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California Shifts $100M in Behind-the-Meter Battery Incentives to Low-Income Communities

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billion Self-Generation Incentive Program budget to help low-income communities install about 100 megawatts of stalled behind-the-meter battery projects. The shift won’t tap the $613 million in SGIP funds earmarked for low-income and medically vulnerable customers at highest risk of fire-prevention power outages. California Sen.

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Top 10 Utility Regulation Trends of 2019

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In August, we published the top 10 utility regulation trends of 2019 — so far. With 2019 wrapping up, we look at the 10 trends and actions that stand out above the rest. Implementing 100% clean energy commitments. have now set 100 percent clean energy targets. At least 13 states plus Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.

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After Bold Promise, New Jersey’s Energy Storage Plan Remains a Mystery

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New Jersey looked like the promised land for energy storage. installed solar capacity , ahead of nearby New York and Massachusetts. Phil Murphy campaigned in 2017 on a clean energy platform that pushed for a 100 percent clean grid by 2050. The state already has the seventh largest U.S.

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Analysis: How did the 2019 legislative session fare on climate justice?

Front And Centered

It allowed the state to “remedy discrimination against, or under-representations of, disadvantaged groups as documented in a valid disparity study or proven court of law.” This affects not only issues like education, but the states policies and resource allocations related to issues like climate, energy and the environment.

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Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia

Grist

This story is part of the series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia , which explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. . Worried about the climate crisis? If not sooner.

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Climate Corps awards

EDF + Business

Climate Corps alumni are energy and sustainability leaders of today who are working around the world to tackle some of our most challenging environmental issues. Climate Corps alumni are energy and sustainability leaders working around the world to tackle some of our most challenging environmental issues. The William K.

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California Sets $200M Budget for ‘Complex, Multi-Property Microgrid’ Projects

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California regulators have approved a microgrid plan directing $200 million to help communities build networks that can supply power through the state’s extended wildfire-prevention blackouts, a task expected to take years to move from planning to completing its first projects.