Jeff St. John
Canary Media
Oakland, CA, United States
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The country’s biggest electric bus microgrid is open for business
Low-cost solar and batteries plus backup power come together in one Maryland county’s all-electric transportation hub. → Read More
New California rule will cut costs of home EV charging
A long-awaited policy change eliminates the need for a second meter to measure EV electricity use. That opens up options for better rates and vehicle-to-everything charging. → Read More
Maryland just passed one of the most aggressive climate laws in the US
The landmark legislation targets net-zero carbon by 2045 and takes decisive action on building decarbonization and environmental justice. → Read More
US schools can subscribe to an electric school bus fleet at prices that beat diesel
Fleet-as-a-service offerings like those from Highland Electric and Thomas Built could help kick-start widespread EV adoption. → Read More
National Green Bank Bill Targets $100B for Business Sectors Key to Biden’s Climate Agenda
A new push to support hard-to-commercialize clean energy and carbon-cutting investments with federal funding. → Read More
7 Transmission Projects That Could Unlock a Renewable Energy Bounty
Big U.S. transmission projects linked to renewables have a poor track record. But the stakes — and potential payoff — are high, so developers charge onward. → Read More
How to Give Certainty to US Renewables Regardless of a Stimulus Package
COVID-19 is delaying solar and wind projects. The IRS should confirm the outbreak as an “excusable disruption” to reassure investors, experts say. → Read More
Solar, Wind and Storage Industries Seek Relief in Coronavirus Stimulus Package
The clean-energy sector is pressing lawmakers to extend deadlines for the solar ITC and wind PTC as the outbreak trips up project timelines. → Read More
Virginia Mandates 100% Clean Power by 2050
The Clean Economy Act will drive utility Dominion to procure gigawatts of solar, offshore wind and energy storage. → Read More
5 States Blazing the Trail for Integrating Distributed Energy Resources
Even in the most forward-thinking states, progress on folding DERs into the grid has been uneven at best. → Read More
New York City Set to Pass Ambitious Energy Efficiency Mandate
The city’s biggest buildings would be forced to dramatically curb their carbon emissions by 2030 or face penalties under legislation heading for the mayor’s desk. → Read More
California Lawmakers Grapple With Risks and Uncertainties of PG&E’s Bankruptcy
Amid broad calls for reorganizing the liability-crippled utility and demands for increased fire safety, no clear path has emerged to solve long-term challenges. → Read More
DistribuTech Notebook: Duke Energy, OpenFMB and Building a ‘Smartphone for the Grid’
Duke’s push for a common technology to allow coordinated responses from distributed energy resources is starting to bear near-commercial fruit. → Read More
Texas Grid Operator Reports Fuel Mix Is Now 30% Carbon-Free
New information from state grid operator ERCOT shows that carbon-free resources made up more than 30 percent of its 2018 energy consumption, and a slightly larger percentage of its 2019 generation capacity. In both cases, the largest share of credit goes to the state’s massive wind farms. → Read More
States, Cities and Companies Unveil a Frenzy of New Electric Vehicle Commitments
Startups Chargepoint and EVBox pledge millions of chargers by 2025, as cities and utilities up their clean transportation goals. → Read More
How Community Choice Aggregation Fits Into California’s Clean Energy Future
CCAs are pushing ahead of California utilities’ renewable energy goals—and facing challenges in sharing the burden with investor-owned utilities. → Read More
Massachusetts and Rhode Island Contract for 1,200MW of Offshore Wind
Massive new projects put New England states on the forefront of the U.S. offshore wind market. → Read More
PJM Says It Doesn’t Need FirstEnergy’s Nuclear Plants for Grid Reliability
Grid operator says nuke plant closures aren’t a threat to keeping the lights on. But a new fuel security study has some clean energy advocates worried. → Read More
Illinois Decision Opens the Path to Shared Utility-Customer Microgrids
The “microgrid services tariff” could extend distributed energy, islanding and controls across utility infrastructure and to multiple customers. → Read More
How ‘Demand Flexibility’ Could Boost Renewables and Save Texas Billions
Rocky Mountain Institute models how a stack of distributed energy resources can solve the duck curve and curtailment challenges—without using natural gas. → Read More