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

GreenTechMedia

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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The Inflation Reduction Act is Driving Clean Energy Forward

Mosaic

Creating green energy jobs 3. Fueling energy efficiency projects 4. Funding residential projects 1. The Inflation Reduction Act has the potential to save 103 million households $37 billion a year on energy bills. 90+ proposed clean energy projects in 31 states since the Inflation Reduction Act passed.

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Smart water projects turn on the tap for Infrastructure Act funding

Smart Energy International

One of the latest announcement’s coming out of Biden’s infrastructure law is an investment aiming to spur smart water and water efficiency projects in the US. “These water efficiency improvements are small, but when combined throughout the west, the projects play an important role in communities becoming more resilient to drought.”

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Connecticut sets 1 GW energy storage goal

Renewable Energy World

This week Connecticut Governor Lamont signed a new law that will require the state to install 1 GW of energy storage by 2030 with milestone requirements every three years: 300 MW by 2024, 600 MW by 2027 and 1 GW by 2030. The Energy Storage Association (ESA) applauded the move.

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‘Enormous Step’ for Energy Storage as Court Upholds FERC Order 841, Opening Wholesale Markets

GreenTechMedia

In a victory for the energy storage industry, a federal appeals court has upheld Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order 841 , clearing the way for transmission grid operators across the country to open their markets to energy storage, including aggregated batteries connected at the distribution grid or behind customers’ meters.

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

GreenTechMedia

New Jersey looked like the promised land for energy storage. Phil Murphy campaigned in 2017 on a clean energy platform that pushed for a 100 percent clean grid by 2050. When Murphy won and took office, he signed sweeping clean energy legislation in May 2018 that turned his goals into law. Who’s the Boss?

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London boroughs face new homes ban amid electricity grid constraints

Business Green

Property developers in three west London boroughs have been told of limitations on new building because the local electricity infrastructure cannot cope, with part of the blame being placed on data centres. Developers in three west London boroughs are being told to limit new building because the grid is full to capacity.