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Proposed Decision Adopting Metrics to Measure Smart Grid Deployments

March 22, 2012 01:07

The California Public Utilities Commission released a much awaited proposed decision  on March 20th regarding metrics to measure the deployment of the smart grid in the PG&E, SCE, and SDG&E service territories. The consensus metrics can be found in Attachment A to the proposed decision.  ...

Check out DWT’s latest blog site!

March 16, 2012 00:54

DWT launched its Northwest Energy and Environmental Law Blog today.  Check it out for all the latest news and analysis from the best and brightest at DWT!!DWT launched its Northwest Energy and Environmental Law Blog today.  Check it out for all the latest news and analysis from the best and...

PG&E Unveils Customer Data Access Project

March 05, 2012 22:44

PG&E filed an application at the California Public Utilities Commission requesting $19.4 million to fund the project to provide third parties with access to a customers’ electricity usage data (when authorized by the customer) as part of its Customer Data Access Project. Following the...

California Combined Heat and Power Solicitations

Mark Fumia
February 29, 2012 00:01

Are you a CHP resource that missed out on the first Combined Heat and Power Utility RFO?  Not to worry, there will be more opportunities. PG&E, SCE  and SDG&E are each in the midst of issuing solicitations for combined heat and power products (CHP RFO) as required by the CHP Program...

FERC Regulation of Renewable Energy Certificates?

February 26, 2012 22:45

In the midst of the San Francisco-based California Public Utilities Commission focusing on how to count out-of-state renewable power towards its Renewables Portfolio Standard and what transactions should be considered Renewable Energy Cerificate-only transactions, an important note from our DC...

Low Carbon Fuel Standard Rulemaking at California Public Utilities Commission to Continue

February 10, 2012 02:02

Apparently the folks at the California Public Utilities Commission in San Francisco aren’t too worried about the recent ruling declaring California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard unconstitutional. Yesterday, an Administrative Law Judge at the Commission issued a ruling requesting proposals...

California’s Renewables Portfolio Standard Program Implementation Continues Full Steam

February 02, 2012 23:47

There’s a lot of action going on at the California Public Utilities Commission in the last week or so. On January 24, one of the Administrative Law Judges in the Renewables Portfolio Standard (“RPS”) proceeding issued a ruling seeking comment on “procurement expenditure...

SmartMeter Program May Now Have an Opt-Out Option

January 30, 2012 17:42

After a persistent and vocal outcry by anti-SmartMeter activists, the Commission has released a proposed decision that will be voted on at its next meeting (this coming Thursday) that will allow those who want to go back to the good ol’ days of the analog meter. No more RF radiation for those...

Commissioners Sandoval and Florio Confirmed

January 24, 2012 21:07

Big news from the Legislature today, as the California State Senate unanimously confirmed the appointments of Commissioners Sandoval and Florio today.  The unanimity is a marked departure from more recent confirmation battles, including the recent failed attempts to seek confirmation for previous...

Green Technology = Green Jobs?

January 11, 2012 18:11

Please take a look at this interesting look by my colleagues, Jeff Gray and Steve Greenwald, into whether green technology will actually pave the way towards green jobs here in California and in the United States more generally. More importantly, they look at the danger of premising advocacy for...