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The state now has the first system in the nation to give polluting companies such as utilities and refineries financial incentives to emit fewer greenhouse gases. But some businesses that would fall under the new rules say the system could dampen California’s already flagging economy.

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Panel OKs key piece of California’s 2006 climate law — called AB32 — with the hope that other states will follow the lead of the world’s eighth largest economy

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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fitch Ratings assigns an underlying long-term rating of ‘AA’ to the following California Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) outstanding variable-rate power supply revenue bonds: –$25 million, series 2002B-6; –$79.2 million, series 2002C-1; –$246.9 million, series 2002C-4; –$100 million, series 2002C-9; –$15.4 million, series 2002C-10; –$59.6 million, series …

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The special interests that profit from fossil fuels will not wither away and die without a fight. They have deep pockets, and they will stop at nothing to disrupt and delay this historic transition. So let’s stand up to them.

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ROSEMEAD, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SCE has finalized an agreement with the U.S. DOE for a $25 million stimulus grant to develop and conduct a comprehensive demonstration of lithium-ion battery storage for wind energy.

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Viridity Energy, a premier smart grid company, today announced that it has received a $1,660,000 grant for a distributed energy optimization project at the University of California, San Diego

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ROSEMEAD, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SCE began construction of the state’s largest investor-owned utility photovoltaic power plant at a site in the San Joaquin Valley.The construction project is expected to create approximately 125 jobs.

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(AP:IVANPAH, Calif.) Federal land managers have approved another solar power plant in the California desert in a bid to increase renewable energy production on public lands.

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SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SolarReserve, a California-based developer of utility-scale solar power projects, will continue to move forward on its Rice Solar Energy Project now that Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has received approval from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for the 25-year power purchase agreement announced last December. The 150-megawatt solar …

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SAN FRANCISCO — The state with some of the nation’s most ambitious clean energy standards went even further Thursday: Regulators approved new regulations requiring utilities to draw a third of their power from alternative energy sources such as

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