Bankruptcy Judge: FERC "Must Be Stopped", FERC Lacks Jurisdiction Over PG&E Contracts Rejection
A U.S. bankruptcy judge ruled that FERC exceeded its authority when FERC declared that FERC would have "concurrent" jurisdiction over any PPAs that Pa...
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Calif. PUC Adopts Order Expanding Direct Access Cap, Delays Start
The California PUC today voted to adopt an order addressing various facets of the statutory increase in direct access (DA) load of 4,000 gigawatt-hour...
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Municipal Aggregator Marin Clean Energy Weighs Rate Hike
The Marin Independent Journal reports that (story here) Marin Clean Energy, an opt-out municipal aggregation (CCA), is considering a rate hike
As a r...
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Findings In Preliminary Report From SFPUC Staff "Support" San Francisco Takeover Of PG&E Assets
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has released a preliminary report from City Staff concerning a potential municipalization of Pacific Gas...
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Tucson Electric Power To Join CAISO Western Energy Imbalance Market
The California Independent System Operator (ISO) has signed an
agreement with Tucson Electric Power (TEP) to participate in the Western Energy Imbala...
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Moody's Assigns Investment Grade Credit Rating To Opt-out Municipal Aggregation
Moody’s Investors Service assigned a first-time Baa2 Issuer Rating to Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE), with a stable outlook
PCE said that it is the se...
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Long Beach, CA Considering Municipal Aggregation
Long Beach, Calif. is considering forming a community choice aggregation, the Long Beach Business Journal reports (see story here)...
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CCAs Leaders Pen Op-Ed Urging Recognition Role CCAs Can Play As Retail Provider For "All Customers"
Leaders of several community choice aggregations in California authored an op-ed published in The Mercury News urging lawmakers to rely on CCAs to ser...
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San Francisco Eyes Municipalization Of PG&E Assets With Utility In Bankruptcy
Bloomberg interviewed San Francisco Mayor London Breed who discussed the city's consideration of the municipalization of Pacific Gas & Electric's ass...
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Round-Up: More California Cities Pursuing Municipal Aggregation
Here's a round-up of recent municipal aggregation developments in California
The City of Palmdale advanced its previously reported proposed CCA. Se...
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SoCalGas Proposes Converting Excess Renewable Power To Hydrogen, Storing Natural Gas Infrastructure
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) paper titled California's Clean Energy Future: Imagine the Possibilities
Among other things, SoCalGas outli...
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Calif. PUC To Consider Settlement On Changes To Rules Governing Direct Access Customer Relocations
A settlement among direct access parties and the California utilities would revise certain procedures under the current form, timelines and tariff req...
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Irvine, CA Considering Municipal Aggregation
The City of Irvine, California is considering a municipal opt-out aggregation for electricity (community choice aggregation, or CCA), Voice of OC repo...
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Calif. City Considers Joining Municipal Aggregation
The City Council of Palmdale is considering joining a Community Choice Aggregation program run by the Lancaster CCEA, the Antelope Valley Press repo...
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SFChron: Public Takeover Of PG&E? Sacramento’s Past Provides Important Lessons
With the future of Pacific Gas & Electric being evaluated by the California PUC, the San Francisco Chronicle examines the municipalization of the Sacr...
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