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Grid Condition Accuracy Requires Monthly Reporting & Assurances

October 16, 2024 admin California, california public utilities commission, california public utilities commission (cpuc), clean power, climate change, cpuc, grid, interstate renewable energy council, irec, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 14:02:58 +0000

Gwendolyn Brown, vice president of communications at the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) in San Francisco, reached out to me at CleanTechnica. She wanted me to be aware of a pending decision before the California Public Utilities Commission regarding access to accurate information about the conditions on the electric grid. … [continued]

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EVs Are Good For The Environment And Electricity Rates

October 9, 2024 admin California, california public utilities commission (cpuc), carbon emissions, clean transport, cpuc, demand response, electric car benefits, electric cars, Electric vehicles, electricity prices, ev benefits, ev charging, research

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2024 12:26:58 +0000

Can the electric grid handle all the electric vehicles (EVs) we need to address the climate crisis? Most people now accept that EVs are companions to solar and wind generation. The electricity system is built for the most demanding hour of the year, but during every other hour there’s excess … [continued]

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Expected California Ruling: Critical Opportunity to Improve California Grid Data. Will Regulators Seize It?

October 6, 2024 admin California, california public utilities commission (cpuc), clean power, cpuc, irec, pacific gas and electric company (pg&e), PG&E, san diego gas and electric (sdg&e), SDG&E, Solar energy, southern california edison (sce), wind energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 21:33:54 +0000

This article was originally published on July 30, 2024. It was updated on October 1 to reflect new developments in the regulatory proceeding. California is looked to as a leader in clean energy, and rightly so. It is one of the nation’s leading producers of renewable energy and has pioneered … [continued]

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California Adopts Nation’s First Deadlines for Utilities to Connect EV Chargers to the Grid

September 28, 2024 admin batteries, California, california public utilities commission, california public utilities commission (cpuc), clean transport, cpuc, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, green economy, lithium-ion batteries, nrdc, pacific gas and electric company, pacific gas and electric company (pg&e), PG&E, policy & politics, san diego gas & electric, SDG&E, Southern California Edison, southern california edison (sce), utilities

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:04:14 +0000

This action marks an important step in reducing delays that could undermine progress toward the state’s climate and air quality standards. But it doesn’t go far enough. The California Public Utilities Commission approved a new set of timelines to accelerate the connection of new residential buildings, commercial businesses, and electric … [continued]

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California Confirms Strategy for Centralized Offshore Wind Procurement

September 13, 2024 admin bracewell, California, cpuc, irp, Legal & Regulatory, offshore wind, power

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:25:11 +0000

Following more than three years of planning and analysis, California has established an offshore wind goal of 7,600 MW, with procurements starting as early as 2027. Through its central procurement […]

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Tri-State Advances ERP With Unopposed Settlement Filing

June 28, 2024 admin Coal, COLORADO, cpuc, craig generating station, erp, moffat county, natural gas, power, renewable energy, Renewables, Sierra Club, tri-state generation and transmission

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 01:57:00 +0000

Colorado electric cooperative Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association is proposing aid to coal communities in its service territory as part of an unopposed comprehensive settlement of the first phase of […]

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California Public Utilities Commission Crushes Community Solar With Latest Monopolistic Play

June 14, 2024 admin California, california public utilities commission (cpuc), california solar, california solar energy, clean power, cpuc, green economy, investment, policy & politics, Solar energy, solar prices

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 05:00:16 +0000

California has seen massive growth across its solar power sector — utility-scale solar, commercial solar, and residential solar have all boomed in the past decade plus. However, the utilities have been on a mission to squeeze out the little guys (distributed solar energy) for years, and after achieving quite a … [continued]

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California Regulators Reject PG&E Plan to Sell Generation Assets

May 9, 2024 admin Assets, bankruptcy, Business, California, california public utilities commission, cpuc, kkr, news, PG&E, power, sale, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 09 May 2024 21:56:32 +0000

California regulators have denied Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E’s) plan to sell a multibillion-dollar stake in the utility’s power generation fleet to a New York-based investment firm. Oakland-based PG&E, which […]

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