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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...
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...
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...
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...
The Buzz
State utility regulators scale back increases in gas fired power in their new decision seeking emergency supply and load reduction...
LA & Sacramento Reach for 100% Clean Power Years Ahead of State Mandate
By the end of this decade, the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power can reliably, equitably, and affordably provide...
Shorts
U.S. carbon dioxide emissions produced by the electricity sector dropped 2.8%, or by 150 million metric tons, last year compared...
PG&E Shuts off Power in 22 Counties, SDG&E & SCE Customers Lose Power
High temperatures and fires over the Labor Day weekend put the grid to the test. While the California Independent System...
The Buzz
Months of speculation as to who would be the CA grid operator’s new chief ends with the naming of Bonneville...
The Bill for Energy Shifts from the Office to Home
The increased hours people are spending at home have driven up residential power demand in California, and with it, utility...
West Coast Utilities Propose Truck Charging Network
A coalition of utilities in California, Oregon and Washington have developed a plan to advance the electrification of medium- and...
The Buzz
The pandemic has slowed down solar projects but there is an unprecedented increase in new installed capacity in 2019. This...
OPINIONATED: Setting the Record Straight on SMUD’s Community Solar
Editor's Note: SMUD responds to criticism of its Solar Shares program raised in a March 2 editorial by local solar...