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Solar Power’s Benefits Increasingly Recognized by California Farmers
/0 Comments/in San Joaquin Valley /by News Article RepostAccording to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), America’s solar industry continues to expand at a record pace. California leads the way, with more than 25 GW of installed capacity. According to the SEIA, “the cost to install solar has dropped by more than 70-percent in the past decade.” As the price of solar component declines, more […]
State Utilities Regulator Wants Customer Input About PG&E’s Proposed Rate Increase
/0 Comments/in San Joaquin Valley /by News Article RepostThe California Public Utilities Commission is holding forums around the state to get feedback from Pacific Gas & Electric customers about the company’s proposed rate hike. It’s a process most utilities undergo every three years. PG&E is asking its regulator, the CPUC, to approve a rate increase that would add a billion dollars to the […]
Low on water, California farmers turn to solar farming
/0 Comments/in All News, San Joaquin Valley /by News Article RepostIf California is to meet its goal of running on 100-percent clean electricity by 2045, fields that once grew hay are going to have to start producing electrons. That’s according to a new report from The Nature Conservancy that estimates the state will need to cover an area at least twice as large as Yosemite […]
California farmers are planting solar panels as water supplies dry up
/0 Comments/in San Joaquin Valley /by News Article RepostMARICOPA, Calif. — Jon Reiter banked the four-seat Cessna aircraft hard to the right, angling to get a better look at the solar panels glinting in the afternoon sun far below. The silvery panels looked like an interloper amid a patchwork landscape of lush almond groves, barren brown dirt and saltbush scrub, framed by the blue-green strip […]
Central Valley Congressman Sponsors Legislation to Clean Up Valley Air
/0 Comments/in San Joaquin Valley /by News Article RepostJuly 29, 2019 – WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Jim Costa (CA-16), Senator Kamala Harris (CA), and Congressmembers Julia Brownley (CA-26), Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-02), Mike Levin (CA-49), Jim Himes (CT-04), and John Larson (CT-01) introduced H.R. 3973, the Clean School Bus Act. This legislation would provide $1 billion to help school districts across the […]
Chevron spills 800,000 gallons of oil and water in Kern County canyon
/0 Comments/in San Joaquin Valley /by News Article RepostCalifornia authorities said Friday that crews are beginning to clean up a massive oil spill that dumped nearly 800,000 gallons of oil and water into a Kern County canyon, making it larger — if less devastating — than the state’s last two major oil spills. The seep, which has been flowing off and on since […]
Solar firms heating up in the Valley
/0 Comments/in San Joaquin Valley /by News Article RepostTULARE COUNTY – More renewable power will be flowing to community-based power providers across the state from new solar and wind farms heading to construction in the San Joaquin Valley. These are typically new customers for Valley solar and wind developers who in the past had to depend on power purchases from reluctant utility companies. […]
Franklin Energy Launches Innovative Energy Efficiency Pilot Using Online Gamification
/0 Comments/in San Joaquin Valley /by News Article RepostFranklin Energy, a leading provider of energy efficiency and grid optimization solutions, announced today that they are launching the Home Energy Rewards Program, an online, reward-style energy efficiency program, to residential Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) customers. The pilot program will be launched to a select number of residential customers in San Joaquin and […]
Local and state efforts to electrify our vehicles will yield great benefits for everyone
/0 Comments/in San Joaquin Valley /by Destiny RodriguezBy Destiny Rodriguez When I think of banks, I don’t think of these institutions as supporting pollution-free transportation or lowering greenhouse gas emissions and improving local air quality. However, Beneficial State bank is doing all three of these things by promoting clean vehicles in the Fresno area and throughout the Central Valley. On June 11, […]
Does Fresno Need To Make An Energy Choice?
/0 Comments/in San Joaquin Valley /by News Article RepostIn the Fresno area, more than 750 manufacturing businesses use the bulk of electricity directed here by Pacific Gas & Electric, but the cost of that energy is among the most expensive in California, said Mike Betts, president and CEO of the Betts Co., a south Fresno manufacturer of industrial springs and truck accessories. In […]