Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) reports that it exceeded California’s Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) goal requiring energy providers to deliver 33% renewable energy by the end of 2020. PG&E estimates that it delivered over 35% from specified eligible-renewable resources to its customers last year, according to its recent FormRead More

Ameresco completed construction on a 5.3-MW direct current ground-mount solar energy system at San Joaquin County, California’s Foothill Landfill. This is Ameresco’s second renewable energy project with the County and will help reduce their utility costs through California’s Renewable Energy Self-Generation Bill Credit Transfer program. “San Joaquin County, and it’s localRead More

California’s largest utility, PG&E, filed for bankruptcy last week after years of liability for its role in California’s wildfires piled to an estimated $30 billion in damage. How will this affect the momentum of distributed generation projects in solar’s leading state? We reached out to the California Solar & StorageRead More

ForeFront Power will build the first community solar project for PG&E’s Regional Renewable Choice program. The program allows PG&E customers, including those who rent or cannot install on-site solar, the option of purchasing up to 100 percent renewable energy from an off-site location. PG&E’s Regional Renewable Choice program gives residential andRead More

  The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) has announced its annual Top 10 lists recognizing the U.S. utilities that added the most new solar and storage to the grid in 2017. Compiled as part of SEPA’s 11th annual Utility Market Survey, the lists include the top utilities in four categories:Read More

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is making $10.3 million available for the Multifamily Affordable Solar Housing (MASH) Program, which offers rebates for affordable solar energy to families in disadvantaged communities across Northern and Central California. Supported by the MASH program, solar energy can lower monthly energy costs for tenants, improveRead More

Students across Northern and Central California will have the opportunity to bring clean, renewable energy to communities in Kenya through Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) Solar Suitcase Program. PG&E has selected 19 high schools to participate in the second year of the program and provided each school with moreRead More

Approximately half of U.S. households and businesses are unable to install private solar systems due to space limitations or insufficient sun exposure. To combat this, earlier this year, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) launched its Solar Choice program to extend the option for solar power to customers regardless of their locationRead More

As utilities across the country get hip to the benefits of solar power, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) is an original early adopter and has interconnected more rooftop solar power than any utility in America. To further these goals, PG&E is proposing smart energy reform in support of sustainableRead More

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) hit the nice round number of 10,000 solar customers in each of three of California’s largest cities – Bakersfield, Fresno and San Jose – as part of the company’s milestone of connecting its 175,000th solar customer to its electric grid. These achievements, along with a newRead More