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JUICE: A Diablo Nuclear Power Plant Extension Faces High Hurdles
Rumblings about extending the life of Pacific Gas & Electric’s aging Diablo Nuclear Power Plant past the date its federal...
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...
U.S. Solar Trade Investigation Raises Specter of Major Solar Energy Downturn
The Commerce Department April 1 moved to open an investigation of the merits of a trade complaint filed by a...
PG&E Settles Dixie and Kincaid Wildfire Litigation for Million$
Pacific Gas & Electric reached two settlements for a combined $55.25 million with the District Attorneys of the five counties...
Energy Agencies Strive to Advance Cost-Effective, Long-Duration Grid Storage
Significant amounts of energy storage with continuous output of eight hours and far longer will be needed to reach a...
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...
Regulators Okay Blank Check Bonuses for PG&E Execs
The California Public Utilities Commission approved bonuses for executives at Pacific Gas & Electric March 17 without even making the...
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...
Imperial County Vies For Share of Lithium Boom, Biden Listens
Officials from the state’s impoverished and heavily-polluted Imperial County want to make sure residents there reap the benefits of any...
Grid Operator Proposes $30 Billion for Green Grid
For the first time, the California grid operator has released a draft 20-year plan for a grid that supports total...
California Could Get Its First Compressed Air Energy Storage
Given the four-hour limitations of lithium-ion battery storage to date, the California Energy Commission is welcoming applications from a Canadian...
Energy Experts and Terminator Blast CA’s Reduced Support for Rooftop Solar
Those calling for overhauling the California Public Utilities Commission's proposed changes in rooftop solar’s Net Energy Metering now include a...
Energy Agency May Turn Automation of Grid-Connected Devices into Reality
The California Energy Commission took the key first step toward a customer-led power sector that would help balance the grid...
New Legislative Committee Chairs and Energy Bills in 2022
With the new year comes new faces on the legislature’s energy committees, new bills, and a second chance for two-year...
CPUC Approves $4.5B for SONGS Decommissioning
Utility regulators rejected cost and safety concerns raised by ratepayer and nuclear safety advocates as they approved without comment a...
Natural Gas Use Rises, Renewables Slow in California, Report Finds
California’s decarbonization target is being jeopardized by increasing use of natural gas for generating electricity and heating in buildings, according...
First Ever Tax Exempt Bonds Issued for Community Energy Renewables
Three community choice aggregators in the San Francisco Bay Area expect to reap considerable savings from the issuance of $2.2...
Regulators Okay PG&E Increasing Diesel Backup
California continues to tout its commitment to clean energy but state regulators voted to allow still more diesel-powered backup power....
Storage Surges, but Will Rooftop PV Payment Changes Affect its Pairing with Solar?
Well before California signed international agreements to slash climate-harmful emissions from the energy and building sectors at last month’s COP-26...