The Senate of the nation’s smallest state has voted to require that 100% of the state’s electricity must come from renewable sources by the end of 2033. June 3, 2022 Rhode Island’s upper house has passed Senate Bill 2274. The legislation sets a path for the state to source 100% of its retail electricity sales …
Rhode Island aims to be the first state to reach 100% renewable electricity Read More »
The bill would authorize the New York Power Authority to build, own, and operate renewable energy projects to provide renewable energy to all state-owned properties by 2030 and municipal-owned properties by 2035, while also calling on the authority to phase out its fossil fuel power plants by 2030 and provide and deliver only renewable energy …
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Emissions-free electricity generation is expanding at stunning rates across the United States, largely due to the dawn of the solar and wind energy decade. Based on the Energy Information Administration (EIA) hourly data reports, the combined forces of solar, wind, hydropower, nuclear energy, and solar thermal energy generated more than half of all US electricity …
More than half of all US generation was emissions-free for 10% of this year Read More »
AB 2316 removes the barriers to clean, renewable energy access for nearly half of Californians who rent or have low incomes. June 3, 2022 California’s State Assembly recently passed AB 2316, which calls for 51% of the power generated by the new community solar program to benefit low-income customers or service organizations. A unique feature of the …
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Sunrise brief: New York announces 2 GW of new solar across 22 projects Read More »
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in ongoing efforts to provide rate assistance to utility customers, today approved a multi-family discount pilot program for income-qualified customers of California-American Water Company (Cal-Am) living in disadvantaged communities. In a prior Decision, the CPUC directed Cal-Am to outline a pilot program that provides a discount to water users …
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in ongoing efforts to support transportation innovation, today issued the first Phase I Driverless Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Passenger Service Deployment permit in California to Cruise LLC to allow for passenger service in its AVs without a driver present in the vehicle. With this permit, Cruise may offer passenger service …
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LOS ANGELES and SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of Californians rallied in the state’s two most famous cities Thursday, calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to make major changes to a proposal that would impose a tax on rooftop solar power generation. Other parts of the country where similar taxes were imposed …
NEWS RELEASE: Californians rally to save rooftop solar Read More »
Local officials and residents joined ComEd and Nexamp representatives for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the recently completed French Road Solar project in Burlington on June 2, celebrating the addition of a new renewable energy source in northern Illinois. The project will enable area residents to save money on their annual electric costs through the Nexamp …
Nexamp cuts ribbon on 2.8-MW community solar project in Illinois Read More »
CS Energy Gov. Kathy Hochul on June 2 announced awards for 22 large-scale solar and energy storage projects that will deliver enough clean energy to power over 620,000 New York homes. As the state’s largest land-based renewable energy procurement to date, these projects will spur over $2.7 billion in private investment and create over 3,000 …
New York procures 22 new large solar projects, some co-located with storage Read More »
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