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Daily Energy Costs $100M in September
The September heat storm drove up the average daily energy costs for ratepayers in the California grid operators’ market 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...
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...
FERC Okays Utility Cybersecurity Incentives, Applauds CAISO for Avoiding Blackouts
Federal regulators reluctantly approved a proposed rulemaking Sept. 22 that would financially reward utilities for increasing their system’s cybersecurity protections...
Extreme Events Force CA Leaders to Face “Necessary Evils” to Protect Grid
Growing concerns about California’s power system necessitates the recent extraordinary steps by legislators to safeguard reliability, a key member of...
CPUC Highlights Bright Prospects of an Affordable Clean Grid with Agile Demand
California Public Utilities Commission staff detailed their proposal to increase customers’ ability to help balance the grid during energy spikes...
Regulators Seek Big Growth in Customer Demand Response
The California Public Utilities Commission launched a rulemaking July 14 to increase the amount of customer-owned distributed energy that will...
Regulators Propose Combining Distributed Resources and Real Time Pricing to Allow Customer Generation to Support the Grid
California just took another big step toward bringing more customer-owned rooftop solar, batteries, and electric vehicles into its evolving power...
Fire in PG&E Territory Damages Equipment
updated July 7 A rapidly spreading wildfire in Amador and Calaveras counties that began early evening on July 4th forced...
California Public Utilities Commission Okays Local Supply Reserves
State utility regulators unanimously approved revisions to local capacity and supply cushion requirements between 2023-25 to ensure sufficient electricity resources...
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...
Gov’s Revised Budget Adding $9.5B to Climate Programs Met with Little Enthusiasm
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed May revise of the state budget would hike state spending on clean energy, emissions reductions and...
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...
The Big Picture on Emerging Clean Technologies: “Transactive Energy”
Transactive Energy is On the Horizon Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of Current columns on various...
In Largest Approval Yet, Energy Commission OKs $730M for Clean Projects
This week, the five members of the California Energy Commission approved the largest one-time spending to date for clean energy...
More CPUC Action to Address Summer Afternoon Spikes
The California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to require the three investor-owned utilities to invest in an additional 2,000-3-000 MW...
CPUC Seeks Another 3,000 MW by Next Summer
The California Public Utilities Commission proposes to further bolster the grid the next two summers by adding between 2,000 and...
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...
Urgent Power Situation Prompts Another Newsom Order, Allows More Pollution
Faced with out of control wildfires and high summer temperatures, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered further reductions of energy use at...
FERC Scrutinizes New Gas Projects’ Climate Pollution Impacts
At its regular meeting this week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved two more orders that affirm its authority to...