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#CalEnergy's Rosenfeld Hearing Room at full capacity this morning as Commissioners consider adopting building standards that require #Solar PV starting in 2020. Listen live here:
ow.ly/pAEK30jUVk1 ⚡️
🌟 California hits its 10,000 Electric Vehicle Fast Chargers goal 🚗🔌 a year ahead of schedule!
The milestone was celebrated with state and local leaders at El Mercado Plaza Shopping Center in Union City.
#EVs#ClimateWeek#EVChargers
It's time to rally, California! We all need to do our part to help avoid power outages this week.
Before 4 pm, pre-cool your home.
After 4 pm, avoid the use of major appliances and turn your thermostat to 78 or higher.
Let's keep the lights on, California.
#FlexAlert
Today #CalEnergy adopted historic CA #OffshoreWind goals—enough to power upwards of 25 Mill. homes⚡
New goals of up to 5,000 MW by 2030 & 25,000 MW by 2045 will accelerate the state’s transition to 100% clean electricity
More 🔗: bit.ly/3bLJXEY#CAClimateAction#SB100
Congratulations to Patricia Monahan for being appointed today to Commissioner at #CalEnergy. This is Monahan’s first appointment; she fills the science/engineering position on the five-member Commission where she will be the lead commissioner on transportation. 🎉⚡️
Today newly appointed #CalEnergy Commissioner Siva Gunda was sworn in & joined the dais for the first time. Commissioner Gunda previously served as deputy director of the Energy Assessments Division & held several positions at @ucdavisenergy
Learn more: bit.ly/2Z76dzk
#CalEnergy today approved nearly $70 million in funding to replace more than 200 old, polluting diesel school buses with all-electric buses that will reduce school children’s exposure to harmful emissions & help CA reach its climate & air quality goals: bit.ly/30CtibL ⚡️
☀️California leads the nation in distributed generation☀️
To date, there have been:
🔸776,601 #Solar projects installed
🔸6,331 Megawatts installed
#SolarAppreciationDay ☀️🏡🏢⚡️
#CalEnergy determines #DiabloCanyon needed to support grid reliability. Determination is based on data showing CA risks energy supply shortfalls during extreme weather events driven by climate change.
bit.ly/3kHYExb
Image: PG&E
Congratulations to David Hochschild for being reappointed this week to #CalEnergy, where he has served since 2013. Hochschild fills the environmental position on the five-member Commission where he is the lead commissioner on #Renewables: ow.ly/sdmY30nqnXj 🎉⚡️
New climate report warns that two-thirds of Southern California’s beaches could completely disappear & the average area burned by wildfires could nearly double by 2100. Report offers tools to address #ClimateChange: ow.ly/r0k430lzACO#CAF2018#ClimateAssessment 🌊🔥🌎⚡️
New data shows nearly 2/3rds of California's electricity came from carbon-free sources in 2019 including 36% from renewable resources, surpassing #RPS goals.
For more details visit: bit.ly/2WvVCwI#SB100#CleanEnergy