State and Local Policy

PG&E
California Energy Commission Explores Complexity of Vehicle-to-grid Connections
Interest is growing in bidirectional charging from vehicle batteries, but utilities and homeowners have different perspectives on the technology.
Seattle City Light
EV Road Usage Charge Bill Floated in Wash. House
The bill to create a road usage fee for electric and hybrid vehicles in Washington is more of a conversation starter than a nailed-down piece of legislation.
Solar Landscape
NJ Senate Committee Backs Clean Energy Bills
The New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee has backed bills that would increase the state’s planned community solar program by 50%.
Gov. Wes Moore
Moore Names Consumer Advocate to Head Md. PSC
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has nominated a consumer advocate and a natural gas advocate to two of the three soon-to-be open seats on the PSC.
CJWG
NY CJWG Poised to Select a 35% DAC Coverage Threshold
The New York Climate Justice Working Group appears ready to designate 35% of New York’s 2020 census tracts as disadvantaged communities.
Mahopac Volunteer Fire Department
NY PSC Accepts $2.75M NYSEG Settlement over Gas Leak Fire
New York regulators approved a $2.75 million settlement with New York State Electric and Gas over a gas leak that led to a fire last February.
NJBPU / Ørsted
New Jersey BPU Grants Second Easement for OSW Project
N.J. regulators overruled local governments to grant the state’s first offshore wind project an easement to connect its turbines to a substation onshore.
Dana Nessel
Mich. AG Nessel Calls for More Transparency on Utility Lobbying
Michigan utilities would have to provide more transparency on their spending to influence rate cases under regulations proposed by the attorney general.
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Mahony Named Mass. DOER Commissioner
The former deputy of new Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has been picked to lead the state’s Department of Energy Resources.
Berkeley Lab
Study: Program Boosted Calif. Home Solar Above US Average
A California incentive program may have helped boost the rate of solar installation in new homes in the state to 40% in 2019, a Berkeley Lab study found.

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