"The additional storage will complement the existing 400-MW/1,600-MWh of storage already at Moss Landing. Vistra on Monday said it has entered into a 15-year resource adequacy agreement with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) for the new capacity. Vistra in a Jan. 21 filing asked the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to approve the contract."
AI boom reshaped the climate tech investment landscape in 2024
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How DOGE Impacts Energy Innovation and Environmental Progress
While DOGE is not an official agency and is constrained in what it can do, countless opportunities exist to limit the federal government’s overreach into the economy and people’s lives.
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Gavin Newsom’s ‘terrible’ record of California forest management spotlighted by LA wildfires
The wildfires ravaging Los Angeles have spotlighted California Governor Gavin Newsom‘s ‘terrible’ record on forest management, which critics say have turned parts of the city into an apocalyptic hellscape. Wildfires tore across the LA area with devastating force Wednesday, forcing thousands of terrified residents, including Hollywood celebrities, to flee their homes, many escaping through flames, ferocious winds and clouds of smoke....
Trump freezes IRA funding
President Donald Trump suspended all Inflation Reduction Act funding disbursements in an executive order Monday, part of a sweeping set of directives to begin setting the new administration’s energy agenda. The action, dubbed “Terminating the Green New Deal,” also pauses all funding disbursements for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, commonly known as the bipartisan infrastructure law. The...
A Look at Trump’s National Energy Council
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