PG&E Teams With Energy Vault to Build and Operate the Largest Green Hydrogen Long-Duration Energy Storage System in the U.S. Hybrid system will be capable of powering approximately 2,000 electric customers within PG&E’s Calistoga microgrid for up to 48 hours (293 MWh of carbon-free energy) during a planned outage This Long-Duration Energy Storage System is […]
PG&E partners with Ford Motor on bidirectional EV charging – EQ Mag Pro
California utility PG&E Corp PCG.N is partnering with U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co F.N to bring bidirectional charging electric vehicles to its customers, the utility’s chief executive said on Thursday. “We’re announcing today our partnership with Ford Motor Co to bring bidirectional charging vehicles, specifically the Ford F-150 Lightning, to the PG&E customers,” Patti Poppe […]
California Utilities Propose Lower Payments on Rooftop Solar
Bloomberg – California’s three big investor-owned utilities proposed changes to the state’s rooftop-solar program that would lead to new connection charges and lower compensation for customers who install panels on their homes. PG&E Corp., Edison International’s Southern California Edison and Sempra Energy’s San Diego Gas & Electric filed a joint proposal Monday with state regulators […]
California Sets $200M Budget for ‘Complex, Multi-Property Microgrid’ Projects
Utility funding for community resilience against fire-prevention outages doesn’t go far enough, microgrid groups argue. California regulators have approved a microgrid plan directing $200 million to help communities build networks that can supply power through the state’s extended wildfire-prevention blackouts, a task expected to take years to move from planning to completing its first projects. […]
PG&E to expand its BESS projects with 387 MW of capacity
New Projects Totaling 387 Megawatts of Capacity to Come Online by August 2023 Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has requested California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approval of six additional battery energy storage projects totaling 387 megawatts (MW) of capacity, intended to further integrate clean energy from renewable generation sources while helping to ensure future […]
Portland General Electric Jumps Into Virtual Power Plant Business
Oregon’s largest electric utility wants a better understanding of the value of home batteries in grid operation and planning. Portland General Electric, the largest utility in Oregon, is jumping into the cutting-edge business of turning home batteries into grid resources. The company announced this week that it has received approval from regulators to link up […]
PG&E Poised to Expand Battery Energy Storage Capacity by More Than 420 MW
Projects intended to further integrate clean energy from renewable generation sources while ensuring future reliability of the electric system. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) has requested approval of five energy storage projects totaling 423 MW, in a filing with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The projects are intended to further integrate clean […]
California Finalizes Plan Shifting Key Energy Storage Incentive Toward Blackout Resilience
State to spend half a billion dollars by 2024 helping vulnerable customers install on-site batteries, a big change for the market. California regulators have finalized plans to direct more than half a billion dollars in behind-the-meter battery incentives over the next four years to customers most at risk of being impacted by the state’s increasingly […]
California Seeks to Shift Major Battery Incentive Toward Fire, Blackout Resiliency
CPUC proposes to spend $613 million of total $1.2 billion SGIP budget through 2024 on battery-solar systems for high-fire-risk customers. Over its 13-year history, California’s Self-Generation Incentive Program has been the state’s primary driver for distributed solar, biomass power systems, fuel cells. and, over the past half-decade or so, behind-the-meter batteries. Now California regulators are […]
PG&E Raises Costs for Electric Cars by 25%. Nobody Blinks.
There’s been very little coverage of something that you might imagine would be a big change in the world of electric cars. Northern California is definitely the world’s EV capital (outside China) with the most cars on offer and sold, and of course it is the home of Tesla. The primary electric utility there is […]
