February 16th, 2019 | by Charles W. Thurston
The early February breakthrough in California energy storage rules under Net Energy Metering will still take time to be codified, but the great news is that energy from storage can be sold to utilities as long as the storage equipment meets a new Underwriters Laboratory standard. Under Time of Use rates, households with certified storage capacity can store energy during the day and sell it back to the utility during peak periods in the evening
June 13th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
San Diego Gas & Electric broke the news that it will be doubling the energy storage capacity of its network over the next 3.5 years to enable the adoption of more renewables in its service area
June 3rd, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
California is at the forefront of US states when it comes to reducing carbon emissions. Nearly 40% of those emissions come from the state's transportation sector. Not only has California always been ground zero for car culture, but it's also home to several of the largest ports in America, whose operations depend on heavy-duty trucks powered by diesel engines
March 22nd, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
Public utility companies in California may be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages from the fires that raged across the state last year. Those damages could put some of them out of business.
January 30th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
California governor Jerry Brown has signed an executive order that sets a goal of 5 million zero emissions cars on the state's roads by 2030. The state will invest $2.5 billion to greatly expand the number of charging and hydrogen refueling stations available to California residents.
November 21st, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill
A new report from the California Public Utilities Commission has concluded that the state's major utilities have already met or will all soon exceed the state's 2020 renewable energy target of 33%, and will likely meet the 2030 target of 50% by 2020.
February 27th, 2017 | by Roy L Hales
The 30 megawatt (MW) energy storage plant at Escondido, CA, has a capacity of up to 120 megawatt-hours of energy. It could serve 20,000 customers for four hours
July 16th, 2016 | by Zachary Shahan
The California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the largest electricity grid in California, broke its own solar generation record on Tuesday of [&hellip
July 12th, 2016 | by Susan Kraemer
Secrecy about the price that California utilities pay for natural gas contracts is a new sign that PV has now [&hellip
June 14th, 2016 | by Zachary Shahan
Note: We’re trying to get back into helping homeowners who want to go solar and who want to switch to [&hellip
April 25th, 2016 | by Roy L Hales
Originally published on the ECOreport. Installing solar panels on San Diego’s existing homes used to involve a 4-6-week long process. San [&hellip
April 7th, 2016 | by Jake Richardson
San Diego Gas and Electric has signed a contract with Hecate Energy Bancroft for a 20 MW energy storage system. [&hellip
March 31st, 2016 | by Zachary Shahan
Accumulating more solar news in a week this time, instead of 3 months, I’ll supplement the headlines and links with short [&hellip
March 25th, 2016 | by Kyle Field
The state of California is center stage of the electric vehicle market, and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is [&hellip
February 3rd, 2016 | by James Ayre
Originally published on EV Obsession. A new program dubbed “JuicePoints” was recently revealed by the charging solutions company eMotorWerks that’ll [&hellip
February 2nd, 2016 | by James Ayre
Originally published on EV Obsession. Approval for San Diego Gas & Electric’s Electric Vehicle Grid-Integration pilot project was recently granted [&hellip
December 16th, 2015 | by Roy L Hales
Originally published by the ECOreport It has been two years since AB 327 brought the last conflict between California’s rooftop [&hellip
November 5th, 2015 | by Zachary Shahan
Check out these fun solar stories (after reading our own solar stories): New York Net Metering Cap Suspended For Now Adding [&hellip
October 30th, 2015 | by Roy L Hales
Originally published on the ECOreport Many hoped California’s net-metering war was ending two years ago, when Governor Jerry Brown signed [&hellip
October 7th, 2015 | by James Ayre
Originally published on EV Obsession. A new app from OhmConnect known as “OhmHours” allows users to automatically lower energy consumption [&hellip
August 21st, 2015 | by Roy L Hales
Originally published on the ECOreport. A typical solar install, on an existing home, can cost homeowners an extra $2,500 for [&hellip
June 25th, 2015 | by Zachary Shahan
A one-week cleantech tour (and semi-vacation) in the Netherlands put my “link drop” articles on hold for a bit, but [&hellip
May 25th, 2015 | by Roy L Hales
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 [&hellip
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