July 22, 2024 | San Diego's Top Solar Company

Post-Season Pre-Season Public Briefings on Utility PSPS

SAN FRANCISCO – The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will host the 5th annual post-season/pre-season public briefings for electric investor-owned utilities to present lessons learned from Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events in 2023 and preparedness for PSPS events in 2024. The electric utilities will provide updates on their efforts and coordination with public safety …

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CPUC Recommends Fourth Round of Grant Awards

News / By Staff

SAN FRANCISCO – The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today announced the fourth round of recommended awardees for last mile broadband projects as part of the $2 billion Last Mile Federal Funding Account Grant Program. This program expands broadband internet access for underserved and unserved communities across California. This announcement continues a rolling process of …

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Massachusetts passes pro-solar and energy storage reforms

Policy / By Staff

The Massachusetts House of Representatives has passed H.4876, a bill to address solar and energy storage development challenges in the state. The bill will next go to the state Senate to finalize a compromise bill. The bill includes provisions to incentivize solar and storage development, streamline siting and permitting processes at both the state and …

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Clearway starts work on two large renewable projects in Southern California

Industry / By Staff

Clearway Energy Group announced that it closed more than $700 million in construction financing and has begun construction on two major energy projects in Fresno and San Bernardino counties in California. Luna Valley is a 200-MW solar project in Fresno County. Daggett Storage is a 113.5-MW standalone battery energy storage project in San Bernardino County …

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$7 billion federal ‘Solar for All’ program faces vendor and compliance challenges

Policy / By Staff

The $7 billion Solar for All program administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) seeks to support solar, storage and energy efficiency projects that benefit low-income and disadvantages communities. A panel of stakeholders at last week’s RE+ Mid-Atlantic conference in Philadelphia discussed how the program expanding …

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DOE offers conditional loan guarantee for 200 MW solar, 285 MW storage in Puerto Rico

Finance / By Staff

Two solar-plus-storage projects in Puerto Rico eligible for a loan guarantee would double the territory’s utility-scale solar capacity. July 22, 2024 The Loan Programs Office of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has made a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee for up to $861 million to finance construction of solar-plus-storage projects and standalone storage …

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Renova Energy ‘temporarily’ halts operations amid SunPower chaos

Industry / By Staff

Palm Desert-based solar installer Renova Energy sent a letter to all customers last week saying it will temporarily halt all operations in California and Arizona after SunPower, one of its partial investors, limited its own operations. Renova CEO Vincent Battaglia emphasized in the letter that the halt is temporary and would be remedied in the …

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Sunrise brief: Tesla lands 15.3 GWh Megapack supply contract

Installation / By Staff

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