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Natural Gas Prices are Soaring
pin-up uz Wholesale natural gas prices in California have reached unprecedented highs because of the cold snap, low storage, increased...
Glick May Lose Position at FERC
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chair Rick Glick may be out at the end of the year because Sen. Joe Manchin...
Daily Energy Costs $100M in September
The September heat storm drove up the average daily energy costs for ratepayers in the California grid operators’ market to...
Earnings in the Black for Sempra, San Diego Gas & Electric
Unlike PG&E Corp. and Edison International, Sempra Energy reported positive earnings from July through September. Sempra reported $485 million in...
Gas Costs Drive Power Prices Higher
Rising natural gas prices are driving up the price of electricity in California, according to the California Independent System Operator....
Committee Backs Closure Delays for So Cal Coastal Power PlantsÂ
The Statewide Advisory Committee on Cooling Water Intake Structures recommended extending the operations of four power plants on the Southern...
CPUC Says Aliso Canyon is Needed, Replacement Specifics PostponedÂ
A California Public Utilities Commission proposal finds that natural gas supplies in Southern California Gas’s Aliso Canyon storage field are...
State Regulators End 50-Year Long Gas Line Hookup Subsidies
The California Public Utilities Commission voted 5-0 to end ratepayer-funded subsidies for natural gas line extensions to new homes and...
Developers Would Pay Full Freight for Gas Line Hookups Under CPUC Proposal
Monetary subsidies for extending natural gas lines to newly constructed homes and buildings will end in less than a year...
Sempra Energy’s Net Income Rises
Sempra Energy’s latest quarterly earnings rose to $559 million, or $1.77 per share, compared to second-quarter net income of $424...
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...
First Non Diesel Backup Unit and Compressed Air Project Take Big Steps
The California Energy Commission advanced the biggest advanced compressed air energy storage project in the state and the first natural...
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...
DWR Given Lead on Managing Summer Energy Landscape
Updated June 30, 7 PM The governor signed an energy budget bill approved by the Senate and Assembly July 29—which...
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...
California Falls Behind on Climate Protection
California’s leadership on climate protection will falter if it fails to reduce carbon emissions 40% below 1990 levels by the...
Microsoft Opts for Natural Gas Backup Power
Microsoft and Enchanted Rock signed a contract for a 99 MW natural gas-fueled backup system to supply the massive company’s...
Heat Pumps Drive Decarbonization, Barriers Impede Progress, Study Finds
The number of electric heat pumps to warm water and heat and cool air flowing in homes is expected to...
Humboldt Houses 1st Renewable Microgrid that Sells Power to the Grid
California’s first grid-connected large solar-battery microgrid went live last week after years of work by Cal Poly Humboldt’s Schatz Center,...
Budget Revise Supporting 5 GW of Fossil Power & Waiving Environmental Laws Faces Pushback
The governor’s proposed budget revision providing $5.2 billion—with the lion’s share going to the Department of Water Resources—to add 5,000...