CALIFORNIA—The California Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Commerce today voted to approve a bill to reduce electricity rates by turning networks of customer energy devices into "virtual power plants" that can compete with large power plants in statewide reliability markets. The Clean Local Power Act, SB 913, introduced by
Sacramento—In an effort to improve customer service by California’s largest utilities, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee voted 13-0 yesterday to approve a State Audit of the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) oversight of utility delays in approving customer-sited solar and storage. The audit by the California State Auditor will examine
SAN DIEGO, CA – The California Solar & Storage Association (CALSSA) today announced the band line-up for Solar Battle of the Bands (SBOB), the industry’s well-loved solar music competition. The event will return on Thursday, February 19 to Moonshine Flats following the second day of the Intersolar & Energy Storage
Sacramento — 18 California legislators submitted a joint letter today to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) regarding delays to turn on customer-owned solar and storage at the state’s two largest utilities. The letter urges the CPUC to hold Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and Southern California Edison (SCE) accountable
Governor Newsom and the California Legislature created a program in 2022 to help avoid power outages while reducing electric rates, and the design is so successful that Demand Side Grid Support has become a global leader. Now, three years later, they are defunding the program, losing a key strategy for
A package of bills would expand solar access, restore local clean energy jobs, and help get California back on track to reach climate goals View NBC News Clip Covering The Event SACRAMENTO—Solar workers from across California traveled to the state capital on Wednesday to rally in support of solar energy,
“Under the CPUC’s leadership California is responsible for the largest loss of solar jobs in our nation’s history” Yesterday the Court of Appeal of the First Appellate District upheld the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) December 2022 “NEM 3” decision that drastically reduced the credits solar consumers receive for sharing
“Under the CPUC’s leadership California is responsible for the largest loss of solar jobs in our nation’s history” The California Solar & Storage Association (CALSSA) shared a new breakdown of recent solar job losses, showing the impact is being felt in every part of California. Media note: Representatives from solar
17,000 solar jobs lost due to CPUC’s drastic net metering cuts - largest in the nation’s modern history CALIFORNIA—Together with local business and environmental leaders, the California Solar and Storage Association (CALSSA) shared a new analysis on the impact of the recently adopted deep cutbacks to rooftop solar incentives on
“It is astonishing how intent the CPUC is on continuing to block the growth of solar at the expense of consumers and our state clean energy goals for the benefit of big utilities like PG&E.” The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted today to approve changes to the Virtual Net
