The Inflation Reduction Act that was passed by the Senate on Sunday could lower electricity bills for consumers and the prices of things like rooftop solar panels, energy-efficient appliances and electric vehicles, Democrats and some energy experts said. Under the legislation, a home improvement credit for energy efficiency would allow households to deduct from their …
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today took important actions to address the costs of utility services in California by formalizing methods to consider the affordability of utility services in future CPUC proceedings, including ordering utilities to provide tools for consumers to examine the overall affordability of proposed rate increases across industries and proceedings. Today’s …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today made California the first state in the nation to allow electric vehicle (EV) owners to measure an EV’s energy use independently from the owner’s main utility meter through a technology known as submetering. This groundbreaking Decision will accelerate the growth of EVs by allowing EV drivers, owners of …
Lawsuit claims utility company Washington Gas misleads customers about environmental impacts of methane gas WASHINGTON – U.S. PIRG Education Fund, Environment America Research & Policy Center and ClientEarth announced a lawsuit against Washington Gas in District of Columbia Superior Court on Thursday over misleading customers on the environmental impacts of natural gas. As a first-of-its-kind …
La parte climática de la Ley de Reducción de la Inflación es, en su mayor parte, un intento de acelerar esa transición energética, sobre todo mediante créditos fiscales para la adopción de tecnologías de bajas emisiones, incluidos los vehículos eléctricos, pero también a través de incentivos para utilizar menos energía en general, sobre todo al …
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After all the false starts and dashed hopes of the past two years, I’m reluctant to count my chickens before they’ve actually been signed in the Oval Office. Still, it appears that Democrats have finally agreed on another major piece of legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act. And if it does become law, it will be …
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WASHINGTON — The $369 billion climate and tax package forged in a surprise deal by Senate Democrats on Wednesday would be the most ambitious action ever taken by the United States to try to stop the planet from catastrophically overheating. The agreement, which Senate Democrats hope to pass as early as next week, shocked even …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in ongoing actions to assess the feasibility and safety implications of injecting hydrogen into the natural gas system, and in order to advance its deployment, has issued for comment a Study that represents a critical step in considering renewable hydrogen as a component in California’s statewide decarbonization strategy. The …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will hold a virtual workshop to consult with stakeholders on how to improve the utility online data portals that are available for distributed energy resource project siting and distribution grid planning, as follows: WHEN: July 26, 2022, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. WHERE: Access the workshop remotely via WebEx …
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in ongoing efforts to hold utilities accountable for executing safe and appropriate Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events, is requiring the state’s electric utilities to publicly present on their preparedness for PSPS events in 2022 at two virtual briefings, as follows: WHEN: WHAT: The electric utilities will provide updates …
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