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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 under development at labs, to those that are near commercialization. The five-year plan is in addition to approving more than a billion dollars to extend charging for trucks, buses and cars on Monday.
Funding of […]
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 […]
SDG&E and SoCalGas Parent’s Earnings Fall
Sempra Energy saw a sharp drop in net income for the second quarter, $424 million, or $1.37 a share, compared to $2.39 billion, or $7.61 a share for the second quarter of 2020.
Earnings from […]
PG&E $1B bond, 11.5 GW order, Gas hookup subsidies
State utility regulators work through a packed agenda, with approval of Pacific Gas & Electric’s $1.2 billion ratepayer-funded bond to cover wildfire costs getting a silent okay, being folded into the California Public Utilities Commission’s consent agenda.
CPUC Mandates 11.5 GW of New Clean Electricity
State regulators stripped natural gas power plants from a new mandate that 11,500 MW of new resources be online by mid-decade, to the delight of clean energy advocates. Two earlier competing California Public Utilities Commission proposals would have included fossil resources, with one calling for 1,500 MW and the other 500 […]
DOE Follows Los Angeles with Launch of Clean Hydrogen Plan
The Department of Energy proposed June 7 to drive down the cost of “clean hydrogen” by 80% over the coming decade. DOE’s Energy Earthshots Initiative aims to cut the cost of zero- and low-carbon hydrogen to as low as $1 per kilogram. The fuel’s current cost is between $4-$7 per kg.