Sacramento, Calif.— As California seeks to secure a 100% renewable electricity grid to address the climate crisis, the California Energy Commission (CEC) has released their initial Offshore Wind report with goals of 3,000 MW of offshore wind energy by 2030 and 10,000 to 15,000 MW by 2045 with a potential of 20,000 MW by 2050, …
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Torrid heat, raging wildfires and prolonged drought are putting California residents at increased risk of power outages, officials said Friday, as extreme weather driven by climate change puts additional stress on the state’s already-taxed energy grid. Officials said in an online briefing that they were preparing for a scenario in 2022 that would see California …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in continued efforts to promote rapid and widespread transportation electrification, today approved three vehicle-grid integration (VGI) pilot programs for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). As electric vehicles (EVs) become increasingly prevalent in California, it is critical that they charge at times and locations that do not unduly stress …
In Oregon, for example, electric rates fell almost 1.5 percent in January and less than 1 percent in February, though some companies like Portland General Electric did raise rates modestly. Even so, rates at that utility remain well below the national average. The utility, the largest in the state, gets about 20 percent of its …
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The Biden administration plans to begin a $3.1 billion effort on Monday to spur the domestic production of advanced batteries, which are essential to its plan to speed the adoption of electric vehicles and renewable energy. President Biden has prodded automakers to churn out electric vehicles and utilities to switch to solar, wind and other …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in ongoing efforts to support transportation innovation, today issued a proposal that would authorize the first participant in its Autonomous Vehicle Passenger Service Driverless Deployment program. With this proposed authorization, Cruise LLC may offer passenger service in AVs without a driver present in the vehicle. The proposal will appear …
Plans to install 60 square kilometers of solar panels in Vermont are suddenly on hold. In Maine, a solar farm that would power hundreds of homes is partly built but might not be completed. And a project in Texas that would have powered more than 10,000 homes was weeks away from breaking ground but has …
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To the editor: The utility companies claim that rooftop solar is unfair because it supposedly puts the financial burden of net energy metering onto the poor. Since when have the utilities cared about the poor or climate justice? Only since rooftop solar threatened their dividend stream to shareholders. To those who claim that rooftop solar …
When the California Public Utilities Commission proposed scaling back subsidies for rooftop solar in December, it cracked open a hornet’s nest of residential solar sellers, owners and advocates. Installation companies argued it would tank their profits and harm their workers. Solar homeowners and those who want to go solar said it would rob them of …
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In a decision that could dramatically undercut President Biden’s ambitious climate goals, the Commerce Department said Monday that it is investigating whether imports of solar panels from Southeast Asia are circumventing anti-dumping rules that limit imports from China. Clean energy leaders said the investigation — which could result in retroactive tariffs as high as 240% …
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