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California Announces Plans to Cut Rooftop Solar Incentives—Here’s What That Means for Homeowners

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California Announces Plans to Cut Rooftop Solar Incentives—Here’s What That Means for Homeowners. California's solar incentive program just took a major hit after the state’s Public Utilities Commission voted to reduce payments to solar customers. For years, California’s progressive solar incentives have helped 1.5

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New California Solar Proposal Met With Backlash From Climate Activists

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New California Solar Proposal Met With Backlash From Climate Activists. California is proposing big changes to rooftop solar incentives, but its new initiative may not be beneficial for all. Tue, 12/14/2021 - 10:04.

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Why Some Californians Are Opting to Live Off the Grid

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California residents are leaving cities in droves to try out affordable and energy efficient off the grid lifestyles. Frustrated by rising home prices, hefty electricity bills, and blackouts and wildfires caused by failing utilities, a growing number of Californians are migrating away from major cities to live off the grid.

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$1B Spend Seen for California Car Chargers

ENR Construction

Three California utilities would spend a total of $1 billion building electric-vehicle infrastructure under plans submitted on Jan. 20 to the state Public Utilities Commission.

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In Bankruptcy, Utility PG&E Faces Big Spend to Cut Fire Risks

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California utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 6 to the state Public Utilities Commission their mandated 2019 plans for boosted infrastructure, technology and operations upgrades to respond to and prevent wildfires that have already devastated big parts of their service areas. and seven smaller peers filed Feb.

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Implementing an ‘asset drawdown strategy’ for site decarbonization

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The trend toward electrification is being accelerated by upcoming Securities and Exchange Commission reporting requirements for large publicly traded companies as well as by the ongoing greening of the grid. The green power market, a subset of the larger electricity market in the U.S., However, the average U.S.

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Bumps as Power Source

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The same technology that powers your self-winding watch is being tested to see if bumps on roads, runways and sidewalks could be a renewable source of electricity. The San Francisco Chronicle reports a proposal approved last week by the California Energy Commission will direct $2.3