‘General’ Category

The Challenge Ahead: GHG Emissions Reporting and Expanding Electricity Markets As electricity markets expand across the West, accurately accounting for and reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with generation will [...]

In 2021, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) established the Unintentional Islanding Working Group (UIWG) to review, discuss, evaluate, and recommend distribution system-level solutions to unintentional island formation arising from [...]

Introduction Hydrogen’s buzz vibrates ever louder as Western states prepare public-private applications responding to the Department of Energy’s Hydrogen Shot due in April 2023 and developers propose increasing numbers of [...]

Smart, passionate leaders in California’s diverse communities are focused and ready to make the changes needed to achieve California’s energy goals—and they’re waiting for California’s policies and programs to catch […]

In September 2019, Gridworks published, California’s Gas System in Transition: Equitable, Affordable, Decarbonized and Smaller. The paper noted that electrification of buildings in California would reduce throughput (the volume delivered) [...]

Microgrid policy discussions are picking up in legislatures and PUCs across the West. Particular emphasis is being placed on addressing resiliency and reliability issues in light of increasing climate change-driven […]

This post is the third in a series on Gridworks’ project on high road labor standards in transportation electrification.  Check out our earlier post here.       To better understand high road […]

“Deliberate policy interventions are necessary in order to advance job quality and social equity as California transitions to a carbon-neutral economy, just as such efforts are required to reduce pollution, […]

This month Gridworks was pleased to welcome Aimee Barnes to our Board of Directors. Aimee brings over 15 years’ experience in climate, energy, and sustainability, spanning the state, federal and […]