A bipartisan quartet of senators, led by two Democrats from the critical swing state of Georgia, are asking President Biden to toughen up tariffs on Chinese solar panels or face a glutted market just as the president’s clean-energy tax credits hit the market. “We must not allow China to destroy U.S. manufacturing and control this …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will hold in-person and virtual public forums for customers of AT&T to provide input into the company’s two proposals to remove its obligation to provide voice services in its service territories. WHEN FORMAT LOCATION February 6, 2024, 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. In-person only Clovis City Council Chambers1033 5th St., …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is taking steps to establish energization timelines for investor-owned utility (IOU) customers. In an effort to meet the State’s electrification goals and support the state’s growing housing and economy-wide needs, the CPUC has initiated a new proceeding, known as an Order Instituting Rulemaking (OIR), focused on customer energization. Directed …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today approved a settlement agreement between the CPUC’s Safety and Enforcement Division (SED) and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), which penalizes PG&E $45 million for its involvement in the 2021 Dixie Fire. The 2021 Dixie Fire started on July 13, 2021, and ignited after a Douglas fir tree …
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In a continued effort to support California’s Broadband For All initiative, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today acted on grant funding of more than $6 million to enhance high-speed internet access in tribal and rural communities. Details of today’s awards are as follows: Round Valley Indian Tribes’ (RVIT) Fiber to the Home Project “I …
California has long championed renewable energy, but a change in the state’s policies last year has led to a sharp decline in the installation of residential rooftop solar in the state. Thousands of companies — including installers, manufacturers and distributors — are reeling from the new policy, which took effect in April and greatly reduced …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in ongoing efforts to bridge the digital divide, will hold a free webinar on the California Teleconnect Fund (CTF), which provides eligible organizations with discounted rates on selected telecommunications and broadband services. During this virtual event, CPUC staff will discuss the CTF claim processes. WHEN: Jan. 22, 2024, 10 …
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This is one reason it has become less common for climate skeptics to talk about how much consumers would be burdened by price spikes brought about by a green transition, or to invoke Bill Gates’s “green premium” or the “cautionary tale” of France’s yellow-vest movement, and more common to hear them ask whether the renewable …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will hold a webinar to demystify the application process for its new Clean Energy Access (CEA) Grant Program. With grants reaching up to $500,000, this initiative is tailored to support projects that enhance access to, or education about, the CPUC’s clean energy programs. The expert-led panel, featuring application evaluators …
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“It seems like we’ve been battling climate change for decades and made no progress,” Dr. Hannah Ritchie says. “I want to push back on that.” Ritchie, a senior researcher in the Program on Global Development at the University of Oxford and deputy editor at the online publication Our World in Data, is the author of …
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