U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali this week heard closing arguments from wildfire victims and lawyers in Pacific Gas & Electric's 16-month-long bankruptcy proceeding that rocked the utility world—and residents of Northern California—beginning last January. Montali is considering his f…
Three people died in a helicopter crash near Fairfield on June 2 while working on a Pacific Gas & Electric power line. Read More
8minute Solar Energy has closed a $225-million letter of credit it plans to use to post securities for both its power-purchase agreements and interconnection agreements for its 18-GW pipeline of solar and storage projects in California, Texas and the Southwest, the company said June 1. The l… Read More
The reorganization plan of Pacific Gas & Electric, set to be approved in a few weeks, is a highly complex affair, including multiple funds, funding sources and beneficiaries that are being hashed out in a massive case with many moving parts and billions of dollars at stake. This edition … Read More
Pacific Northwest nighttime power prices retreated underwater with ample hydro generation in the region. Mid-Columbia off-peak power spent most of the May 28 to June 4 trading period in negative pricing territory. The hub dropped $7.65 in trading, ending at minus 50 cents/MWh June 4. The day… Read More
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service on June 2 published 108 pages of proposed regulations in a notice of proposed rulemaking that provides long-awaited guidance on 45Q tax credits for carbon capture at industrial, direct-air capture and electric generation facilities, including fossil-fuel pow… Read More
Dead trees in California could be used to produce renewable electricity with the help of a portable generator the size of a freight shipping container, according to a recent report by the California Energy Commission. Read More
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali this week heard closing arguments from wildfire victims and lawyers in Pacific Gas & Electric's 16-month-long bankruptcy proceeding that rocked the utility world—and residents of Northern California—beginning last January. Montali is considering his f… Read More
Pacific Gas & Electric says it aims to have one-third fewer of its customers affected by public-safety power shut-offs this year, as well as reduce restoration times by half. But a utility representative told lawmakers this week the utility can't guarantee that lengthy outages caused by … Read More
As part of its 2020-2021 transmission planning process, the California Independent System Operator is prioritizing the identification of areas on the electricity grid where the impact of wildfires and public-safety power shut-offs can be reduced. Read More
Community choice aggregators in California are well poised to promote widespread electric-vehicle infrastructure adoption, especially to support post-pandemic economic recovery, according to a May 29 webinar hosted by the California Community Choice Association. Read More
Following a study of near-zero-emission heavy-duty natural gas truck operations, the vehicles were awarded the highest possible readiness rating by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Read More
Despite pleas from local stakeholders and community activists over the years, Southern California Edison, the utility operator of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, and independent experts maintain that until long-term or permanent off-site storage for spent nuclear fuel becomes avai… Read More
Public Service Company of New Mexico on May 28 filed to the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission an application to decouple the rates of residential and small commercial electric customers from electric sales volume and instead seek a rate of return based on the utility's fixed costs. Read More
Denver International Airport, a Frisco middle school and a Denver community center are among seven Colorado locations likely to host microgrids following a settlement agreement reached last month between Xcel Energy subsidiary Public Service Company of Colorado, various interest groups and t… Read More
Salt River Project, Arizona's second-largest utility, issued a request for information from wind developers for up to 500 MW of wind-powered energy. The Tempe-based utility announced the request June 1, almost exactly one year after the SRP board approved a new set of carbon dioxide emission… Read More
President Donald Trump on June 4 signed an executive order directing federal agencies to speed up approvals of pipelines and other infrastructure projects by invoking emergency authority to bypass environmental reviews. Read More
