This year’s legislative session here in California is poised to be a wild ride in clean energy – more ideas, intertwining issues, and intrigue are developing than in the last 10 years. A signal that the state’s clean energy policy is coming of age, leaders and significant players are weaving all of the separate programs… Keep reading →
Gov. Jerry Brown
California’s Legislative Session Could Be Huge For State Economy And World Climate
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By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange BlogDistributed energy resources, from rooftop solar panels to smart well-weatherized homes and timed electric vehicle charging, are vital pieces of the clean energy puzzle. Coordinating how and where to encourage them in a way that benefits the electric grid, the environment, and Californians can be complicated. In its’ Integrated Distributed Energy Resource proceeding, the California Public Utilities… Keep reading →
The Most Important Thing California Can Do With Its Clean Energy Could Be To Share It
By Lauren NavarroNot often is running the electric grid as simple as applying lessons from childhood. Right now it is ─ California is learning to share with its neighbors. A bill currently in front of the Legislature from California Assemblymember Chris Holden, AB 813, aims to build a better trading platform to share California’s extra solar power… Keep reading →
Report: LA County Oil And Gas Sites Require Stronger Oversight
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange BlogA new report from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) provides yet more evidence that greater oversight is needed to address health and safety concerns with the region’s oil and gas facilities. Los Angeles sits directly on top of 68 active oil fields, meaning many of the city’s residents live in close proximity to… Keep reading →
California Says Goodbye To Its Last Nuclear Power Plant. What Will Replace It?
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange BlogLast week, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a momentous final decision to close the state’s last nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon. This outcome represents the culmination of over a year of effort initiated by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) in 2016. When PG&E first brought this to the commission, they called for the… Keep reading →
Renewable Energy Update – October 2017
By ELIZABETH CLARK, WILLIAM R. DEVINE, BARRY EPSTEIN, RENÉE LOUISE ROBIN | ALLEN MATKINSHere are some of my thoughts after this week’s news that San Francisco and Oakland have filed lawsuits against five oil and natural companies, arguing that the companies should pay for sea walls to protect the cities in case ocean levels rise due to changing climate: First, the courts aren’t the place to address climate change… Keep reading →