Tuesday brought very good news for California in terms of meeting its 2020 deadline of getting at least 1/3 of the state’s total energy from renewable sources like solar and wind. After a short period of debate, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved two San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) contracts to purchase more solar energy in the next 2-3 years. SDG&E is one of California’s three main investor owned utilities (IOU’s) and serves millions of residential and commercial energy customers throughout southern California, so more solar for this utility is sure to spread solar all over the region.

New Jersey solar champion Ralph Izzo, Chairman of PSEG, made strong statements today about how to revise national energy transmission to best support renewables.