Gavin Newsom

California Takes Step Forward to 100% Renewables
California leads the way to a greener future Governor Gavin Newsom signed a slate of clean energy bills to install highway solar, increase efficiency, tap into wave energy, and fund transportation for the next decade - an ambitious plan to achieve 100% clean energy.
Oct 10, 2023 // Policy, California, USA, North America, Gavin Newsom
1,400-MWh standalone energy storage project currently online in Southern California
Axium Infrastructure as well as Canadian Solar subsidiaries Recurrent Energy and also CSI Energy Storage today announced that Crimson Storage, a 350-MW/1,400- MWh standalone energy storage project, is currently in operation and providing flexible capacity to the California grid.
Oct 18, 2022 // Storage, USA, North America, Gavin Newsom, Shawn Qu, Crimson Storage
Rallies anticipated in California as CPUC meets to discuss NEM3.0.
Rallies are set to be kept in San Francisco and also Los Angeles as the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) meets to discuss controversial net metering proposals for the state.
Jun 2, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Policy, California, USA, CPUC, North America, rooftop solar, Gavin Newsom, net metering, legislation, nem3.0, net energy metering
CPUC indefinitely delays net metering vote in the middle of prevalent criticism of changes
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has actually made a decision to forever postpone its decision on controversial adjustments to the state's net metering laws, according to reports and a Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) statement.
Feb 4, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Grids, Policy, California, USA, SEIA, California Public Utilities Commission, North America, Gavin Newsom, us, net metering, NEM 3.0
Net metering expert slams California's 'regressive' rooftop solar policy proposals
Proposed net metering (NEM) rules in California that would certainly add a US$ 8/kW per month grid access fee for domestic solar systems have actually been described as "regressive as well as inaccessible with reality" by a NEM policy expert.
Jan 14, 2022 // Residential, Storage, Policy, Rooftop PV, California, USA, Elon Musk, NEM, CPUC, California Public Utilities Commission, North America, electric vehicles, Gavin Newsom
California passes law that prevents cities from taxing energy generated by solar rooftop projects
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law last week financial protections for consumer investments in rooftop solar energy. The law, AB 1208 authored by Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), extends a prohibition on cities and counties taxing the energy generated by rooftop solar panels for use by homeowners and businesses.
Sep 9, 2019 // Rooftop PV, California, USA, rooftop, North America, rooftop solar, Gavin Newsom, Bernadette Del Chiaro, Assemblymember Ting, Dave Rosenfeld, Solar Rights Alliance