The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today approved Resolutions granting additional operating authority for Cruise LLC and Waymo LLC to conduct commercial passenger service using driverless vehicles in San Francisco. The approval includes the ability for both companies to charge fares for rides at any time of day. The requirements for the Resolutions approved today …
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in ongoing actions to help the state achieve a clean energy future, today expanded on-bill financing programs to assist non-residential electricity and natural gas customers in making comprehensive energy investments, such as purchasing and installing electric heat pump water heaters and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Current on-bill financing programs …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in an ongoing commitment to help the state close the digital divide, today provided approximately $1 million in broadband-related grants to assist schools in low-income urban and rural areas. Through its Digital Divide Grant Program, the CPUC awarded grants totaling $999,480 to four community-based organizations: Outside the Lens, Human …
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today issued a Presiding Officer’s Decision adopting a settlement between Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), the CPUC’s Safety and Enforcement Division (SED) and the Public Advocates Office (Cal Advocates) for SoCalGas’s 2015 Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility leak. The settlement includes a penalty of $71 million and requires …
The company will invest $1 billion in the TOPCon manufacturing facility, creating up to 1,800 highly skilled jobs. August 10, 2023 Maxeon Solar Technologies has chosen Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the location for its first U.S. manufacturing expansion. The new 3 GW facility will produce TOPCon PV-silicon cell technology and the Maxeon’s proprietary shingled-cell Performance …
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After years of planning, Maxeon Solar Technologies has announced it will start a 3-GW solar cell and panel factory in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The plant will make TOPCon solar cells and the company’s Performance line of solar modules. Solar panel assembly at Maxeon’s facility in Mexico. Maxeon has long had its sights set on establishing …
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FlexGen energy storage on another utility site. The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) approved two Alliant Energy battery energy storage projects totaling 175 MW. The approval clears the way for construction to begin on the 100-MW Grant County Battery Project and 75-MW Wood County Battery Project. They will be located alongside the company’s Grant …
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Xcel Energy is issuing one of northwest Wisconsin’s largest-ever calls for clean energy projects, which will add significant carbon-free energy for the company’s Upper Midwest customers while replacing a coal-fired plant on the Minnesota-Wisconsin border. The company is asking developers to submit proposals for approximately 650 MW of new solar-specific projects or projects that combine …
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The Bishop Paiute Tribe is celebrating a newly installed 49-kW solar system. The project was installed in part with funding from the California Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing (SOMAH) Program at Coyote Mountain Apartments, an affordable housing and sober living facility in Bishop, California. “We are proud of the efforts of the Bishop Paiute Tribe’s Environmental …
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The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have issued final regulations (going live on August 15) and Revenue Procedure 2023-27PDF to provide guidance for owners of certain solar or wind facilities built in connection with low-income communities. DOE will begin accepting applications across all four categories of the Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit …
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