California Makes Clean Energy History with Passage of SB 350
By EDF BlogsBy: Lauren Navarro and Tim O’Connor Every day thousands of Americans suffer from dirty air – costing the young and old their health, livelihood, and in many cases, their lives. As...
View ArticleCalifornia Utilities Plan for a Cleaner Electric Grid
By Gavin PurchasCalifornia’s “big three” utilities are taking important steps toward achieving a clean energy future – one in which we will better utilize renewable sources of energy, give customers...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Latest Legislation is a Paradigm Shift for Energy Efficiency
By EDF BlogsBy: Matt Golden, Senior Energy Finance Consultant As California races towards a clean energy future, not only do we need new aggressive goals for all sectors, but we also need to rethink...
View ArticleA Stealth Tool to Modernize the Electric Grid
By Jamie FineElectricity regulators, clean energy innovators, and rappers have all lamented poor communication. And some have pushed for cleaner, cheaper, more reliable solutions for meeting our energy...
View ArticleThe Future of Energy Storage is BYOB
By EDF BlogsBy: Michelle Zheng, Clean Energy Intern Before the U.S. electric grid became centralized under utilities and independent system operators, it consisted of unorganized and unconnected...
View ArticleDriving the Last Spike: Linking California’s Electric Grid to Extend Clean...
By Gavin Purchas“When the connection was finally made the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific engineers ran their engines up until their pilots touched. Then the engineers shook hands and had their...
View ArticleLocal Solar can be good for all Neighborhoods
By Jorge MadridSolar power in California has, in many ways, been an unparalleled success: the state has more solar power installed than the rest of the country combined. There are more solar workers in...
View ArticleIn California, Electric Vehicles are the New DeLorean in “Back to the Future”
By Larissa KoehlerAs any child of the ’80s knows, October 21, 2015 is “Back to the Future Day” – the day that the film’s protagonist, Marty McFly, travels to the future in his DeLorean. Though it would...
View Article3 Ways to Improve California’s Time-Of-Use Electricity Pilots
By Jamie FineCalifornia’s big three utilities – San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), and Southern California Edison (SCE) – serve approximately 80 percent of...
View ArticleMoms Know What’s Best: How Time-of-Use Electricity Pricing can Benefit...
By Jamie FineCalifornia’s “big three” utilities, at the behest of state regulators, are in the process of examining and improving how they price electricity, including something called time-of-use...
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