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Biden Administration Pledges $1.2 Billion to Keep U.S. Nuclear Reactors Online

March 3, 2023 admin Business, California, civil nuclear credit program, diablo canyon, DOE, funding, Legislative, Michigan, news, Nuclear, pacific gas & electric, palisades, PG&E

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:18:19 +0000

The Biden administration has pledged another $1.2 billion to help extend the operating life of older or distressed nuclear power plants, with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm saying nuclear power is needed to support the nation’s clean energy goals. The funding, announced by the Dept. of Energy (DOE) on March 2, is the second tranche of […]

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Are Electric Cars Lowering Energy Bills In California?

December 27, 2022 admin California, clean transport, electric car benefits, Electric vehicles, ev benefits, pacific gas & electric, SDG&E, sempra, Southern California Edison, utilities

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 04:59:53 +0000

People are often scared of change, and look for reasons to justify not wanting to change. This has certainly been the case with electric vehicles for the past decade. There are so many misperceptions and there are so many misleading attacks on electric vehicles. At the same time, across the public at large, there’s not […]

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Ford, GM, & PG&E To Begin Vehicle-To-Grid Trials

March 13, 2022 admin cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ford, gm, grid, pacific gas & electric, vehicle to grid

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 19:50:53 +0000

GM and Ford will work with PG&E to test bi-directional charging systems.

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Big Oil Faces A Formidable Foe In Fight Against Electric Vehicles

October 2, 2019 admin american petroleum institute, americans for prosperity, Arizona, big-oil, California, cars, chargepoint, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, exxon, exxonmobil, Florida, florida municipal power agency, Fossil Fuels, gina coplon-newfield, grid, MARYLAND, Oil, pacific gas & electric, policy & politics, Sierra Club, tesla, union of concerned scientists, utilities, western states petroleum association

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 14:52:08 +0000

Electric utilities are keen on electric vehicles these days — they see them as a future revenue source. Utilities from California to Florida to Michigan are sponsoring the installation of public charging stations, and some are offering rebates to customers for installing home chargers. To date, at least 50 utilities in 25 states have launched or proposed programs to encourage the buildout of charging infrastructure

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How Nuclear Hybrids Could Redefine the Industry’s Future

August 1, 2019 admin arizona public service, Business, desalination, DOE, eastman, Exelon, framatome, hybrids, iaea, inl, International, national laboratories, news, nrel, Nuclear, nuclear economics, ornl, pacific gas & electric, Pakistan, pwrs, Renewables, Research and Development, southern nuclear, Technology, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The world’s nuclear sector is struggling to stay economically afloat amid a deluge of renewables and natural gas power, and reinvigorating it will require operational flexibility from new or existing

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California utility proactively cuts power because of weather

June 9, 2019 admin brush fire, California, latest news, Latest News Stories, pacific gas & electric, US news, World

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2019 03:40:47 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO – Pacific Gas & Electric implemented a controversial practice of cutting power to selected portions of Northern California on Saturday to guard against wildfires as the weather turned very windy, dry and hot.

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PG&E: Judge’s Proposal Could Cost Utility $150 Billion

January 23, 2019 admin bankruptcy, Business, California, Coal, courts, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, pacific gas & electric, PG&E, Renewables, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 00:34:36 +0000

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) on Jan. 23 said a federal judge’s proposal that the utility mitigate fire danger in its service territory by trimming trees, along with inspecting and repairing thousands of miles of power lines, could cost the company as much as $150 billion this year. William Alsup, a judge in the U.S. […]

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