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Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) is using an aggregator for its residential virtual power plant initiative.

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) electrified more than 20% of its over-the-road fleet and is on track to reach 100% electrification of its passenger cars, pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles by 2030.

The La Pimienta solar plant in Campeche, Mexico is now fully operational and ready to supply energy to CFE, the state-owned utility under a 15-year contract to support the power needs of the Yucatan peninsula.

Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) plans to reduce carbon at least 80% by 2030 as it works with customers toward achieving net-zero carbon electricity by 2050.

Burbank Water and Power (BWP) in California entered into an agreement for ESS to deliver BWP’s first utility-scale battery storage.

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) announced the start of testing for the company’s new 40 MW energy storage project in Fallbrook and the start of construction on one of four energy storage and microgrid projects.

Edison International, Southern California Edison (SCE) and Edison Energy announced that in 2021, 80% of Scope 1 emissions came from SCE’s combined cycle natural gas plant, Mountainview, which is covered under California’s cap-and-trade market.

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners released a new white paper, Nuclear Energy as a Keystone Clean Energy Resource, that explores nuclear energy’s role in providing carbon-free electricity and highlights key considerations for regulators to keep in mind as decarbonization efforts continue across many states and utilities.

Government and private groups plan to transition 285 fleet vehicles to low-emission electric options. This combined effort will reduce CO2 emissions by over 7,000 tons per year.

PacifiCorp, a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, signed a 30-year, 320 MW PPA with for the electricity to be produced by the Boswell Springs wind project located in eastern Wyoming with Innergex Renewable Energy Inc.