California Energy Update 9/26

California Carbon Auction May Trigger Price Drop, BNEF Says Businessweek California's first auction of carbon-emissions permits may cause prices to fall by offering too many allowances too quickly, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Companies may be particularly reluctant to buy permits that aren't valid until 2015 ...

California's Largest Utility Progresses on Renewable Mandate Triple Pundit One of the highlights of the report is the progress the company has made toward meeting California's requirement that 33 percent of the energy a utility company provides come from renewable sources. By the end of last year, renewables accounted for 19 ... Triple Pundit

How Can We Turn Our Trash Into Energy? Patch.com ... as a renewable energy resource. The county will press legislators to modernize ordinances and work with conversion technology companies to identify changes necessary to develop the technology while meeting California's strict environmental standards.

News bites: Energy Dept.-backed green automaker struggles The Hill (blog) Congress Blog · We need a simpler, flatter and fairer tax code · An immigration fix in California: Governor Brown should sign the TRUST Act · Let's return to Washington to finish the farm bill · More Congress Blog » ...

Modesto explores energy efficiency loans for home, business TheNewsTribune.com Cities and counties in California were given authority to establish PACE programs by Assembly Bill 811, signed into law in 2008. A Senate bill that took effect in January allows local governments to issue debt for energy-saving improvements through ...

Florida's Top Energy Official Touts Facility That Could Lead to Largest CNG ... The Herald | HeraldOnline.com Florida's Top Energy Official Touts Facility That Could Lead to Largest CNG Network Outside of California. Published: September 25, 2012. 2012-09-25T18:21:02Z. Tweet · 0 Comments E-mail Print. Advertisement ...

Downey event showcases benefits of natural gas cars Contra Costa Times The station, one of about 100 around Southern California, is open to the public and offers compressed natural gas at an average cost of $1.94 for the equivalent of a gallon of gasoline. (SoCalGas Energy). DOWNEY - As the pain at the gasoline pump ...

San Diego rejects rezoning plan for 100MW power plant in California Energy Business Review As per the power purchase agreement, San Diego Gas & Electric would buy electricity generated from the power project which is being pursued by Cogentrix Energy, a subsidiary of investment bank Goldman Sachs. Cogentrix said that the plant was ...

Council of Energy Resource Tribes Enters $3 Billion Biofuels and Bioenergy ... Indian Country Today Media Network.com The Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT), an Inter-Tribal organization comprised of 54 U.S. tribes and four First Nation Treaty Tribes of Canada, has signed a long-term development agreement for up to $3 billion in biofuels and bioenergy projects ...