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Unprecedented Flush California Energy Commission Budget
The California Energy Commission budget is at an all time high, with $10.5 billion in new funding. This is by...
Energy Commission Okays $24 M in Clean Energy Grants
This week, the California Energy Commission handed out $24 million in grants for electric buses and cars with bidirectional capabilities,...
CARB Adopts Bullish EV Standards Amid Omens of Charging Constraints
State air quality officials approved new zero-emission vehicle standards that will require 100% of the new cars and light trucks...
Environmentalists Urge Air Agency to Nix New Diesel Generators
With a statewide push to employ diesel generators as a power supply buffer to address peak loads and blackouts, environmentalists...
Bloom Energy Expands its Fuel Cell Factory to Enable 1GW+ of ProductionÂ
Bloom Energy opened a mega fuel cell factory in the Bay Area last week in response to significant demand. The...
California Policy Makers and Grid Operator Work to Advance Energy Storage
With the growing demand for energy storage to help decarbonize the grid and balance out intermittent renewable resources, the California...
Bills Pass that Move the Needle on Non Fossil Energy Pass
The Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee approved several bills from the Senate that seek affordable clean energy, acceleration of transmission...
CEC Okays Green Hydrogen Development, Touts Morro Bay Offshore Wind AdvancementsÂ
This week, the California Energy Commission approved modifying the eight-year-old 250 MW concentrated Mojave Solar Project to add an electrolyzer,...
SoCalGas Seeks 21% Revenue Increase
Despite rising concerns from ratepayer advocates, policymakers, and lawmakers about continually escalating utility bills as inflation worsens, Southern California Gas...
Air Regulators Pitch Heavy Use of Carbon Capture to Slash Emissions by 2045
The California Air Resources Board’s draft update of its plan to cut greenhouse gases in the state would allow a...
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,...
PG&E’s H2 Plan Lacks Details Months After CPUC Dismissed Previous R&D Plan
Pacific Gas & Electric’s announcement this week that it will create the nation’s most comprehensive study and demonstration of hydrogen...
Lawmakers Move to Advance Zero-Net Carbon Power, Better Public Information
Legislation driving clean energy, lowering utility bills, and better informing citizens of projects and carbon emissions cleared the Senate energy...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Utility Earnings: Rate Bases for Sempra Firms in Calif., Tex. Triple Over Four Years
Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison, reported annual earnings for 2021 a bit higher than the previous...
SoCalGas Outlines Major Green Hydrogen Pipeline
The nation’s largest natural gas utility is seeking to get ahead of the competition by proposing to build a green...