For years, California lawmakers were stymied. But now, at a crucial juncture for electricity in America, the state is embracing an ambitious and long-awaited plan: to buy and sell far, far more power ...

The 105-megawatt Pastoria Solar Project represents the largest renewable energy project contracted by the California Department of Water Resources.

The Plug and Play Solar Act, which passed on a 35-1 vote, would allow portable solar generation devices with up to 1,200 W of ...

Renewable energy developer Terra-Gen marked commercial operations at its 125-MW Lockhart III solar project in San Bernardino ...

AB 942 would cut the 20-year contract that allows utility companies to pay them for solar power generated. California Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy will hear and vote on the bill on ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - California sunshine will be providing electrical power for MidAmerican Energy Holdings of Des Moines. The corporate parent of MidAmerican Energy has signed agreements to purchase the ...

California can’t seem to decide whether it wants to maintain its status as the nation’s rooftop solar leader. Two years after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s appointees slashed incentive payments for newly ...

WASHINGTON — Solar power is growing so fast in California — with installations by customers increasing tenfold since 2006 — the renewable energy source is turning the power system upside down. In a ...

Rows of solar panels located at the Pastoria facilities on Thursday in Arvin, Calif. For the record:3:23 p.m. April 23, 2026: An earlier version of this article misstated the purchase price for solar ...