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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...
As Closure Nears, Debate Over Diablo Canyon Persists
Calls to keep the half-century-old Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant from closing mid-decade are getting louder. During a Feb. 15...
Steps Forward on DOE Share of Infrastructure Bill Funding
The $1.3 billion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that President Joe Biden signed last November must next pass through...
JUICE: No Guarantees New Diesel Backup Will Sit Mostly Unused
California policy makers and regulators have voted again to allow more diesel backup installations. The number of diesel generators has...
More CPUC Action to Address Summer Afternoon Spikes
The California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to require the three investor-owned utilities to invest in an additional 2,000-3-000 MW...
High Winds Led to 70,000 Customer Shutoffs in Southern California
Powerful Santa Ana winds resulted in Southern California utilities shutting off power to tens of thousands of customers on Thanksgiving...
Federal Court Finalizes $10M in PG&E Investor Class Action
A federal judge has given final approval to the $10 million settlement among Pacific Gas & Electric Corp, its top...
CPUC Advances Building Decarbonization and Utility Safety
The California Public Utilities Commission approved measures to help builders and owners increase the electrification of their homes or other...
Setting Decarbonization R&D Budget Priorities
The potent global warming gases used in refrigeration took center stage at a hearing on priorities for the California Public...
Distributed Batteries Reach 700+ MW, But Much More Needed
Battery systems installed at California homes and businesses now total 721 megawatts, with roughly 70% percent of them, about 42,000...
Massive Storm Causes Big Outages in PG&E Territory
Updated Oct. 27 The powerful storm that dumped unprecedented rainfall in parched Northern and Central California, particularly the Bay Area,...
Utility Regulators Okay PG&E’s $5B Fire Reduction Plan
Over strong opposition from community activists and those harmed by utility-sparked wildfires, regulators unanimously approved the newest blueprint from Pacific...
Controversial Redondo Beach Gas Plant to Stay Online
It’s final. In the tension between electricity reliability and harmful pollution, reliability won out in a vote on Oct. 19...
Subsidies Spurred Small Solar Growth, Focus Shifts to Home Energy Storage
Hundreds of articles have addressed the controversy over how much residential solar rooftop owners should receive for the excess power...
Shorts
Strong dry offshore winds resulted in Pacific Gas & Electric shutting off power to 25,000 customers in 20 counties starting...
CAISO Board Focuses on Near Term Needs and Long Term Ambitions
The California grid operator is keeping close tabs on climate crisis-driven wildfires and outage uncertainties while looking down the road...
Totally Different States, Same Problem: Resource Adequacy
In what could be a meaningful coincidence, the California grid operator approved costly reliability ‘must run’ contracts Sept 23 on...
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...
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....
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...