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Drop in CA Rooftop Solar Payments Would Be Largest Program Cut in US: Solar AdvocatesÂ
pinup bet india The California Public Utilities Commission’s proposal to cut payments to homeowners for power exported from their photovoltaic...
Utility Regulators Pitch Cutting Big Fixed Fees on Small Solar Units
California utility regulators’ proposal to increase the costs of small solar rooftops and lower payments for excess power sent to...
Uptick in Solar Roofs on Less Well to Do DwellingsÂ
While California utility regulators’ controversial proposal to raise the cost of small solar rooftops on the basis of equity claims...
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...
Legislative Update
Bills near the finish line would require corporations with more than $1 billion in revenue to reveal the carbon intensity...
Developers Would Pay Full Freight for Gas Line Hookups Under CPUC Proposal
Monetary subsidies for extending natural gas lines to newly constructed homes and buildings will end in less than a year...
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...
Electrification of Transport and Heating Requires Big Investment in Wires and Poles
The low voltage distribution lines and local substations that deliver electricity to homes and businesses are far from sexy but...
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...
Bills Seek to Promote Community Solar and a Clean Energy Workforce
Legislation to build both community solar and a clean energy workforce and create a distributed generation fund was passed by...
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...
Rethinking California Utilities’ Distribution Systems
As California moves to accommodate high flows of bi-directional distributed energy resources (DER), distribution system reform is needed, according to...
Net Energy Metering Proceeding Extended to Allow More Input
Updated May 11 After months of delay, a regulatory proposal released May 9 reopens the record on the controversial proceeding...
Guest Juice: Guidelines For Better Net Metering; Protecting All Electricity Customers And The Climate
By Guest AuthorsAhmad Faruqui, Richard McCann, Fereidoon Sioshansi Authors Ahmad Faruqui, Richard McCann and Fereidoon Sioshansi respond to Professor Severin...
Agreement Reached to Advance Dual Energy Flows from Vehicles and Chargers
Federal, state, and local officials, utility and labor representatives and carmakers have agreed to work together to commercialize bidirectional electric...
Bills to Remove Barriers to California’s Clean Grid Goal Advance
The Assembly energy committee backed legislation to require that installers of large solar rooftop panels be paid prevailing wages. Lawmakers...
Virtual Power Plants Gain Ground
Virtual power plants are beginning to help meet peak power demand in California and across the globe at an affordable...
Three Emerging Technologies Shape Cutting Edge EV Charging Pilot
A Duke Energy pilot would use three cutting-edge electric vehicle technologies, a flat subscription rate, in-vehicle communications, and some utility...