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/PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced the launch of its Microgrid Incentive Program (MIP) and handbook, providing funding,...

The MIP is a new, statewide competitive grant program that will fund clean-energy community microgrids in disadvantaged and vulnerable communities.

Long-duration energy storage technology from Energy Warehouse will power California wineries with clean, reliable energy and support resilient winery operations.

CPUC approved rules of programme to offer US$200 million funding for microgrid projects in the service areas of investor-owned utilities.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in ongoing efforts to build community resilience against power outages and in the face of climate change, today (April 6) approved rules for the new . . .

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California’s first 100% renewable energy, front-of-the-meter, multi-customer microgrid is now fully operational. Located in Humboldt County, California, the microgrid provides energy resilience for the regional airport and U.S. Coast Guard Air Station.

Tim McDuffie, senior business development engineer at Smarter Grid Solutions, offers guidance for Native American communities developing tribal microgrids.

Published: 15 Apr 2021, 06:48 By: Andy Colthorpe The basics of how a community microgrid built under the scheme would work to supply customers and critical facilities like hospitals in the event of outages or PSPS events. Image: PG&E. Communities at risk of losing their electricity supply in the service area of California utility PG&E when disasters strike are being supported in developing their own microgrids through a new scheme announced by the utility this week. PG&E, one of C...

Dive Brief: California regulators adopted on Thursday rates, tariffs and rules for how the three largest investor-owned utilities (IOUs) in the state will facilitate microgrid deployment in California to ensure grid resilience and backup power capabilities. The tariffs with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE) and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) have new rules in place to reduce barriers to microgrid development. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) orde...