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California State Treasurer Fiona Ma on Oct. 15 announced a $30 million agreement with the California Energy Commission to expand a popular financing program for home energy efficiency upgrades.
Solar Landscape, a commercial and community solar developer, and Walmart announced that Walmart will invest in 74 Solar Landscape community solar projects in Maryland and Illinois.
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The California Energy Commission’s Demand Side Grid Support program has successfully enrolled 515 megawatts of capacity, with over 265,000 participants “contributing to the state's efforts to maintain a clean, reliable energy grid during extreme climate-driven events,” the CEC said on Oct. 14.
Southwest Power Pool stakeholders on Oct. 15 voted in support of the single largest portfolio of transmission investments in the organization’s history.
The California Municipal Utilities Association on Oct. 15 announced the appointment of Danielle Blacet-Hyden as our new Executive Director, effective January 1, 2025.
The PJM Interconnection and its members have adequate resources to serve the forecasted demand for electricity this winter under expected conditions, although reserve margins continue to shrink with continued generator retirements and increasing demand, the grid operator said on Oct. 14.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office on Oct. 9 announced 39 hydropower facilities throughout the country will receive more than $12 million in incentive payments for electricity generated and sold in calendar year 2023. Public power utilities are included among the recipients of the payments.