Southern California is taking steps to reduce its water imports by 40 billion gallons by 2035, according to a new analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). This is equivalent to the annual water use of over one million people. via Southern California tackles water scarcity – FierceEnergy.
Epic EV’s Torq roadster is the world’s fastest three-wheeled electric vehicle and it will soon be launched in Southern California on April 6 at an unveiling party at Epic EV’s R&D facility in Vista, California. Though briefly presented during SEMA 2012’s Dub Show Tour, the Torq will be officially unveiled on April 6 when the Continue reading →
EnerNOC, Inc. announced that it has expanded its presence in Southern California through a new contract with Southern California Edison (NYSE:SCE). Under the terms of the new contract, EnerNOC will increase its number of megawatts in SCE’s service territory by approximately 15 percent through December 31, 2014, consistent with the term of EnerNOC’s expanded contract Continue reading →
Enerliance says during a utility test on an 84-degree afternoon in August 2012, a campus of three Class A buildings totaling nearly 1 million square feet of commercial office space and equipped with Enerliance’s LOBOS demand response technology delivered 1 MW of automated demand response to the Southern California electrical grid. via Enerliance Touts Demand Continue reading →
Boston-based EnerNOC Inc. says it has expanded its presence in Southern California through a new contract with Southern California Edison (SCE). Under the terms of the new contract, EnerNOC will increase its number of megawatts in SCE’s service territory by approximately 15% through Dec. 31, 2014, consistent with the term of EnerNOC’s expanded contract with Continue reading →
EnerNOC, Inc. ENOC +0.45% , the world’s leading provider of demand response, today announced that it has expanded its presence in Southern California through a new contract with Southern California Edison . Under the terms of the new contract, EnerNOC will increase its number of megawatts in SCE’s service territory by approximately 15 percent through Continue reading →
MidAmerican Energy Holdings, the electric utility owned by Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathway group, announced today it had acquired a 579-megawatt solar development in Southern California. The Antelope Valley Solar projects, which are actually two adjacent arrays in Kern and Los Angeles counties, will comprise the largest solar project in the world, according to the company’s release, serving Continue reading →
An infrastructure project studying smart grids named “Living Laboratory” is underway at the University of Southern California and Mitsubishi is involved with its i-MiEV EV. Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. is supporting the University of Southern California (USC) and the institution’s Viterbi School of Engineering as it develops a special campus-wide Smart Grid “Living Laboratory” Continue reading →
National Technical Systems (NTS – www.nts.com) will be hosting the next Smart Grid Educational Series Seminar next Tuesday, December 11th at 1pm Pacific at our Culver City, California facility. Smart Utility Systems based in Chino Hills CA (www.smartusys.com ) will provide the keynote speaker. The topic of the keynote presentation will be: “Mobile Applications for Continue reading →
Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. is supporting the University of Southern California (USC) and the renowned institution’s Viterbi School of Engineering as it develops a special campus-wide Smart Grid “Living Laboratory” project including the use of Mitsubishi i-MiEV 100% electric vehicles. The Mitsubishi Motors/USC Electric Vehicle Smart Grid Demonstration Project will work to further develop Continue reading →
As the temperatures continue to rise in Southern California, utilities’ concerns are growing as they struggle to deal with demand and lower generation with the San Onofre nuclear facility still offline. The situation is reminiscent of the state’s electricity crisis in in 2000. However, this time more businesses are expected to take part in demand Continue reading →
Talk of potential power outages in Southern California this summer–brought on by the prospect of soaring temperatures while the San Onofre nuclear facility remains offline–takes energy-intensive businesses right back to the power crisis of 2000-2001. It’s not a fond memory. That “definitely was not any fun,” says Chad Bentley, manager manufacturing technologies, of Trojan Battery Continue reading →
Electric utilities and policymakers in Japan and Germany have been scrambling for months to find ways to compensate for nuclear power plants shut down in the aftermath of Fukushima. In both instances, fossil fuels are part of the stopgap solution to offset the declines in nuclear generation in the short term, but longer-term energy policies Continue reading →
Here’s a reminder of the need for region-wide smart grid systems, both to show power companies what their neighbors are doing in the midst of a blackout event, and to help themselves make sure their safety switches aren’t actually making things worse. Such are the findings from a federal report released Tuesday, which found that Continue reading →
Itron said Southern California Edison (SCE), an electric utility serving central, coastal and southern California, has completed installation of its four millionth smart meter. SCE has already deployed Itron’s smart meters and associated smart metering systems which are supporting a variety of programs and services that enable consumers to manage their electricity usage and save Continue reading →
Solar has suddenly become much more important in Southern California because of the outage at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), California’s third biggest investor owned utility, could lose fifteen percent to twenty percent loss of its base load electricity. “SDG&E, along with the California transmission system operator Continue reading →
Officials from several Southern California utility companies joined federal, state and local authorities on Thursday morning to discuss how they could’ve responded more effectively to power outages in the wake of the Santa Ana wind storms. ..The company says it employed “smart meters” to pinpoint damaged places, but that the extent of all the destruction Continue reading →
