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California governor Gavin Newsom said there is “more work to be done” on the state’s net metering laws and that “changes need to be made” to proposals that have been proven highly contentious in the state.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a US$15 billion package to fund programmes to tackle drought and climate change in the state

Sean Rai-Roche interviews the CSO of a virtual power plant in California to explore how the company is helping to reduce the need for peaker plants by moderating peak hours electricity demand

The US Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has launched a public review on a draft environmental analysis (EA) for two solar-plus-storage farms in California, which will include 465MW of solar and 400MW of energy storage

Community Choice Aggregators (CCA) Central Coast Community Energy (CCCE) and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) have signed contracts for 778MW of renewable energy generation and 118.75MW of energy storage in California.

The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) has almost 80GW of solar and 148GW of storage in its interconnection queue.

California lawmakers have voted down a proposed change to the state’s net-metering rules that would have cut rates for rooftop solar customers.

The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced that the development of a 700MW capacity solar-plus-storage project on Californian federal land has been approved.

Solar and storage provider Sunworks has acquired installer Solcius in a deal worth US$51.8 million.

Three Californian utilities have proposed changes in order to “modernise” the US state’s net metering policy, prompting a backlash from solar campaigners.