The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission upheld its previous granting of an incentive adder to Pacific Gas & Electric for being a member of an independent system operator, again rejecting a challenge by California energy regulators. Read MoreFERC Upholds Adder Granted to PG&E for Membership in CAISO
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The East Bay Community Energy board of directors on July 17 approved three more contracts totaling 112 MW of solar and 7.5 MW of battery storage. Read MoreEast Bay Community Energy Inks Three More Solar and Storage Contracts
The bankruptcy of Pacific Gas & Electric is putting the state’s renewable-generation goals in jeopardy, worrying developers of renewables projects that have exposure to the utility. Read MoreRenewables Developers Worry Over Fate of PG&E-Linked Contracts
The amount of natural gas used across the United States to meet power demand reached an all-time high of 43.8 Bcf per day July 17. Read MoreNatural Gas Used Nationwide for Power Production Reaches Record
Incoming California Public Utilities Commission President Marybel Batjer is going to have her work cut out for her. Read More'Proven Change-Maker': Marybel Batjer Set to Lead CPUC
Attorneys for Pacific Gas & Electric protested a motion by the California Public Utilities Commission ratepayer advocate to consider alternatives to the utility in Northern California, saying in a July 12 filing that the proposal could jeopardize its reorganization process. Read More'Counterproductive': PG&E Protests Public Advocates Motion
The California Public Utilities Commission on July 2 proposed Liberty Power and Gexa Energy pay a combined total of about $2 million in fines for their failure to meet the state’s renewable-energy procurement requirements. Read MoreCPUC Proposes Utilities Pay $2 Million in Penalties for RPS Failure
Collaboration with China will drive California’s energy policies more than any other relationship in the world, allowing the two regions to “hold hands” and reduce global greenhouse gases, the California Energy Commission said at its July 15 business meeting. Read MoreCalifornia Regulators Strengthen Energy Partnership With China
NewsData/California Energy Markets on Oct. 19 hosted "Microgrids in California: Opportunities and Challenges for the Energy Sector," a webinar featuring leading experts exploring key topics around microgrids. A recording of this informative and insightful event is available, for a small fee,… Read moreCalifornia Microgrids Webinar: Recording Available
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Lawyers for Pacific Gas & Electric accused a group of its bondholders of attempting to “hijack” its bankruptcy by proposing a reorganization plan for the company. Read MorePG&E Protests Bondholder Reorganization Plan
The recent passage of sweeping new utility wildfire liability legislation—which some say favors shareholders over ratepayers—marks the first time that ratepayer dollars have been specifically allotted to pay for future wildfires, guaranteeing that retail rates will rise, panelists at an indu… Read MoreMany Uncertainties Swirl Around AB 1054 Implementation
Southern California Edison said July 15 it intends to resume spent nuclear fuel transfer operations at the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, following “rigorous regulatory, internal and third-party readiness and operational reviews.” Read MoreTransfer of Spent Fuel Resumes at SONGS
Community choice aggregators across California are moving to surpass state renewables mandates and address other pressing issues such as grid decarbonization and climate, shifting energy procurement from investor-owned utilities in relatively rapid fashion. Read MoreSeismic Shift to CCAs Is Changing the Face of State Energy Procurement
New buildings constructed in the city of Berkeley must be all-electric after the City Council unanimously passed an ordinance at its July 16 meeting to address building decarbonization. Read MoreBerkeley First in Country to Ban Natural Gas in New Construction
Southern California Edison in June asked renewable natural gas developers to provide solutions on how the investor-owned utility could replace 7 percent of its natural gas power generation with the energy resource. Read MoreSCE Expresses More Interest in Renewable Gas for Power Generation
The impact of expanding renewable-energy development in the Southwest is changing laws, regulatory policy and the economy in many states. But building the transmission infrastructure needed to deliver wind and solar power generated in rural parts of the region to its load centers and to Cali… Read MoreSouthwest Renewables, Increasing Load Drive Need for More Wires
Renewable-energy production in New Mexico is experiencing a “boom,” according to the New Mexico State Land Office, which recently announced the awarding of a bid for state land to a wind developer. Read MoreNew Mexico Enjoys Boom in Wind, Solar
Westminster, Colorado-based Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association will close the 100-MW coal-fired Nucla Station power plant in southwestern Colorado two years early as part of the wholesale cooperative’s new commitment to reduce fossil-fuel usage and pursue a Responsible Energy Plan. Read MoreTri-State to Close Coal Plant Early, Settle With DMEA, Pursue Renewables
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and utility trade groups went to court to challenge the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order No. 841 that cleared the way for energy storage resources to buy and sell energy, capacity and ancillary services in organized who… Read MoreNARUC, Utility Groups Challenge FERC Storage Order