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21 Feb, 2012Green firm signs deal to sell solar energy
The Sacramento Bee: Folsom-based 8minutenergy Renewables LLC and its Virginia partner have signed a 25-year contract to sell electricity produced by an Imperial Valley solar farm to San Diego Gas & Electric.
21 Feb, 2012Incentives help Sacramento Valley farmers replace diesel pumps with electric to cut pollution
The Sacramento Bee: A wine grape vineyard in Galt is helping to clear the air in the Sacramento Valley. The ranch is one of hundreds that are replacing sooty diesel irrigation pumps with cleaner electric pumps.
17 Feb, 20128minutenergy subsidiary lands contract with San Diego utility
Sacramento Business Journal: A subsidiary of Folsom’s 8minutenergy Renewables LLC has signed a 25-year contract with San Diego Gas & Electric to sell power from its 200-megawatt Mount Signal solar farm in Imperial Valley.
17 Feb, 2012SMUD ties for No. 1 in satisfaction survey
The Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento Municipal Utility District tied for first among midsize utilities in the West in J.D. Power and Associates' 2012 electric utility business customer satisfaction study.
16 Feb, 2012SMUD ties for No. 1 in customer satisfaction
Sacramento Business Journal: The Sacramento Municipal Utility District tied for the highest ranking among midsize utilities in the West, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Electric Utility Business Customer Satisfaction Study released Wednesday.
14 Feb, 2012PG&E has record 300 bids for renewable energy projects
Sacramento Business Journal: Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s 2011 solicitation for new supplies of renewable energy brought in more than 300 offers, a new record for the utility.
10 Feb, 2012Energy Commission awards electric vehicle planning grant
Sacramento Business Journal: The Sacramento region has been granted $200,000 from the California Energy Commission to promote the use of plug-in electric vehicles and simplify their rollout.
8 Feb, 2012Report: Sacramento region loses fewer green jobs than other sectors
Sacramento Business Journal: The Sacramento region, the Bay Area and the San Diego region have shown the greatest resilience when it comes to retaining “green” jobs, according to a new report released late Tuesday.
8 Feb, 2012Sacramento loses clean-tech jobs in 2010, for first time since 1999
The Sacramento Bee: Sacramento's green economy employed 200 fewer people in 2010, the first industrywide job decline since 1995, according to a new report.
2 Feb, 2012Revenue soars for Sacramento-area clean tech firms, report says
The Sacramento Bee: Sacramento's clean tech companies more than doubled their revenue over the past three years while providing job growth in a region hard hit by the economic downturn.