Are Electric Cars Lowering Energy Bills In California?

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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California Utility Electrifies 20% Of Its Fleet

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 04:07:28 +0000

The Southern California utility company SDG&E has a goal of electrifying 100% of its fleet of vehicles (passenger cars, pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles) by 2030. It has provided an update that it has now reached 20% and is on track for that 2030 target. SDG&E also has a goal of reaching net zero […]

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San Diego Electric School Bus Puts Electricity Into The Grid

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2022 05:45:27 +0000

electric school bus Lion ElectricWhat’s cooler than an electric school bus? An electric school bus with vehicle-to-grid capability. And that’s what some schools in San Diego, California, now have. San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), the Cajon Valley Union School District, an Nuvve have just kicked off a vehicle-to-grid trial with 8 electric school buses. Naturally, the plan is […]

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San Diego Electric School Buses Shuttling Electricity Into The Grid Now

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2022 05:47:27 +0000

electric school bus Lion ElectricWhat’s cooler than an electric school bus? An electric school bus with vehicle-to-grid capability. And that’s what some schools in San Diego, California, now have. San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), the Cajon Valley Union School District, an Nuvve have just kicked off a vehicle-to-grid trial with 8 electric school buses. Naturally, the plan is […]

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SDG&E Adds More Energy Storage to CAISO Grid

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 16:11:32 +0000

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has completed a second energy storage project in its home city, a 20-MW/80-MWh facility located in Kearny Mesa. Utility officials on March 29 said the new installation is part of California’s push toward 100% carbon-free electricity. SDG&E in June 2021 completed the Top Gun Energy Storage project, a 30-MW/120-MWh […]

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Public Safety Power Shutoffs: How Utilities Could Partner

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 08:06:14 +0000

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Catastrophic wildfires have devastated California in recent years. This article seeks to outline a plan wherein neighboring utilities can send energy to support a utility that has shut down critical paths during wildfire mitigation efforts. On the morning of Nov. 8, 2018, the Camp Fire erupted 90 miles north of Sacramento, California (Figure 1). This fire […]

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