| Independently Powered Energy News
Quick Reads
Approved bill speed local solar permits, Feinstein urges rooftop solar changes
Legislation to accelerate city permitting of small solar projects passed the Senate 31-1 on Jan. 24. SB 370 by Sen....
Reappointed CAISO board members, Judge remains upset with PG&E, $1B wasted on carbon sequestration
Gov. Gavin Newsom reappointed Severin Borenstein and Jan Schori to the California Independent System Operator Board of Governors Jan. 6....
SCE pays $550M for fires, Feds seek transmission efficiencies
The California Public Utilities Commission imposed a $550 million hit on Southern California Edison for the devastation caused by fires...
Guzman Aceves Named U.S. EPA Regional Chief
California Public Utilities Commission member Martha Guzman Aceves will be appointed the new head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...
Shorts
On an unusual 3-2 vote, the California Public Utilities Commission approved fining Pacific Gas & Electric $40 million to resolve...
Shorts
The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Willie Phillips as the fifth member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the evening of...
Shorts
California’s community choice organizations signed agreements for 3,000 MW of clean energy supplies over the last year. “These projects reflect...
Shorts
A 50 MW offshore floating wind turbine development is now operating off the coast of Scotland. Said to be the...
Shorts
Strong dry offshore winds resulted in Pacific Gas & Electric shutting off power to 25,000 customers in 20 counties starting...
11.5 GW of clean energy assures reliability, CCAs add more renewables
To attain 11.5 GW of clean electricity by mid-decade, no additional fossil fuel plants will be needed to ensure grid...
Shorts
Updated Sept. 23 Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation providing more than $15 billion to reduce the impacts of the climate...
Shorts
Pacific Gas & Electric seeks $1.47 billion from ratepayers for wildfire liability costs detailed in its 2021 Wildfire Mitigation Plan....
Shorts, Grid operator calls for conservation
The California Independent System Operator late on Sept. 7 issued a statewide Flex Alert for the following day from 4...
Diesel backup, Peninsula Clean Energy EV rebates
The California Energy Commission held an Aug. 10 hearing to get a status update on a proposed data center that...
Fed vehicle rule, FERC reconsideration of LNG, FERC vacancy
Draft clean car and light truck standards by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration would make...
Flex alert, Legacy resources, Fed-State Transmission panels
The grid operator's call to Californians to reduce their energy consumption on Wednesday, July 28, between 4-9 PM averted possible...
Flex alert, CEC Commissioner confirmed, Biden and Newsom
A flex alert was called for the afternoon of July 9 in the face of another round of intense heat....
EV guide, gas well buffer zones, Renewables vs fossil
SDG&E released a new guide June 22 that provides details about electric medium- and heavy duty-vehicles in the pipeline—from the...
Climate lawsuit, Solar market doubles
The U.S. Supreme Court June 14 declined to take up oil companies arguments challenging a California State Court that is...
Community energy bankruptcy, East Bay CCA grows, CAISO blog
A community choice aggregator serving six small cities in Riverside County went into bankruptcy at the end of May. Western...