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Commentary: Smart panel technology may replace need for pricey upgrades

Some emerging technologies in the California market are designed to intentionally balance a home’s power usage, and allow homeowners to avoid expensive panel upgrades

By CalNEXT . 29 July 2024
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This county is California’s harshest charging ‘desert’ for electric cars. Local activists want to change that

In Imperial County, residents have access to few public chargers and buy electric cars at only a fifth of the statewide rate.

By Alejandro Lazo . 22 May 2024
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Nine states pledge to boost heat pumps to 90% of home equipment sales by 2040

Northeast and Western states seek to make high-efficiency electric technology the norm in residential space heating and cooling and water heating.

By Annie Ropeik . 7 February 2024
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How California’s electric cars can feed the grid and help avoid brownouts

Using electric vehicles' giant batteries to store excess energy could help California when its grid is strained, but the technology is still rare and expensive.

By Alejandro Lazo . 20 July 2023
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Commentary: California’s Clean Cars rule would deliver jobs, household savings in other states

California’s new clean-vehicle policy will transform the world’s second largest car market, write guest commentators Rachel Goldstein and Daniel O’Brien.

By Rachel Goldstein . 11 April 2023
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California's revised climate strategy relies on carbon capture

The new version of California’s climate plan sets a more stringent — some say unrealistic — target for cutting greenhouse gases. It also relies more on controversial carbon capture projects.

By Nadia Lopez . 16 November 2022
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Cool tomatoes? Agrivoltaics could help California crop, if the economics pan out

Emerging research suggests growing tomato plants below and between solar panels could help the country’s billion-dollar-plus tomato industry, especially in places where it faces increasing stress from heat and drought.

By Kari Lydersen . 25 October 2022
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Why Minnesota Democrats aren’t embracing California’s ban on new gas cars

Some states plan to join California in largely banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, but Minnesota doesn't seem poised to follow suit.

By Walker Orenstein . 22 September 2022
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Commentary: To respond to extreme weather grid challenges, California should better harness automated smart technology

Let’s put our smart devices to work, writes guest commentator Amanda Myers Wisser.

By Amanda Myers Wisser . 22 September 2022
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Commentary: Stronger electric vehicle standards are a health imperative for California

Electrifying our cars and trucks as quickly as possible will make a significant impact in reducing preventable deaths, writes guest commentator Johnny A. Negusse.

By Johnny A. Negusse . 1 August 2022