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CEC Funds a Range of Projects, from Chargers to Zero-Emission Affordable Dwellings
The California Energy Commission approved well over $20 million in large grants to support electric vehicle chargers and worker training,...
JUICE: No Guarantees New Diesel Backup Will Sit Mostly Unused
California policy makers and regulators have voted again to allow more diesel backup installations. The number of diesel generators has...
LA Green Hydrogen Hub Prospects Growing
HyDeal Los Angeles, a public-private renewable hydrogen advocacy consortium seeking to make Los Angeles a global renewable hydrogen hub, appears...
More CPUC Action to Address Summer Afternoon Spikes
The California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to require the three investor-owned utilities to invest in an additional 2,000-3-000 MW...
Distributed Batteries Reach 700+ MW, But Much More Needed
Battery systems installed at California homes and businesses now total 721 megawatts, with roughly 70% percent of them, about 42,000...
Controversial Redondo Beach Gas Plant to Stay Online
It’s final. In the tension between electricity reliability and harmful pollution, reliability won out in a vote on Oct. 19...
Pilots to curb disconnections, diesel backups soar, billion$ for EVs
The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approves investor-owned utility pilots to reduce the number of poor customers who have their...
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...
CEC Speeds Up Storage Permits, Funds Used EV Battery Truck Charging Station
The California Energy Commission accelerated permitting for large energy storage projects to address the increasing risk of power shortages during...
SCE rate increase, CEC fossil power permits, Rooftop solar costs vs benefits
Southern California Edison gets a nice juicy three-year rate increase of nearly 20% above the current revenue of $6.4 billion....
CEC Waives Air Pollution Rules in a Rush for New Diesel and Natural Gas Power
Reversing years of clean power priorities, the California Energy Commission is waiving air quality protections and rushing permits for new...
Diesel backup, Peninsula Clean Energy EV rebates
The California Energy Commission held an Aug. 10 hearing to get a status update on a proposed data center that...
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...
Bills passed, PG&E rate hike, Diesel backup
Senate energy bills pass a key Assembly policy committee this week. That includes ones supporting building and vehicle electrification and...
CEC Waives Permit for Another Diesel Backup at Data Center
The California Energy Commission exempted yet another very large diesel backup system from its permit certification process, putting the issue...
Call for conservation, FERC okays Klamath dam removals & reconsiders GHG impacts
The California grid operator extends the call for conservation from Thursday to Friday evening. Initially, high heat across the West...
Calls to Conserve Electricity Thursday-Friday
The grid operator called on Californians to reduce their use of air conditioning and appliances Thursday and Friday during the...
Energy Bill Winners & Losers
Among the bills moving ahead in the Legislature are ones backing installations of clean microgrids in fire-prone communities and adding...
The Buzz
Additional resources give the California Independent System Operator more confidence in this summer’s grid. More than half will come online...
Energy Commission Pumps More Money into Clean Economy
The California Energy Commission doled out another $39 million in clean energy funding Wednesday, adding to the hundreds of millions...