, advancing California’s and community energy’s clean energy standards, California Community Choice Association Executive Director Beth Vaughan said during a Dec. 1 conference. But the aggregators’ work is being impacted by ever-present price volatility from the Power Charge Indifference Adjustment, […]
Replacement of Dirty Oakland Peaker Delayed
The plan to swap out the polluting Oakland Energy Center with battery storage this coming January has been delayed because of interconnection issues. It is a serious problem that is not limited to this plan to replace polluting energy with cleaner alternatives. Last week, California Public Utilities Commission member Martha Guzman Aceves pointed to […]