Livermore Community Solar Farm Project

01/01/2021

https://qz.com/1948600/stimulus-bill-puts-the-us-in-compliance-with-montreal-protocol/

Hydrofluorocarbons used in refrigerants are a potent greenhouse gas that have long gone unregulated in the US.

01/01/2021

https://qz.com/1950904/community-solar-projects-are-forcing-utilities-to-wake-up/

Community solar promises to give anyone with a wall outlet access to clean energy for less than their current utility bill.

12/11/2020

Word has it, that our permit from Alameda county was approved today.

12/05/2020

08/08/2020

This would very likely kill our solar project.
Under our lease agreement and with the county was that property tax was the wrong place to place tax as the property value is unchanged and actually reduced as the land is changed and not as valued prior to construction involved. The tax should be placed squarely on the company’s providing and selling the power, not the land owner.

If this initiative passes, it would break our terms of lease, and have further repercussions on agriculture and farmers.

08/05/2019

I heard that the second EIR is now in. Waiting on the county.

02/18/2019

Are we at risk?

Billions of dollars in contracts that PG&E signed with solar and wind companies may be at risk as the utility enters bankruptcy, concerning some clean energy advocates

02/03/2019

01/30/2019

If you or someone you know is interested in a job in the trades — such as plumbing, electrical work or welding — former “Dirty Jobs” host Mike Rowe is offering a scholarship program through his charitable foundation that will offer money for skilled jobs training. This is the fifth year in a...

01/26/2019

Installation of more than 2,200 MWh of storage will be the first time a utility directly replaces multiple major fossil fuel generators with batteries.

01/25/2019

http://www.independentnews.com/news/pg-e-bankruptcy-may-not-affect-community-choice-power/article_c4619cc8-1f7e-11e9-92fd-ef35be4e9aca.html

East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) doubts there would be any negative impact on its power delivery program, if PG&E files bankruptcy, according to EBCE CEO Nick Chaset.

01/25/2019

http://www.independentnews.com/news/power-retailers-at-odds-over-level-playing-field/article_7da3276a-3dda-11e8-9013-9367fd4e7420.html

Future power prices to individual, business and municipality consumers may be affected by filings with the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) by two very different groups, Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) and PG&E.