CCAs haven’t invested as much as utilities in EV charging infrastructure. New state grants for Silicon Valley CCAs, munis will help close the gaps. California’s community-choice aggregators are increasingly taking utility customers and signing big renewable energy deals. But CCAs have not matched the billions of dollars of EV charging infrastructure investments being made by […]
Sunnova Partners with California Roofer Ahead of Solar Mandate
California’s residential solar law goes into effect in 2020, and providers are gearing up to capitalize on it. A high-profile solar-homebuilder partnership has emerged from the flurry of activity surrounding California’s new solar home mandate, which goes into effect in 2020. Residential solar provider Sunnova and PetersenDean, a California-based company that installs roofs and solar, […]
California sues Trump administration over rollback of Obama clean energy rules
A coalition of 22 states led by California sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over plans to roll back Obama-era clean energy initiatives. The lawsuit seeks to overturn the Affordable Clean Energy rule, a series of regulations introduced by Environmental Protection Agency administrator Andrew Wheeler that cut back on plans by the Obama administration to […]
PG&E Pledges to Keep All Power Purchase Agreements Despite Bankruptcy
A few developers accepted a 10 percent pay cut to gain certainty that their projects can move forward. Utility Pacific Gas & Electric said it would honor all existing power purchase agreements in a forthcoming plan to reorganize and emerge from bankruptcy. Whether or not legacy power contracts would survive has been a hot topic […]
WoodMac: Natural Disasters No Big Catalyst for Microgrid Deployment
The majority of microgrids aren’t deployed immediately after a storm, and most still don’t include multiple clean energy technologies. After Hurricane Irma and then Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico and ripped out its electricity infrastructure, renewables developers quickly descended on the island to offer clean energy and resilient solutions such as battery storage, residential […]
Los Angeles County gas plant to be partially replaced by batteries and solar
An aging gas power plant in Glendale, California will soon be repowered by a combination of distributed solar, energy storage, and geothermal energy. Municipal utility Glendale Water & Power (GWP) received approval to move ahead with the project from Glendale City Council on July 23. Its original proposal, which consisted primarily of thermal generation and […]
Southern Power to develop 345MWh quartet of energy storage projects
Southern Power is working with developer esVolta on the portfolio of four projects. Source: Southern Power. Wholesale power provider Southern Power is to develop up to four utility-scale energy storage projects totalling 86MW / 345MWh. Of the four projects, all in California, one has already closed financing. Southern Power is working with developer esVolta on […]
Sunrun Wins Another Capacity Contract for Aggregated Home Storage
The deal opens a new market for residential storage: California’s rapidly expanding community-based electricity buyers. A network of residential energy systems will help Oakland, California wean itself off fossil-fueled peakers. East Bay Community Energy, which buys power for Alameda County in Northern California, approved a contract Wednesday night to pay Sunrun for 500 kilowatts of […]
Up To $7,000 In Rebates For Electric Vehicles & Plug-in Hybrids In California
The California Clean Vehicle Rebate Project provides a rebate of up to $7,000 when a California resident who is eligible for the program buys or leases a new all-electric, plug-in hybrid, or fuel-cell electric vehicle. Eligibility for the program is dependent on the applicant’s income. The Clean Vehicle Rebate Project is funded by the California […]
First Comes Renewable Energy, Then Comes Battery Storage, Then Comes ???
It’s pretty clear that renewable energy is more than price competitive with traditional energy sources such as coal, gas, and nuclear. Want proof? Look at the under 2 cents per kWh 25 year PPA the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power signed recently. But we all know that the sun doesn’t always shine and […]