California’s Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) just became the nation’s first regulator to require utilities to better account for the impact of climate change on energy infrastructure and services, ordering them to prioritize it in their planning and operations.
There’s only so much time in the day — a lesson I seem intent on not learning. We’ve published many solar energy articles in the past month and many energy storage articles, but here are 7 more solar plus storage (solar+storage) articles we just couldn’t dedicate full articles to.
Originally published on Energy Toolbase. By Adam Gerza California residential solar installers may be using a flawed approach to calculating and presenting the economics of solar projects and not even know it. Earlier this year the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) finalized and approved the biggest reforms to residential electric … [continued]
Rooftop Solar vs SDG&E’s Proposal to Build a 500-MW Gas-Fired Plant Originally published on the ECOreport. The battle for Carlsbad’s power continues. San Diego Gas & Electric’s (SDG&E) proposal to replace the now-retired San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) with a $2.6 billion peaker plant is not popular in San Diego … [continued]
Prepare for a surprise on the effectiveness of renewable energy incentives, specifically the California Solar Incentive. While many hail the California Solar Incentive (CSI) as an overwhelming success, a new study finds that using the same amount of money in a carefully optimized program to provide systems to low-income households … [continued]
