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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

California Energy Update 8/28

Court upholds FERC power tied to California energy crisis
Chicago Tribune
(Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court, in a case tied to California's 2000-2001 electricity crisis, said a U.S. energy regulator has authority to retroactively determine prices to help it obtain refunds from entities it oversees, though it lacks ...
Solar Energy in the Central Valley and the Chicken and Egg Challenge
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)
Over the past several years thousands of megawatts of renewable energy projects have been approved for construction on both public and private lands in California. The main development areas have been the Mojave Desert and Carrizo Plain areas of the ...

Deal gives Tenaska a stronger foothold in solar energy
Omaha World-Herald
Tenaska Inc. of Omaha said Monday it has acquired a proposed solar energy project in California's Imperial Valley, another step toward its goal of adding solar power plants to its stable of natural gas-fired electrical plants. The 160-megawatt Tenaska ...
Three California Cities Go For Better Lighting
KCET (blog)
The cities of Yucca Valley in San Bernardino County's Morongo Basin, Goleta on the Santa Barbara coast, and South Lake Tahoe in Eldorado County have all taken advantage of a California Energy Commission program to help spread municipal use of more ...
Why California is Way Behind Germany In Solar Development
KCET (blog)
Generating remote renewable power has its ratepayer costs as well: the $1.9 billion Sunrise Powerlink, ostensibly built to channel Imperial County's renewable energy to San Diego, will be paid for by California ratepayers. In the meantime, the example ...
Ski Lifts Help Open $25 Billion Market for Storing Power: Energy
San Francisco Chronicle
Advanced Rail Energy Storage LLC, headed by James Kelly, the former vice president of transmission and distribution for Southern California Edison Co., sends electric trains between high and low rail yards. For smaller applications, companies including ...
Tenaska buys Silverleaf Solar Project in California
Electric Light & Power
Omaha, Neb., August 27, 2012 — Tenaska Solar Ventures, an affiliate of Omaha-based Tenaska, today announced that it has acquired the Silverleaf photovoltaic solar project, a proposed 160 MW solar energy project under development in Southern ...
Buy, Sell, or Hold Clean Energy Fuels?
DailyFinance
Clean Energy, based in California and with a market capitalization of roughly $1.15 billion, is in the business of building and running fueling stations for vehicles that run on natural gas. It also delivers compressed natural gas and liquefied natural ...

Court upholds FERC power tied to California energy crisis - Yahoo ...
From Yahoo! News: (Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court, in a case tied to California's 2000-2001 electricity crisis, said a U.S. energy regulator has ...
news.yahoo.com/court-upholds-ferc-power-tied-california-ene...
Article on Energy Upgrade California in the Sept/Oct Home Energy ...
Steve Mann, an expert in modeling software, explains The Energy Upgrade California program, its processes, and some opinionated suggestions if wanting to ...
homeenergypros.lbl.gov/.../steve-mann-s-has-an-article-on-en..
.Not Cheap, Not 'Green'” at the California Energy Commission ...
By ttanton
At the time I was working in the belly of the beast, the California Energy Commission (CEC) in Sacramento. The Commission was a major proponent of all things renewable, almost to the point of fanaticism. Well, actually far beyond that point ...
MasterResource
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