#California

Massive blaze at a substation in Tehama County knocks out power and lights up the night sky; cause under investigation.

Tandem PV secures $50 M to build a US solar plant, advancing high-efficiency perovskite panels.

PG&E has installed a new transformer at the Del Monte Substation in Monterey, California.

The project aims to enhance the western electric grid and bring more than 3000 MW of renewable energy resources to consumers.

The selected projects will support 85 GW of capacity by 2035, including the first phase of development expected to bring offshore wind energy from the North Coast to the state grid.

Southern California Edison and Lotus Infrastructure Partners have won a tender to deliver transmission infrastructure in California to accommodate more renewables.

Intersect Power has announced the commercial operation of its Oberon Solar + Storage project, located in Riverside County, California.

California is facing a new energy crisis, and this time, it could impact the state’s goal of building more than 2 million new homes by 2030.

An engineer faces charges that he bombed two electrical transformers, cutting power to 1,500 customers in California, federal officials reported.

Caltrain energizes second power substation; in Texas, transformers are delivered with the help of a heavy haulier company; while in India, a new transformer alleviates increased electricity needs.

USA, California, Los Angeles: Hitachi Energy is selected to modernize a power transmission link between Utah and the Los Angeles area of California.

USA: A California man accused of blowing up two Pacific Gas and Electric transformers allegedly had large amounts of explosive materials his home.

USA: California on 5 September called a power grid emergency amid a historic heat wave that is pushing the state’s grid to its brink.

USA, California: Leaders of Pacific Gas Electric Co. are in talks with seven companies about their plans to underground 16,000 km of power lines in California.

USA, California: Governor Newsom has established a contingency plan to increase electricity reliability this summer and fall.

A multi-million-dollar transmission line in Eddy County was completed by a major utility provider in the area.

To provide greater reliability and increased capacity, Pacific Gas and Electric Company will be upgrading the substation located in Colusa.

Dozens of residents were out of their homes on 31 August after an electrical fire knocked out power at a mobile home park in Desert Hot Springs.

In pursuit of creating an entirely new, modular, flexible and resilient power grid, LF Energy has launched its Digital Substation Automation Systems initiative.

The California Public Utilities Commission approved Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s comprehensive and cost-effective microgrid proposal.

USA, California, Burbank: An explosion at a power substation sent heavy smoke and a massive fireball into the sky in Burbank on 10 April.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has approved a $1 B solar project in Southern California, Kallanish Energy reports.

PG&E will open a new substation training facility at Livermore Training Center to give its employees experience in a safe and controlled environment before going into the field.

USA, California: 140,000 customers in the San Fernando Valley lost power after an explosion at a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power plant in Northridge caused a fire that burned for hours.