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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...
Silicon Valley CCA to Provide Google 100% Clean Energy All Day, Every Day
Silicon Valley Clean Energy and Google reached a 10-year agreement in which the community choice aggregator will supply two of...
Energy Commission Seeks Sizable Role in Distributed Energy Planning
The California Energy Commission launched its first proceeding to advance increased use of electric vehicles, solar systems, battery storage, and...
Rethinking California Utilities’ Distribution Systems
As California moves to accommodate high flows of bi-directional distributed energy resources (DER), distribution system reform is needed, according to...
Merchant Battery Project in San Diego Follows Approval of SCE’s Big Storage
San Diego County’s energy grid is in for a major overhaul. A non-utility, 165 megawatt battery project located across nine...
Gas & Electricity Costs Rise More, High Heat, Fires and Tight Supplies Likely
Californians are getting hit by continually soaring electric and gas utility bills, including from rising gas prices, escalating transmission costs,...
Gov’s Revised Budget Adding $9.5B to Climate Programs Met with Little Enthusiasm
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed May revise of the state budget would hike state spending on clean energy, emissions reductions and...
Wind Blows in the Sails of Offshore Wind
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management finalized its environmental review of a potential 1.6 GW of floating wind turbines...
Stakeholders, Utility Unite in Face-Off with Regulators Over Arizona Just Energy Transition
Arizona Public Service (APS) raised the national standard for a Just Energy Transition with its $144.45 million settlement with affected...
California Awaits European Union Actions on Russian Natural Gas Dependency
The Ukraine war could impact California’s progress toward its economy-wide net zero emissions by 2045 goal. California policymakers and utilities...
Next Year’s $3B Green Resilient Grid Plan Okayed
The California grid operator approved spending $2.9 billion for 23 transmission projects in its 2022-23 plan, which largely aims to...
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...
Draft State Budget Includes More than $22B to Address Climate Crisis
The Governor pitches spending $22.5 billion to slash climate pollution from the transportation and energy sectors, and to address wildfire,...
Community Energy Teams Up to Acquire 670 MW of New Power
Three community energy providers have joined together to meet urgent clean energy requirements and are seeking bids for nearly 670...
Community Energy Confronts Exit Fee Price Volatility
California community aggregators have deployed large amounts of wind, geothermal, solar, storage and microgrid technology, advancing California’s and community energy's...
Delays in Public Ability to Review Renewable Contract & Bids Shortened
It’s been nearly two decades since California first ordered utilities to enter into long-term contracts for renewable contracts and simultaneously...
EPIC Funding Update: CEC Approves $750M for Clean Energy R&D
The California Energy Commission has okayed a $750 million budget to support clean energy research and development—from projects that are...
CPUC Report Contemplates New Gas Power Supplies
The California Public Utilities Commission is considering increasing power from fossil-fueled power plants to meet the mandate for 11,500 MW...
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...
Out-of-State Utilities Join Forces to Consider Western Market
Updated Oct. 13 A dozen utilities from Puget Sound to Colorado have announced they’re exploring the formation of a western-wide...