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PG&E to launch $79M microgrid incentive program

The program will provide funding, expertise, and guidance for building community, local, and tribal government-proposed multi-customer microgrids.

Sunrun and PG&E expand peak power reward program to keep the grid stable between 7-9PM

The program was increased to 8,500 customers as California braces for high temperatures and growing energy demand during evening hours.

NEM 3.0 will cut California’s residential solar market in half, WoodMac says

Consulting firm Wood Mackenzie released analysis saying California’s newly proposed net metering tariffs would cut the state’s residential solar market in half by 2024.

Spreading like wildfire: An interest in making electric power public

On the morning of November 8th, 2018, a live wire broke free of its grip on a 99-year-old electrical tower, sparking one of the most deadly and destructive wildfires in California’s history. Iris Natividad was away from home when her partner Andrew Downer told her over the phone that the fire was a mile away from their house. There was no one

Shell Australia to build 120-MW solar farm next to gas-fired power plant

Shell Australia today announced it will build and operate its first industrial-scale solar electricity farm near Wandoan in central Queensland, Australia. The solar farm, named Project Gangarri will have a capacity of 120 MW and should be complete next year, the company said. Project Gangarri will be built on the land of the Iman Traditional Owners and the name was

It’s no secret that most reports on climate change are filled with dire warnings for our future. The consensus is that the earth is getting progressively warmer, and our energy-consumption habits have had a direct impact on that. Coal and fossil fuels as energy sources increased our ability to produce, but there have been some serious unintended consequences. Even without

With millions in the dark, a California solar company touts benefits of solar plus storage

Today California utility Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) began the first phase of its Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) during which the power will be cut…

GE Renewable Energy announces two hydropower services contracts in the US

GE Renewable Energy announced at HydroVision that it has signed two hydropower contracts in the U.S. one for FirstLight’s Northfield Mountain project and one …

Bloomberg predicts wind and solar will power half the world and bag $9 trillion investment

Wind or solar now represent the least expensive option for adding new power generation capacity in approximately two-thirds of the world….

Modular, scalable microgrid ready for C&I customers in danger of losing power

Two companies have come up with a potential solution to help mitigate power outages in California. Recent state utility proposals have called for new measures t…

San Francisco mulls creating its own 100 percent renewables-focused utility from PG&E wreckage

What happens when a famously left-leaning city dives into the buttoned-down business of electric utilities? San Francisco may soon find out….

How Will PG&E’s Bankruptcy Impact the CleanTech Industry?

On January 14, 2019, California’s largest utility, PG&E, filed a bankruptcy notice stating that it plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy by the month en…

Bloomberg Opinion: PG&E Reneging On Renewables PPAs Makes No Sense

Utilities and renewable-energy advocates have long had a complicated relationship. Yet the prospect of PG&E Corp. tipping into bankruptcy by the end of Janu…

Threat to PG&E Renewable PPAs Affects US DOE Loans

The fallout from California power giant PG&E Corp.’s looming bankruptcy has been both sudden and widespread: Its electricity suppliers have seen their deb…

PG&E Likely Seeking Bankruptcy by Jan. 29

The San Francisco-based utility is under investigation for any role its equipment might have played in the deadly wildfires of late 2018, only one year after ge…