Newsletters
Year-to-date 2023
- Town of Moraga moves forward with Solar Microgrids after favorable economic, environmental, and resilience feasibility study results
- Feasibility Study for EVSE & Solar Microgrids kicks off for thirty LA County Lifeguard Station sites
- Santa Barbara Humane adds a Solar Microgrid into it’s campus-wide redesign
- A Fixed Charge Solution that satisfies legal requirements while preempting another attack by the utilities on Local Solar
- The Forum’s Board approves 1 MW solar PPA and the potential to add battery storage in the future
- 6th graders at Peabody Elementary School demand solar at their school with the help of the Clean Coalition’s expertise
- Clean Coalition & Aurora Solar partner to offer college student’s solar siting software in a Solar Microgrid Methodology course module
- A Fixed Charge webinar
- Media Coverage
- 6th grade students band together to demand solar at Peabody Elementary School | KEYT
- Microutility supporters raise questions about California’s progress on Microgrids | Microgrid Knowledge
- Locals reflect on President’s Day | KEYT
- Proposed decision moves California closer to making $200M available for Community Microgrids | Microgrid Knowledge
Read the full Year-to-date 2023 newsletter
Year-end 2022
- Santa Barbara Unified School District Solar Microgrid ribbon cutting
- The Forum campus-wide energy plan
- Standardized Solar Microgrid design for DignityMoves
- Chumash Casino Resort solar+storage feasibility study
- LifeMoves Solar Microgrid Feasibility Study
- Local solar reduces peak transmission usage blog post
- Clean Coalition featured in 50 States of Sustainability documentary series
- Renewable Energy Subscription (RES) webinar
- Clean Coalition featured in The Giving List
- Media Coverage
- While you were focused on elections, California proposed making it harder to add more solar power | San Francisco Chronicle
- The Clean Coalition spreads solar technology through Santa Barbara County | KEYT
- Big response to Sunnova’s microutility plan in California | Microgrid Knowledge
- The US Public Schools redesigning buildings with climate in mind | Santa Barbara News-Press
Read the full Year-end 2022 newsletter
Midyear 2022
- Town of Moraga Energy Generation Study
- East Los Angeles Solar Microgrids Feasibility Study
- Peninsula Clean Energy Solar + Storage RFP
- Clean Coalition supports City of Goleta General Plan Amendment process for 120 MWh battery
- Help us meet a $2,500 match by 31 August 2022
- Media coverage
- With fire season approaching, let’s talk microgrids | dot.LA
- Finding creative solutions to renewables-driven energy resilience | Montecito Journal
- Don’t undermine local solar | VC Star
Read the full Midyear 2022 newsletter
December 2021
- Bringing resilience to a disadvantaged community in East Los Angeles
- Policy to advance Community Microgrids
- Resilient Energy Subscription (RES)
- Numerous Clean Coalition webinars
- Donate to support our work
Read the full December 2021 newsletter
September 2021
- How the Resilient Energy Subscription market mechanism will help finance Community Microgrids
- Front-of-meter energy storage interconnection needs serious policy innovation
- How deploying more local solar and storage will save Californians billions
- A leading load management solution for microgrids and demand response
- The state of national climate and energy policy
- Media coverage
- The US Public Schools redesigning buildings with climate in mind | The Guardian
- Santa Barbara Votes to Phase Out Gas Hookups in New Homes and Buildings | Sierra Club
- California Regulators Waive Key Standby Charges for Eligible Microgrids | Microgrid Knowledge
Read the full September 2021 newsletter
June 2021
- A revolutionary way to easily value resilience for any facility
- To unleash clean local energy, we must fix California’s massive transmission cost distortion
- A lesson in stakeholder engagement and how it’s creating resilience in Southern California
- Local clean energy generation or remote — who wins the battle?
- The importance of robust daytime EV charging
- Media coverage
- Solar advocates protest utility net-metering proposals at California Public Utility Commission | Solar Power World
- Proposal would make clean microgrids more affordable | California Current
- Keeping the lights on with microgrids | Bay Area Monitor
- Why aren’t there more microgrids? | Microgrid Knowledge
- The future grid is full of data. That worries cyber experts | E&E News
- Camarillo moves to microgrids | Hybrids systems slated for city properties | Ventura County Reporter
- What FERC Order 2222-A means for microgrids and energy democracy | Microgrid Knowledge
Read the full June 2021 newsletter
March 2021
- Solar Microgrids for Santa Barbara Unified School District set to move forward
- City of Camarillo, California moves ahead with Hybrid Solar Microgrids
- Attempts to commercialize microgrids fall short in California
- The transmission elephant in the room
- Getting paid to go green
- Media coverage
- Early look at Camarillo, Calif.’s hybrid solar microgrids at five critical community facilities | Solar Builder Magazine
- California city eyes FEMA grant for solar+storage projects | pv magazine
- Former PUC officials criticize CAISO for August rolling blackouts | Politico Pro
- Rooftop solar is home solar — and so much more | Energy Central
- Solar Microgrids for Santa Barbara Unified School District move forward| Edhat
- We’re optimistic about the C&I energy storage market in 2021| Solar Power World
- 21 Intriguing Microgrid Projects to Watch in 2021 | Microgrid Knowledge
Read the full March 2021 newsletter
December 2020
- The elusive value-of-resilience has been successfully quantified
- Santa Barbara School Board approves Solar Microgrids
- Solar Microgrids are contagious
- City of Camarillo, California approves moving forward with Hybrid Solar Microgrids at five critical community facilities
- Foundational Policy Progress in 2020
- Craig Lewis’ Solar Microgrids TEDx talk
Read the full December 2020 newsletter
September 2020
- Game-changing Solar Microgrids get green light from Santa Barbara Unified School District Board
- Think we can’t place a value on resilience? Think again.
- Slouching toward a microgrid tariff in California
- Grid saturation lessons from Australia and Hawaii
- Vallecito Energy Storage Resilience (VESR) Project set to come online this December
- How solar+storage can help the LACCD avoid diesel generators
- Media coverage
- These Santa Barbara School District Solar Microgrids have a resilience model others should copy | Solar Builder
- Santa Barbara selects winner in school microgrid RFP | Microgrid Knowledge
- Green energy is not among the culprits behind California’s energy crisis | Forbes
- Can Community Microgrids fill the gap in California’s plans for 100% renewable energy? | pv magazine
- Carpinteria gets clean energy boost with new big battery project | Coastal View
- Santa Barbara prepares for new normal of natural disasters and power shutoffs | T&D World
- A new model for valuing distributed energy could drive big changes in California | GTM Squared
Read the full September 2020 newsletter
June 2020
- How two simple fixes can fairly compensate the true value of DER in California
- An ambitious residential Solar Microgrid initiative launches in Southern California
- Santa Barbara, California seeks bids for at least six school microgrids, solar and storage
- The Los Angeles Community College District considers solar+storage for a downtown office
- Identifying untapped potential for renewable energy in the Southwestern United States
- Media coverage
- California nonprofits urge state to consider community energy resilience as part of COVID-19 recovery plan | Solar Power World
- CPUC finds DER save on transmission investments, but implementation remains ‘the big question’ | Utility Dive
- Fires are coming. But PG&E and some cities are holding up battery backups | Los Angeles Times
- California values distributed energy resources fairly — and ratepayers score a big win | PV Magazine
- California to include avoided transmission costs in DER benefits calculation | Microgrid Knowledge
Read the full June 2020 newsletter
March 2020
- Overcoming the barriers to microgrid proliferation
- Key energy resilience legislation in California, March 2020
- Webinar recording and slides: Identifying optimal locations for Community Microgrids
- Status report: Streamlining WDG interconnection
- Media coverage
- Sustainable microgrids are the future of clean energy | TechCrunch
- Will a Single Utility, PG&E, Boost the 2020 Microgrid Market by $1 Billion? | Microgrid Knowledge
- Long Beach, Calif., Urges Regulatory Reforms to Overcome Microgrid Delays | Microgrid Knowledge
- Distributed Generation with Craig Lewis | The Energy Show with Barry Cinnamon
- Santa Barbara Schools Look to Microgrids for Community Resilience and EV Charging | Homer Microgrid News
- Turning to alternative energy saves taxpayer dollars | Santa Barbara News-Press
Read the full March 2020 newsletter
December 2019
- Community Microgrids in the spotlight in 2019
- Community Microgrids in the spotlight
- Clean Coalition policy wins in 2019 set the stage for Community Microgrid proliferation in the next decade
- A pivotal year for the Goleta Load Pocket Community Microgrid
Read the full December 2019 newsletter
September 2019
- Achieving resilience through renewables-driven Community Microgrids
- Making progress on the Goleta Load Pocket Community Microgrid (GLPCM)
- LADWP expands nation’s largest rooftop solar Feed-In Tariff (FIT) program to 450 MW
- Threat of Wildfires and Power Shutdowns Heightens Urgency for Microgrid in California Community
- PV Magazine op-ed: Electrification is an all-around winner
- Making it easy to electrify and prepare for a resilient future
- Media coverage
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Microgrid Knowledge with the Clean Coalition | Suncast Media
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The Explosion of Community Microgrids in the Solar+ Decade | Solar Builder
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Natural disasters could spark US microgrid surge | S&P Global Market Intelligence
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Community Microgrids: A Smart Future | Mother Earth News
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Read full September 2019 newsletter
June 2019
- Utility Dive op-ed: How to protect California ratepayers, expand clean local energy, and avoid bailing out PG&E
- The most effective way to deploy a Community Microgrid in the Goleta Load Pocket
- How a standardized Value of Resilience (VOR) will proliferate Community Microgrids
- Why It’s Hard to Create a Network of Community Microgrids in California
- Greentech Media op-ed: Paradise Lost: Reimagining the California Dream with Community Microgrids
- Media coverage
- Want to know if California can make zero emissions by 2045? Here’s what to watch | Utility Dive
- Getting the Most Out of Microgrids: Strategies, Tools & Technologies to Reap Societal Benefits | Microgrid Knowledge
- Fremont, California, Fire Station Is First In US With Solar Microgrid | CleanTechnica
- Fearing more PG&E shutoffs, Calistoga works on microgrid plan for backup power | Napa Valley Register
- Solar Sites Surveyed | Voice of San Diego
Read full June 2019 newsletter
March 2019
- Montecito Community Microgrid emerges from mudslides and wildfires
- Why we need a Community Microgrid in the Goleta Load Pocket
- Clean Coalition proposes Feed-in Tariff (FIT) for local energy storage procurement under AB 2868
- The first Advanced Energy Rebuild in Santa Rosa, California
- Utility Dive op-ed: Moving beyond business as usual to a resilient power system for California
- Green jobs provide solutions to the most vexing problems we face
- Media coverage
- PG&E and the future of U.S. utilities | PV Magazine
- Montecito Fire Protection District Solar Microgrid To Be A National Model | CleanTechnica
- Clean energy risks, potential to transform business model seen in PG&E crisis | S&P Global Market Intelligence
- There’s a lot more solar San Diego can tap, siting survey says | San Diego Union-Tribune
- California IOUS provide solar developers with map to grow renewables | Utility Dive
Read full March 2019 newsletter
December 2018
- Clean Coalition success accelerates in 2018: A year-end review from the Executive Director
- Clean Coalition policy wins push forward clean local energy in 2018
Read full December 2018 newsletter
September 2018
- A big step forward for clean local energy in California: ICA 2.0
- Greentech Media op-ed: To unleash wholesale distributed generation, we must streamline interconnection
- Utility Dive op-ed: Exploding transmission costs are the missing story in California’s regionalization debate
- Forester op-ed: SB 1339: Supporting standards that advance the microgrid industry
- Bridging the gap: PAEC Master Case Study reveals ways to accelerate advanced energy solutions
- PV Magazine op-ed: Permitting 2.0: A crucial step on the road to our clean energy future
- Media coverage
- Explaining the unfolding conflict over grid data access in California | GTM Squared
- California’s Alternative to Grid Regionalization: Expanding the Energy Imbalance Market | GTM Squared
- CCAs helping to meet state RPS targets a decade early | California Energy Markets
- Making way for wholesale distributed generation: Not for the faint of heart | Microgrid Knowledge
- Clean Coalition, World Business Academy pave way for microgrid initiative in Montecito | Noozhawk
Read full September 2018 newsletter
June 2018
- Transmission Access Charges distortion in California: There is a solution
- Advanced energy programs and strategies in the North Bay Community Resilience Initiative
- Streamlining the interconnection of advanced energy solutions to the grid
- Partnering with NREL and the City of San Diego to drive local solar development efforts
- Media coverage
- Environment report: San Diego searching for new solar sites | Voice of San Diego
- How Solar Emergency Microgrids provide resilience to vulnerable communities | pv magazine
- Montecito sets course for emergency energy independence | Santa Barbara News-Press
- Montecito community to implement microgrid initiative | VOICE Magazine
- San Francisco’s first positive net energy condos create a new sustainability standard | Bisnow
Read full June 2018 newsletter
March 2018
- The North Bay Community Resilience Initiative gains traction
- Transmission Access Charges Campaign update: Continuing to advocate for California ratepayers and renewables
- Advancing Distribution Resources Planning in Colorado and beyond
- Pacific Gas & Electric required to procure more renewables after the Clean Coalition’s intervention
- Expanding the energy imbalance market is the right way to regionalize California’s grid
- Keeping the lights on after natural disasters
- Media coverage
- The dinosaur that wouldn’t die | East Bay Express
- Rebuilding with Community Microgrids in wake of California fires: Sonoma County | Microgrid Knowledge
- California keeps breaking solar records. How long before it’s a problem? | Desert Sun
- Local balancing is the key to California’s clean energy future. Regionalization isn’t | Greentech Media
- Feed-in Tariffs for unleashing clean local energy and obviating polluting gas plants in California | The Huffington Post
Read full March 2018 newsletter
December 2017
- Clean local energy is winning in 2017: A yearend review from the Executive Director
- Clean Coalition policy wins in 2017 set the stage for a bright 2018
Read full December 2017 newsletter
September 2017
- Solar+storage is more cost-effective than proposed gas plants in Southern California
- California energy interests set to square off over Puente natural gas plant
- Fixing an unfair charge to Californians that harms clean local energy: The latest on the TAC campaign
- Ensuring that PG&E procures more clean energy
- Collaborating and innovating to expand clean local energy in San Mateo County: An update on the PAEC initiative
- Media coverage
- Next up in Puente case: Briefs on CAISO’s special study of alternatives | California Energy Markets
- City of Palo Alto paves the way for more electric vehicles with local renewable energy | City of Palo Alto
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California utilities work to integrate distributed energy resources into grid | Daily Energy Insider
Read full September 2017 newsletter
June 2017
Topics include:
- L.A. Daily News op-ed: Let solar-roof savings shine on all ratepayers
- Palo Alto brings its first Feed-In Tariff solar project online
- ReMAT, California’s only wholesale distributed generation renewables program, is under attack
- Alternative to costly investments in natural gas power plants
- Solar Siting Survey identifies substantial solar potential on built environments in California’s southern San Mateo County
- A pathway to zero net energy: Atherton, California
- Expanding electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Palo Alto
- Distribution Resources Planning webinar
Read full June 2017 newsletter
March 2017
Topics include:
- A note from Craig Lewis, Founder and Executive Director
- Transmission Access Charges (TAC) Campaign – Senate Bill 692 introduced
- PAEC Solar Siting Survey: Identifying vast potential for clean energy in southern San Mateo County
- Clean Coalition receives CEC grant for solar+storage in San Francisco
- Clean Coalition helps California CCAs move the needle on distributed energy resources
- Unleashing clean local energy through smart policy
Read full March 2017 newsletter
December 2016
Topics include:
- A note from Craig Lewis, Founder and Executive Director
- Clean Coalition policy team success in 2016
- Peninsula Advanced Energy Community launches, will provide framework for the future of clean energy
- CAISO avoiding fix to massive market distortion that harms local renewables and California ratepayers
Read full December 2016 newsletter
September 2016
Topics include:
- A note from Craig Lewis, Founder and Executive Director
- Local renewables are being robbed
- Georgia Power CLEAN programs deploy over 500 MW of local solar
- How California Created a New System for Determining the Costs of Grid Connection
- Clean Coalition joins working group focused on New York interconnection reform
- Long Island Community Microgrid Project feasibility study published
- Unit Cost Guide released, improving cost certainty and interconnection for distributed generation
- Clean Coalition welcomes new members to the team
Read full September 2016 newsletter
June 2016
Topics include:
- A note from Craig Lewis, Founder and Executive Director
- California local renewables are getting robbed, but CAISO can help
- Reducing risk for solar developers under Rule 21
- Expanding access to solar with California’s Green Tariff Shared Renewables decision
- NEM credits paired with energy storage: a solution
- Peninsula Advanced Energy Community to kick off with strong support
Read full June 2016 newsletter
March 2016
Topics include:
- A note from Craig Lewis, Founder and Executive Director
- California Energy Commission selects the Peninsula Advanced Energy Community for grant award
- Palo Alto to solarize city-owned parking structures and enhance EV deployment
- Webinar: Leading at the local level
- The Long Island Community Microgrid Project completes Stage 1 of the NY Prize
- Improving interconnection cost certainty under Rule 21
- Podcast: Community Microgrids
Read the full March 2016 newsletter
December 2015
Topics include:
- Residents rally behind the Hunters Point Community Microgrid Project
- Campaign to fix Transmission Access Charges (TAC) gains support
- New report: Tax implications of distributed generation policies
Read the full December 2015 newsletter
September 2015
Topics include:
- Viable solar sites assessed for the Long Island Community Microgrid Project
- The debate over NEM 2.0 continues in California
- Improving cost certainty for distributed generation
- Local renewables being hit with a hidden transmission fee
- Clean Coalition awarded contract for D.C. microgrid
- Webinar: Community Microgrid methodology
- Op-ed: On Long Island, a smarter, more resilient power system
Read the full September 2015 newsletter
June 2015
Topics include:
- Long Island Community Microgrid Project kicks off, receives NY Prize funding
- Siting solar in distribution grids
- Palo Alto continues effort to spur local renewable generation
- FERC adopts our recommendations for improved interconnection transparency
- Creating a sustainable, robust solar market in Alameda
Read the full June 2015 newsletter
March 2015
Topics include:
- Strengthening the grid with Community Microgrids
- New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision moves ahead
- Evolving net energy metering in California
- Indiana utility gets approval to expand its feed-in tariff
- Fifth and final tranche of CLEAN L.A. Solar opens
Read the full March 2015 newsletter
December 2014
Topics include:
- California plans for distributed resources
- Upcoming webinar: The future of solar-storage systems
- Indiana utility proposes expansion of its voluntary feed-in tariff
- Clean Coalition brings policy leadership to Dynamic Grid Council
- A big lesson from a small town
- Community Microgrid future coming to New York
- Net Zero Energy for Palo Alto
- Realizing the benefits of advanced inverters
Read the full December 2014 newsletter
September 2014
Topics include:
- Planning the grid to optimize distributed energy resources
- Settlement agreement to expand the use of demand response in California
- Tucson Electric Power launches pilot program to own rooftop solar
- More local renewable energy coming to California
- A Community Microgrid for Long Island
- Distribution Resource Plans move forward in California
- Bringing cost-certainty to the interconnection process
Read full September 2014 newsletter
June 2014
Topics include:
- U.S. Virgin Islands adopts feed-in tariff to increase renewable energy generation
- Palo Alto CLEAN attracts local solar on City-owned properties through an innovative market approach
- Planning the grid for distributed energy resources
- The power of local energy
Read full June 2014 newsletter
March 2014
Topics include:
- Clean Coalition sees interconnection wins in Rule 21 Proposed Decision
- Palo Alto wants solar on its City-owned properties
- Leading California on renewables integration
- CLEAN Program Update: Strong demand for more local solar in L.A. and Fort Collins
- California takes the next step toward implementing advanced inverter standards
- Announcing the Interconnection Action Campaign
- Developing strong Green Tariff Shared Renewables Programs for California
- Hunters Point Project recognized at Solar Power Generation USA
Read full March 2014 newsletter
December 2013
Topics include:
- New FERC rule incorporates Clean Coalition recommendations to streamline interconnection nationwide
- New York utility leading the transition towards a distributed energy future
- SB 1332 CLEAN Program met with considerable demand
- New California law sets grid planning precedent
- A model for clean community power
- Guiding California towards a modern, dynamic grid
- Stanford Professor Mark Z. Jacobson joins Board of Advisors
- Clean Coalition partners with Power Over Energy
Read full December 2013 newsletter
September 2013
Topics include:
- Utilities leverage CLEAN Programs as part of a plan to bring nearly one gigawatt of new solar capacity online
- New resource to open the wholesale distributed generation market segment
- California Legislature passes distributed generation bills
- New PG&E policy will significantly reduce interconnection costs
- Flattening the Duck (Chart) into a Halibut
- DG+IG project to transform a San Francisco neighborhood
- Advanced inverters: providing voltage regulation where it is needed most
Read full September 2013 newsletter
June 2013
Topics include:
- CLEAN LA Solar brings power online, primed for expansion
- New California ISO policy will spur greater distributed generation
- Renewable Portfolio Standards under attack
- Policy update: SB 699 moves forward and SB 32 finally poised to launch
- Clean Coalition briefs Sacramento staff on DG Policy
- DG+IG Update: Renewables integration and policy solutions
- Two clean energy leaders add expertise to the Clean Coalition Board of Advisors
- Clean Coalition partners with CalSol
Read full June 2013 newsletter
March 2013
Topics include:
- 2012 IEPR Update embraces a distributed energy future
- Clean Coalition guides FERC to improve interconnection
- Legislative update: numerous states consider CLEAN Programs
- CPUC mandates procurement of preferred resources
- A bright future for the CLEAN LA Solar Program
- Featured topic: Energy system resilience
Read full March 2013 newsletter
January 2013 (action alert)
Topics include:
- Recap of 2012 Achievements
- Continued Growth of DG+IG Initiative
- New and improved website launch
Read January 2013 action alert
December 2012
Topics include:
- Driving toward solar market efficiency
- CLEAN Programs continue to gain traction
- Laying the foundation for a resilient electric grid
- Prop 39 can support clean energy across California
- A solution to the San Onofre nuclear situation
- SCE study highlights locational value of clean local energy
Read full December 2012 newsletter
October 2012 (action alert)
Topics include:
- Successful passage of SB 1332 and SB 1122
- Recent op-ed placements
Read full October 2012 action alert
August 2012
Topics include:
- Updated Local CLEAN Program Guide now available
- Long Island adopts new CLEAN Program; CLEAN LA set to expand
- Clean Energy Now Campaign for California
- DG+IG Initiative: proving viability of high penetrations of clean local energy
- Former Founding Director of the SunShot Initiative and former CEO of EPRI join Board
of Advisors - Developing a Business Practice Manual to improve grid interconnection
- Accelerating energy storage in California
- Legislative Update: California CLEAN bills advance in lawmaking process
Read full August 2012 newsletter
June 2012
Topics include:
- CPUC stumbles in Final Decision for SB 32 CLEAN Program
- Legislative Update: Two important California CLEAN bills closer to law
- Clean Coalition proposal gains support in IEPR Update
- Clean Coalition scores victory on SCE ‘termination clause’
- Vermont expands statewide CLEAN Program and recognizes locational benefits of distributed generation
- Featured Event: Biogas USA West 2012 Conference
- An opportunity for clean local energy in Arizona
Read full June 2012 newsletter
April 2012
Topics include:
- Featured Event: Webinar hosted by SEPA will highlight Clean Program benefits to utilities
- Opening comments filed for CPUC’s Proposed Decision on SB 32
- California utilities agree to move beyond 15% penetration limit for DG
- CLEAN LA Solar Program wins critical approval
- Vermont House votes to expand statewide CLEAN Program
Read full April 2012 newsletter
March 2012 (action alert)
Topics include:
- Vermont on track to expand statewide CLEAN Program
- Free Featured Event at NASA
- Support for 2012 California Legislative Agenda
Read full March 2012 action alert
February 2012
Topics include:
- Local action: Palo Alto CLEAN Program update
- SB 32 update: IOUs Submit Joint PPA Proposal
- California Interconnection Reform: Settlement process ends but reform process set to
continue - Legislative update: Bills addressing D-Grid and SB 32 improvements under consideration
- CARB Vote: Cars to be powered by clean local energy
- Clean Coalition’s IEPR efforts prove fruitful
- Policy spotlight: Volumetric Price Adjustment
Read full February 2012 newsletter
January 2012
Topics include:
- Interconnection Reform: Clean Coalition working diligently for interconnection reform; DSIS and long-term vision
- SB 32 CLEAN Program update: Split into two decisions
- CREST update: 70 MW of clean local energy coming soon
- Local Action: Palo Alto gets ready to adopt CLEAN Program
- Policy Spotlight: Locational Benefits for Wholesale Distributed Generation (WDG)
Read full January 2012 newsletter