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CEC Speeds Up Storage Permits, Funds Used EV Battery Truck Charging Station
The California Energy Commission accelerated permitting for large energy storage projects to address the increasing risk of power shortages during intense heat. It also awarded millions of dollars in clean energy grants, including $5 million to a solar plus storage project that uses second life electric vehicle batteries...
SCE rate increase, CEC fossil power permits, Rooftop solar costs vs benefits
Southern California Edison gets a nice juicy three-year rate increase of nearly 20% above the current revenue of $6.4 billion. Much of hike is for covering a huge swath of power lines in fire prone areas and wildfire insurance. None question the risk reduction from covered lines but the cost effectiveness is an […]
CEC Waives Air Pollution Rules in a Rush for New Diesel and Natural Gas Power
Reversing years of clean power priorities, the California Energy Commission is waiving air quality protections and rushing permits for new diesel-burning generators and gas-fired power plants in a desperate push to get more generation online by the end of October. The vote came on Aug. 17 and was unanimous.
The expedited process applies to new […]
PG&E Shuts Off Power to 51,000 in Northern California and Mountains
Updated Aug. 19
Powerful dry winds that started blowing the afternoon of Tuesday, Aug 17, caused Pacific Gas & Electric to cut off power to 51,000 customers in 18 counties to prevent power equipment from igniting fires. It was the utility’s first preventative power outage this summer.
The utility blacked out 23,000 customers in Shasta and […]
Two SDG&E Green Hydrogen Pilots Aim to be Online in 2022
San Diego Gas & Electric launched two green hydrogen demonstration projects geared to help start the decarbonization of its system. Both are expected to be online before the end of next year.
One will produce […]
Big hydro loss, Gov. waives pollution limits, Sempra earnings
Warnings about diminished hydropower because of the ongoing drought in California become a reality. On Thursday, a state official announces the shutdown of the 750 MW Hyatt Powerplant because of the lack of flow from Oroville Lake to feed it.
That is after Gov. Gavin Newsom, in the […]