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25,000 PG&E & Tesla Customers Invited To Form World’s Largest Distributed Battery To Support Electric Grid Reliability

July 13, 2022 admin batteries, clean power, demand response, drew baglino, Energy Storage, grid, lithium-ion batteries, PG&E, Solar energy, tesla, tesla energy, tesla powerwall, tesla virtual power plant, virtual power plants

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 03:30:49 +0000

OAKLAND, California — Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Tesla Inc. have launched a new pilot program that creates a virtual power plant, to help support electric grid reliability and save customers money. On June 22, Tesla invited approximately 25,000 PG&E customers with Powerwalls to join the VPP and help form the world’s largest […]

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130 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations for Schools in California, + EV Curriculum!

July 5, 2022 admin California, chargepoint, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, evbox, pacific gas and electric company (pg&e), PG&E, Schools

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2022 18:40:31 +0000

We are entering a new era, and California is leading the way — as it has been for years decades. Everyone knows the auto market is electrifying, and electric school buses are slowly making their way into school transportation fleets. The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) utility in California is now helping to electrify […]

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Bringing EV Fast Charging to Underserved Communities in California

July 1, 2022 admin California, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev connect, pacific gas and electric company (pg&e), PG&E

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2022 00:44:15 +0000

One of the biggest challenges with the transition to electric vehicles is making the transition as equitable as possible. As with most new tech, EVs come at a premium (at the cash register — not over the life of the vehicle). In general, new cars are an upper-middle-class purchase, or at least middle-class purchase (depending […]

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California Legislature Passes Bill to Support Reliability Reserve, Lifeline for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant

June 30, 2022 admin Business, California, climate change, diablo canyon, Environmental, full coverage, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Legislation, news, Nuclear, PG&E, reliability, strategic reliability reserve, strategic reserve, Water

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:52:21 +0000

California’s State Legislature has passed a bill that could extend the operating lives of existing generating facilities slated for retirement, potentially providing a new lifeline for the 2,240-MW Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP), which has a premature closure date in 2025. Both houses on June 29 passed AB-205 Energy, an energy trailer bill that Gov. […]

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Tesla Invites New Round Of Californians To Enroll In Virtual Power Plant

June 24, 2022 admin California, california independent system operator (caiso), Energy Storage, grid, grid storage, PG&E, tesla, tesla energy, tesla powerwall, tesla virtual power plant, tesla virtual power plant california, virtual power plants

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 21:18:04 +0000

Through the Emergency Load Reduction Program (ELRP) pilot, participants will receive $2 for every additional kWh their Powerwall delivers during an event.

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Colorado EV Charging Readiness Bill Vetoed — Big Mistake

June 10, 2022 admin clean transport, COLORADO, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev readiness, Jared Polis, nrdc, PG&E, policy & politics

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 03:26:06 +0000

In a disappointing move amid an otherwise positive legislative session for transportation, air quality, and climate, Governor Jared Polis vetoed a bill that would have expanded electric vehicle (EV) charging for Coloradans. The legislation, House Bill 22-1218, would have ensured that new buildings and major renovations had the electrical wiring and capacity to host future […]

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PG&E’s Tesla Megapack Is Now Operational

April 20, 2022 admin batteries, California, Energy Storage, Northern California, PG&E, tesla, tesla energy storage, tesla megapack, tesla megapacks, utilities

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 03:30:10 +0000

Pacific Gas and Electric’s 182-megawatt Tesla Megapack Elkhorn battery is now in operation, the Associated Press has reported. The energy storage system is located in Monterey Bay’s Elkhorn slough in Northern California and was part of a partnership between Tesla and PG&E. Included in the system are a total of 256 Tesla Megapacks on 33 […]

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CAISO Plan Calls for $30.5 Billion for Transmission—and More Renewable Energy

February 4, 2022 admin Battery, caiso, California, cec, cpuc, diablo canyon, electrification, Energy Storage, natural gas, news, Nuclear, offshore wind, PG&E, Renewables, Solar, transmission

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 19:09:07 +0000

California’s power grid continues to evolve and will look much different by 2040, according to a 20-year draft transmission plan released by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO). The plan calls for significant additional renewable energy resources, along with a $30.5-billion build-out of the transmission grid. The outlook, developed by the grid operator along with […]

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Humongous Tesla Battery Plant Approved In California Is 10× Bigger Than World’s Biggest Battery Plant

February 27, 2020 admin batteries, California, clean power, Energy Storage, grid, grid storage, lithium-ion batteries, monterey county, monterey county planning commission, moss landing, PG&E, policy & politics, Silicon Valley, Solar energy, tesla, tesla batteries, tesla energy, tesla megapack, utilities, wind energy

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 18:45:02 +0000

Tesla has been approved to reinvent the Moss Landing power plant in California as a battery power plant. In fact, it will be approximately 10× bigger than Tesla’s Hornsdale, which was 3× bigger than any other battery storage facility at the time it was built

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Public Safety Power Shutoffs: How Utilities Could Partner

February 3, 2020 admin Business, California, camp fire, Gas, Hydro, Legal & Regulatory, mitigation, news, O&M, PG&E, psps, public safety power shutoffs, Renewables, risk, risk mitigation, Safety, sce, SDG&E, Smart Grid, Solar, T&D, Wildfire, wildfire prevention plan, Wind, WPP

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 08:06:14 +0000

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Catastrophic wildfires have devastated California in recent years. This article seeks to outline a plan wherein neighboring utilities can send energy to support a utility that has shut down critical paths during wildfire mitigation efforts. On the morning of Nov. 8, 2018, the Camp Fire erupted 90 miles north of Sacramento, California (Figure 1). This fire […]

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