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Pacific Gas & Electric donating one million (masks and dollars) to coronavirus relief effort

Pacific Gas & Electric is donating nearly one million medical masks to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s emergency office in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Centered in a state which officially has gone into a “shelter in place” order by Newsom, PG&E is donating 480,000 N95 masks and 470,000 surgical masks to the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services for distribution to

Coastal states dominate ACEEE’s utility efficiency rankings

Massachusetts utilities clearly lead the way on saving energy, according to the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. The ACEEE’s latest Utility Scorecard ranked two of the Bay State’s utilities together at the top of the list. Eversource Energy and National Grid Massachusetts were co-No. 1s for the second time in the energy efficiency ranking’s four-year history. The ACEEE

EDF Renewables starts up solar-storage microgrid at San Diego HQ

Solar and wind developer EDF Renewables North America has put its new San Diego headquarters microgrid into operation. The Innovation Drive Microgrid, as EDF calls it, includes a 209-kW solar carport, 182-kW solar rooftop, 280-kW (538 kWh) battery storage system and 43 electric vehicle charging stations. EDF Renewables, which leases the property to office nearly 500 employees, worked with the

Dominion Energy joins U.S. utilities striving for net-zero emissions by 2050

Dominion Energy announced an expansion of the company’s greenhouse gas emissions-reduction goals Tuesday, establishing a new commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. The goal covers carbon dioxide and methane emissions, the dominant greenhouse gases, from our electricity generation and gas infrastructure operations. The company had previously committed to cut methane emissions from its natural gas operations by 50% between 2010

Sempra Energy solidifies $10B in Texas investment with Houston regional HQ plan

San Diego-based utility holding company Sempra Energy will build a “Center of Excellence” facility in Houston. Sempra’s emergence in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) business has led it to opening a new regional headquarters in Houston. The new office is expected to open later this year. “We are committed to building the premier energy infrastructure company in North America, and

Train 2 at Gulf Coast export terminal now producing LNG

The second liquefaction train at a Louisiana Gulf Coast liquefied natural gas facility is now producing LNG for future export to global power generation markets. EPC partners McDermott International and Chiyoda International announced that Train 2 of the Cameron LNG project in Hackberry, La., is in operation. Train 1 went into operation earlier in 2019. “This accomplishment is attributable to

Sempra Energy completes $2.3B sale of Chilean electricity stakes

San Diego-based Sempra Energy moved closer to completing its selloff of stakes in South American businesses. The utilty holding company announced an agreement t…

Eos supplying non-lithium batteries for Duke, UCSD storage projects

Eos Energy Storage is manufacturer and supplier of the zinc-based Aurora 2.0 battery system for Duke Energy’s McAlpine substation and as a behind-the-meter solu…

LA now biggest U.S. city to announce 100 percent renewable energy goals

As of 2018, the city of Los Angeles boasted close to 350 MW of installed local solar power, according to reports. Its solar capacity increased some 44 percent y…

Sempra nets $2.5B in exit from U.S. renewables and gas storage biz

With the Sempra deal, AEP’s competive renewable generation portfolio now totals 1,075 MW of capacity in 11 states. …

West Coast utilities launch study for I-5 EV infrastructure to move freight

The group participating in the initiative launch Thursday included Southern California Edison (SCE), San Diego Gas & Electric, Los Angeles Department of Wat…

So. Cal Edison seeks higher return from FERC to match wildfire risks

Citing “dramatic, material changes” to its regulatory and financial conditions, Southern California Edison field the request with FERC to include an adjustm…

Sempra Renewables selling wind and energy storage assets to AEP for $1.05B

Sempra Renewables jointly owns all of part of seven wind farms and one battery installation in seven states. …

Sempra Energy Selling Utilities in Chile, Peru

Sempra has initiated the process to sell its 100-percent stake in Chilean utility Chilquinta Energàa and 83.6-percent stake in Luz del Sur in Peru. The sello…

Sempra Energy Selling Natural gas Storage Assets to ArcLight for $332M

The gas storage assets included in the sale to ArcLight are the Mississippi Hub storage facility in Simpson County, Miss., with a working capacity of 22.3 billi…