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fromwww.mercurynews.com
5 days ago

Letters: Newsom's recent veto slows move to cheap, green power

Gov. Newsom's veto of the virtual power plants bill slows progress for making electricity more affordable for Californians. We now have vastly improved technologies for generating electricity. We no longer need as much centralized power generation, yet it is still the planning model used by PG&E and the other investor-owned utilities (IOUs). Instead, the IOUs should be leading the effort to grow local electricity generation through solar panels, wind turbines and batteries. Microgrids should be the main method of distribution, and costly transmission lines should be minimized.
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fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

Energy storage industry set aggressive goals for 2025 - and already crushed them | TechCrunch

U.S. battery storage deployment has surpassed 40 gigawatts, becoming a leading source of new grid capacity and attracting major investment and new business models.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 weeks ago

Opinion: Newsom could have made electricity more affordable, climate-friendly. Here's how.

California's governor vetoed bills to advance virtual power plants while promoting international climate ambition and allowing expanded in-state oil and gas drilling.
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