The following are actions the Clean Coalition recommends in support of accelerating the transition to renewable energy and a modern grid by furthering wholesale distributed generation (WDG), Community Microgrids, and more.
There are no action alerts at this time.
The Clean Coalition took action by submitting written comment and providing public comment, to the City of Goleta, that contributed to the approval of a General Plan Amendment process for a 30 MW / 120 MWh battery energy storage system within the Goleta Load Pocket. When deployed, this will advance us toward the removal of the Ellwood Gas Peaker Plant and reaching 400 MWh energy storage requirement that’s needed to bring resilience to the Santa Barbara region.
The Clean Coalition took action in denying ExxonMobil’s plan to reopen retired oil wells in Santa Barbara County at the County of Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors meeting on 7 March 2022.
Please join the Clean Coalition in supporting the Strauss Wind Energy Project at the County of Santa Barbara Planning Commission meeting this Wednesday 20 November, starting at 9am. Comments can be emailed in advance to David Villalobos at [email protected].
Details on the project and the Planning Commission meeting are here.
This workshop provided an opportunity to give feedback to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on the Rule 21 Program project plan and research questions. The CPUC is undertaking a comprehensive evaluation of utility administration of the Rule 21 tariff to provide data and insight into each utility’s administration of the tariff. Rule 21 describes the process a developer must follow to connect their distributed energy resource (DER) to the grid.
How to attend the meeting and talking points
At the quarterly meeting of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Rule 21 Interconnection Discussion Forum, this topic was discussed: Utilities commonly require wholesale systems interconnecting under Rule 21 to install separate interconnecti
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