To Keep the Lights on, California Orders 3,300 Megawatts of New Non-Emitting Generation

SUGAR LAND--March 13, 2020--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Renewable energy projects and battery energy storage projects being developed in California have benefitted from state laws mandating cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and increased mandates to buy renewable energy. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) (San Francisco, California) has been opposed to adding new gas-fired generation capacity, wary of becoming overly dependent on one type of fuel for electric generation.

Within this article: Details of moves in California's Power sector