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Dude, where’s my “climate dividend”?
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Last week the California Public Utility Commission announced (pdf) a proposed “climate dividend” totaling “$5.7B to $22.6B…returned to ratepayers.” Just a week earlier, the first auction in the California carbon market cleared at over $10 per metric ton. Clearly, something is afoot, something big that will involve a new incentive layer for commercial facility managers. Right?[read more]
Smart Meter Opt Out Options Grow In California
More California residents wanting to opt out of smart meters were given their chance today as the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) approved such choices for Southern California Edison (SCE) and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) customers. Like with Pacific Gas and Electronic (PG&E) customers earlier this year...[read more]
EDF’s Utility Proposal Could Scale Up Distributed Solar, EE
The California Public Utility Commission is accepting comments through January 25 and holding workshops February 8-10 on a proposal by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to create the nation’s first statewide on-bill repayment (OBR) program for energy efficiency and solar energy upgrades to be financed entirely by third parties. The on-...[read more]
Dawn of a New Era for California Solar Industry?
The California Public Utility Commission today approved an important new policy for California solar PV, the Renewable Auction Mechanism (RAM). As you may remember, RAM was originally proposed by the CPUC staff back in August of 2009 (I blogged about it and why I thought it was a much preferable alteranative to a Feed...[read more]
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“One real question, is how much energy did this "investment" produce?Another, related question, is what was the external cost of this investment.The answer to the first question can be found on the web page of the California Energy Commission.http://energyalmanac.ca.gov/electricity/electric_generation_capacity.html1533 Gigawatt-hr as of 2012.The second question, will be, as always, obscured ...”
“This reflects some of the Vehement/viceral/ One track minded attitude that I think I've noticed with some Renewables/GW enthusisats. I will use some humour to exaggeratingly illustrate the point. In a Top Secrete, High level SPANISH Government debate.."The Economy is bad, what tough choices do / MUST we, COURAGEOUSLY make to recover?"........Fund Solar Power, or Feed the ...”