California's highest-ranking energy officials this week said they will need to work together to avoid rolling electricity blackouts in the state this summer, while concerns about large diesel generator usage and enhanced natural gas power plant capacity continue to pound on agency doors.
Wholesale market prices were higher in the California Independent System Operator in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared with the same period a year prior, the Department of Market Monitoring said in a new report. Average five-minute prices were lower than both 15-minute and day-ahead prices… Read More
California's regulations around rooftop solar are due for a possible major shake-up with new legislation that would establish a new net-energy metering tariff with a "grid access charge"—an idea that has drawn rapid condemnation from solar advocates. Read More
Southern California Gas Co. is wrapping up maintenance activities at the Honor Rancho storage facility, putting upward pressure on regional natural gas prices. Read More
California's highest-ranking energy officials this week said they will need to work together to avoid rolling electricity blackouts in the state this summer, while concerns about large diesel generator usage and enhanced natural gas power plant capacity continue to pound on agency doors. Read More
Low-income utility customers in California sometimes spend a large percentage of their nondisposable income—often more than 15 percent—on essential electric utility service, an April report by the California Public Utilities Commission says. Read More
The California Public Utilities Commission on May 6 approved five resource-adequacy contracts between Southern California Edison and various energy storage providers for about 590 MW. Read More
Leadership of the California Independent System Operator and the Western Energy Imbalance Market on May 6 approved new rules around EIM governance that have been under development for more than a year. Read More
Norway and California officials on April 28 signed a memorandum of understanding designed to formalize a mutual commitment to exchange best practices that will move both toward a carbon-free economy. Read More
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San Diego Community Power on May 4 signed its first power-purchase agreement, a 20-year contract with energy developer RAI Energy International, to meet the community choice aggregator's renewable-energy needs. Read More
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management on May 3 approved a 350-MW, $550-million solar project with an associated 350-MW energy storage system to be located on public lands in Southern California. Read More
The greening of the California maritime industry is being buoyed by state and federal grants for hydrogen-based ship-propulsion technologies and fueling-infrastructure development. Read More
Long Beach was the port of call for an April 22 through April 28 visit by the Energy Observer zero-emission vessel on a stop during its seven-year voyage. Read More
The Arizona Corporation Commission on May 5 declined to approve bipartisan clean-energy rules that had been under development by the agency for more than three years and would have established targets of 35-percent energy efficiency by 2030 and 100-percent carbon-free emissions by 2050 for r… Read More
Arizona's largest utilities this week expanded plans for solar generation within their portfolios with a new commitment from Salt River Project and the expansion of an all-source request for proposals issued by Arizona Public Service in December. Combined, the developments could lead to more… Read More
Sempra Energy on May 5 announced earnings attributable to common shares of $874 million in the first quarter, on revenues of about $3.3 billion, compared with earnings of $760 million in the same period a year ago. Read More
PNM Resources, the parent company of Public Service Company of New Mexico, on April 30 reported profit of $17.6 million, or 20 cents per share, for the first quarter of 2021. The results show significant improvement compared with first quarter 2020, when the company posted a loss of $15.3 mi… Read More
Pinnacle West Capital, the parent company of Arizona Public Service, on May 5 reported profit of $35.6 million, or 32 cents a share, for first quarter 2021, an increase of nearly 19 percent compared with the same period in 2020, which showed profit of $30 million, or 27 cents per share. Read More
The Department of the Interior on May 6 proposed revoking a Trump administration rule that narrowed the scope of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Read More
