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 […]
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 […]
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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Read moreCredit 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.
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 […]
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 […]
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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Read moreCredit 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
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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Credit to Author: Jelisa Castrodale| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 13:17:42 +0000
Roughly 181,000 customers in the Paradise, Calif. area will be affected by power cuts that are scheduled to begin on Wednesday.
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