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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...
CPUC Report Contemplates New Gas Power Supplies
The California Public Utilities Commission is considering increasing power from fossil-fueled power plants to meet the mandate for 11,500 MW...
Subsidies Spurred Small Solar Growth, Focus Shifts to Home Energy Storage
Hundreds of articles have addressed the controversy over how much residential solar rooftop owners should receive for the excess power...
Solar Groups Propose Customer-Owned Solar-plus-Storage Microgrids to Regulators
An innovative proposal from Vote Solar and other solar advocates would demonstrate that customer-sited solar and storage can provide reliability...
Out-of-State Utilities Join Forces to Consider Western Market
Updated Oct. 13 A dozen utilities from Puget Sound to Colorado have announced they’re exploring the formation of a western-wide...
Pilots to curb disconnections, diesel backups soar, billion$ for EVs
The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approves investor-owned utility pilots to reduce the number of poor customers who have their...
Report Points to Bureaucratic, Legal and Supply Chain Obstacles to Clean Grid
Staff at the California Public Utilities Commission and Energy Commission are required by law and executive order to ratchet down...
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...
CPUC prez steps down, 120 MW of new gas plants, New East Bay wind farm
The biggest news of the week is the announcement that the California Public Utilities Commission chief is leaving, five years...
Debut for Repowered Wind Farm Serving East Bay Community Energy
East Bay Community Energy formally opened a new 57.5 MW wind farm in the Altamont Pass in Livermore under hot...
Expedited storage permits, Anti-gas suit dropped, SMUD pursues novel net metering reform
The California Energy Commission accelerates the permitting of large storage projects to get more power online by next fall. The action...
SMUD on the Verge of Net Metering Breakthrough
The Sacramento Municipal Utilities District is expected to approve Sept. 16 a novel solution for crediting customer-owned solar, which solar...
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...
SMUD Plans to Beat State Net Zero Carbon Goal by 15 Years
California has mandated its state power providers reach 60% renewables by 2030, but the Sacramento Municipal Utility District plans to...
Bills to Boost Electrification and Staff Up Wildfire Safety Advance
Building decarbonization efforts took another small step forward Wednesday when a bill that creates guidelines for builders and homeowners passed...
House Hearing on Transmission Hits California Live Wires
Barriers to transmission needed for clean energy growth in California and across the country can be overcome, advocates told the...
Shorts
The SMUD Board adopted a plan the evening of April 27 to have the utility be carbon neutral by the...