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PG&E’s Novel Commercial EV Dynamic Rate Pilot Gets a Green Light
The California Public Utilities Commission approved the nation’s first compensation mechanism for bidirectional school buses, commercial EV fleets and chargers,...
Guest Juice: Sunnova Seeks to Create a California Micro-Utility
Sunnova Energy, one of North America’s largest residential rooftop solar companies, asked the California Public Utilities Commission last month for...
Supply Chain Pressures Drive Energy Storage Contract Redos
Surging prices for imported battery components, rising demand and other supply constraints are causing private utilities and community energy to...
Flexible Power Use to Benefit Consumers, Grid and Climate May Flourish under New State Rules
The California Energy Commission approved new standards that automate consumers’ shifting of their electricity use away from times of high...
So Cal Community Aggregator Okays Price Hike for 1,500 MW of Executed Renewable Deals
Citing unprecedented turmoil in renewable power development, the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California approved amendments last week to raise...
East 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...
Marin Clean Energy Expands EV Charging Pilot Shaving Peak Demand
California’s grid operator, regulators and researchers have been warning that if the state fails to shift electric vehicle charging away...
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,...
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...
Lawmakers Move to Advance Zero-Net Carbon Power, Better Public Information
Legislation driving clean energy, lowering utility bills, and better informing citizens of projects and carbon emissions cleared the Senate energy...
News Roundup: New Renewable Peak, East Bay Home Electrification Launched
California hit a new renewable energy peak of nearly 98%. This new record of nonfossil resources flowing into the grid...
Next Year’s $3B Green Resilient Grid Plan Okayed
The California grid operator approved spending $2.9 billion for 23 transmission projects in its 2022-23 plan, which largely aims to...
Bill to Bolster Clean Microgrids, Another to Protect Demand Response
The Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee has passed legislation advancing clean, local microgrids in areas that are facing worsening...
News Roundup: PG&E, GM Team Up on Vehicle-to-Home Pilot; Community Energy Lines Up More Long Duration Storage
Pacific Gas & Electric and General Motors agreed to test out connecting GM electric vehicle batteries with two-way grid ties...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...