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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,...
Edison’s First Generation Battery Storing Wind Energy Put to Rest
Once the largest battery grid storage project, Southern California Edison’s 8 megawatt, 32 MW-hour pilot located at its large Tehachapi...
Edison International Earnings Fall
Edison International’s first quarter earnings fell to $84 million, or $0.22 per share, compared to net income of $259 million,...
PG&E Corp Earnings More than Triple
Pacific Gas & Electric’s parent corporation reported considerably higher earnings for the first quarter of this year of $475 million,...
Utility Pilots Tapping into Electric Vehicle Power Near Approval
California utility regulators are poised to approve the first of several proposed vehicle-to-grid projects. The first is expected to be...
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 Back Ratepayer Bonds for Tree Cutting Costs; New Clean Energy Workforce Office
The Assembly Utilities & Energy Committee on April 20 passed legislation to expand private utilities’ access to ratepayer-backed bonds and...
Bills Advancing Power Line Undergrounding and Alternative Energy and Vehicles Pass
The state Senate energy committee has approved legislation to accelerate the undergrounding of overhead power lines to reduce fire and...
Air Regulator Proposes Dramatic Step Up in EV Requirements
California air pollution control regulators plan to require automakers to sell nothing but electric, fuel cell, and plug-in hybrid vehicles...
EV Sales Rise, Zero Emission Trucks and Buses Slated for Bulk of State Funds
Sales of electric cars and other light-duty vehicles hit 16% of the market share by the end of the first...
Solutions on the Legislative Table to Shift Rate Hikes Away from Utility Customers
The urgency of finding strategies to tamp down continually rising utility bills was the focus of an Assembly energy committee...
Calif’s Zero Emissions Goal Drives Huge New Demand, Weird Math and Dunkelflaute
California may face up to a 90% growth in electricity demand to meet its economy-wide zero emissions by 2045 goal,...
Vehicle-to-Grid is Not a Science Project
California added over 250,000 electric vehicles last year, reaching more than one million, according to the California Energy Commission. Current...
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...
Newsom Insists on Advancing Clean Energy, Feds Restore State Tailpipe Emission Limits
In a State of the State address that took place amid war and a Republican push for more oil drilling,...
Another $15M in State Grants for Low Emissions Trucks and Cement
The California Energy Commission has awarded more than $15 million in grants for electric vehicles, carbon capture connected to a...
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...
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...
Berkeley Senator Introduces Bills to Curb Worsening Climate Pollution
Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) announced three new bills aimed at accelerating vehicle electrification, slashing short-lived potent greenhouse gases, and helping...
EV Startup Banks on Super Computer to Out Compete Tesla
“You Do You, Born in Los Angeles” IndiEV’s motto, is getting a lot of attention lately. The company, IndiEV, debuted...