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California agencies release report charting path to 100% clean electricity; need to triple grid capacity by 2045

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Highlights from the report include the following: To reach the 2045 target while electrifying other sectors to meet the state’s economy-wide climate goals, California will need to roughly triple its current electricity grid capacity. A clean electricity grid is necessary to achieve economywide carbon neutrality.

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Electric Company Too Scared To Tell Truth About Climate Change

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If SCE Won’t Tell The Truth About Climate Change Why Should We Trust Them About Anything? After my volunteer stint was over I stayed for the presentation and workshop. The workshop was very well attended with over 130 local people showing up.

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Tesla and PG&E invite customers to create world’s largest distributed battery to support grid reliability

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Tesla and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) invitd 25,000 customers to create the world’s largest distributed battery to support grid reliability, the utility announced. The program allows homeowners with a Tesla Powerwall to send electricity to the grid when needed. Tomorrow, the PUC will hold a VPP workshop.

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UCLA/UC Berkeley law schools release policy paper on actions required to stimulate long-term, mass-adoption of electric vehicles; leveraging California

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The paper outlines three high-level solutions, based on the workshop discussion, to the challenges of electric vehicle market development: Educate consumer, the media and elected officials through a simple an effective outreach campaign about the benefits of electric vehicles. non-plug-in) in the US.

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DOE seeking input on H2@scale: hydrogen as centerpiece of future energy system; 50% reduction in energy GHGs by 2050

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Source: DOE workshop April 2016. A key goal of the H2@Scale concept is to enable hydrogen production at $1/kg through advancements in electrolyzer technologies, use of low-cost electricity from the grid during off-peak times, and high-volume manufacturing of electrolyzers enabled by the use of hydrogen in a wide range of sectors.

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CARB draft of updated AB 32 Scoping Plan for climate change actions post-2020; pushing for greater transportation reductions

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The Scoping Plan describes the comprehensive range of efforts California must take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and meet the state’s long-term goals to combat climate change. AB 32 requires the Scoping Plan to be updated every five years. Recommended transportation actions beyond 2020.

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Greenius On The Green Scene - The South Bay Report

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In the last ten days I took Kathleen Jacecko’s terrific TeachingGreen workshop, “Tooling Around Town in (Green) Style&# at the Unitarian Church in Palos Verdes and learned things about the transportation issue I did not know. The put on very well run workshops for adults and in-class presentations for kids.

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