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Grid Operator Weighs 470 MW of Contracts to Nail Down Reliability in 2022
The California grid operator is posed to approve a round of reliability must run annual contracts for gas-fired power plants to ensure sufficient electricity supply next year.
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Federal regulators agreed to allow the California grid operator to accommodate two new 30 MW gas plants in Yuba City by allowing an 11 MW increase to flow into the grid from the point of interconnection without a time-consuming transmission analysis. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s order last week approved a three-year waiver […]
Redondo Beach Power Plant Set to Remain Online through 2023
The controversial Redondo Beach natural gas-fired power plant that has been slated for closure two times because it pulls in ocean water then discharges hot water back into the sea will likely get yet another lease on life. Next month state water regulators are expected to approve keeping three of its generators with 834 […]
SMUD Adopts Plan to Lower Payments to Rooftop Solar but Incent Storage
The Sacramento Municipal Utilities District adopted on a 7-0 vote its staff’s novel compensation plan for rooftop solar that lowers payments for excess power sent to its grid but provides incentives to add storage to the systems. The net energy metering plan was amended just before the Sept. 16 evening vote to delay […]
SDG&E Reaches $57M Deal for Bogus Lighting Efficiency Program, SCE May Pay Much More for Not Settling
San Diego Gas & Electric has agreed to return nearly $52 million in ratepayer funds that were supposed to pay for the distribution of energy efficient light bulbs for customers in remote areas but instead were dumped, missing, or not stocked at small stores. The utility also agreed to pay a $5.5 million fine […]
Offshore Wind Bill on Governor’s Desk, Other Clean Energy Bills Fizzle
This year’s legislature failed to pass a number of renewable and emission reduction bills, but it did pass one major measure to initiate an offshore wind industry in California. Wind energy will be essential for the state to meet its 100% clean energy mandate.
AB 525 by Assemblymembers David Chiu (D-San Francisco) and Jordan Cunningham […]