Beyond Nuclear and Gas: California Looks to Cut Greenhouse Gases with Renewables and Storage

SUGAR LAND--March 6, 2018--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--California, having turned its back on electricity generated from coal or nuclear plants, recently took a step away from gas-fired generation and toward battery storage, distributed generation and customer load-management programs when it ordered Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) (San Francisco, California) to not use power from three gas-fired units to meet customer demand and system voltage requirements. Within this article: Details on some of the projects related to California's innovation in power generation. Companies featured: PGE Corporation (NYSE:PGC), Calpine Corporation (NYSE:CPN) and S&P Global Incorporated (NYSE:SPGI)