Recently in Utilities
Utilities:
Though the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power won wide acclaim for approving a plan to buy 100 megawatts of solar power from rooftops and vacant lots in Los Angeles last week, some observers have criticized the program for offering too little cash to too few Angelenos.
Utilities:
The LADWP's Board unanimously approved a plan Friday to buy 100 megawatts of solar power from property owners throughout the city of Los Angeles.
Government:
State Senator Lois Wolk launches another attempt to promote community solar projects.
Utilities:
L.A. City Council member Jan Perry is calling for DWP to make a solar incentive program more democratic.
Utilities:
A leading California solar advocacy group is calling utility allegations that rooftop solar panel owners cost other ratepayers money "largely horsemalarkey."
Utilities:
California utilities raise the alarm about costs to ratepayers of rooftop solar... but let's not mention the billions in transmission lines those solar installations might save us.
Utilities:
If you don't want a smart meter on your property, here's your chance to tell the CPUC.
Photovoltaic (PV):
It's official: Los Angeles is buying solar electricity from the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians.
Utilities:
The last of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station's old steam generators is about to hit Southern California's highways, headed for its long-term home in Utah.
Utilities:
A wind power expert with over 35 years of experience promoting renewables says the best, fairest way of promoting renewable energy is with a feed-in tariff like Germany's.
Utilities:
Southern California Edison found what might be -- and might not be -- evidence of tampering at the San Onofre Nuclear Power station.
Utilities:
The prospects for new solar in Imperial County just got a bit brighter.
Utilities:
As more and more property owners choose to generate power with their own solar and wind facilities, large utilities are seeing a loss in income.
Policy:
A study by a renowned alternative energy thinktank holds that California could replace San Onofre by conserving energy and increasing rooftop solar.
Utilities:
The plan is the largest utility-scale solar project on tribal land in the United States.
Utilities:
The agreement, while raising LADWP bills, could go a long way toward helping DWP meet its renewable energy targets.
Utilities:
The California Public Utilities Commission today (CPUC) approved the renewable energy procurement plans for the state's largest utilities.
Utilities:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will be considering a request by the environmental group Friends of the Earth to keep San Diego County's San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station shut down until its licence is formally amended and current safety concerns have been addressed.
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New billboards around Los Angeles laud the mayor for working to reduce the city's carbon footprint, and urge him to do more.
Utilities:
One of California's largest utilities and a globally respected charity have teamed up to bring less-affluent Californians into the Solar Age, and the utility says it's ready for more.
News and analysis about renewable energy in California. Blog host Chris Clarke is an environmental writer of two decades standing. He currently lives in Joshua Tree and can be contacted at: rewire@kcet.org.
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