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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...
SMUD Adds 100 MW of Geothermal to its Power Portfolio
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District will receive 100 MW of geothermal energy from Calpine’s 725 MW facility in Sonoma County...
SMUD Signs Utility-Scale Solar-Storage Deal
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District has signed a long-term contract for 200 megawatts of solar power paired with a 100...
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...
Emerging Technologies: Virtual Power Plants Advance in California
California regulators and utilities are finally beginning to seize the emerging virtual power plant (VPP) opportunity that allows aggregations of...
California Will Finally Get Solar on Some Irrigation Canals
A long-discussed idea to address water losses and generate power took a step forward with a Tuesday announcement that the...
Ninth Circuit Says Some Rate Hikes on Solar Owners May Be Illegal
A stunning ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in an Arizona case indicates utilities may face limits on...
California Grid Operator Aims for 2024 Regional Day-Ahead Market
The California-led real-time Energy Imbalance Market has delivered significant savings to Western power providers, but other regions’ market ambitions are...
Solar Groups Propose Customer-Owned Solar-plus-Storage Microgrids to Regulators
An innovative proposal from Vote Solar and other solar advocates would demonstrate that customer-sited solar and storage can provide reliability...
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...
SMUD on the Verge of Net Metering Breakthrough
The Sacramento Municipal Utilities District is expected to approve Sept. 16 a novel solution for crediting customer-owned solar, which solar...
PG&E earnings, SF vs. PG&E, Klamath dam removal
Pacific Gas & Electric Corp’s earnings are back in the black but financial analysts seek details on the company's plan...
SF Still Pushing to Acquire PG&E Hardware
The City and County of San Francisco is again trying to buy out the assets of Pacific Gas & Electric,...
State Regulators Study Transmission Needs, New Options Highlighted
California’s goal to acquire massive amounts of new wind, solar, and storage won't be reached if the transmission needed to...
EV charging, Klamath dam removal, Red light for green hydrogen
A divided California Public Utilities Commission green lights a $240 million utility electric vehicle charging program to help get the state...
SMUD Plans to Beat State Net Zero Carbon Goal by 15 Years
California has mandated its state power providers reach 60% renewables by 2030, but the Sacramento Municipal Utility District plans to...
San Diego Stays Married to SDG&E
After failing to find any competitors for the city's electric and gas services, the San Diego City Council voted 6-3...
Faster Permits for Installing Vehicle Chargers Focus of Bill
Legislation to speed up plodding local permitting for home vehicle chargers and commercial charging stations to ensure 250,000 chargers are...
Shorts
The SMUD Board adopted a plan the evening of April 27 to have the utility be carbon neutral by the...
One Clean Microgrid Bill Sails Ahead, Challenges Ahead for Another with Buried Cable
Local agencies would get needed guidance on the best places to site clean, stand-alone microgrids under a bill that's gaining...