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SDG&E Aims At Net Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 2045
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), the electric and gas utility which serves the San Diego region, says it is pledging to reach net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2045. According to the company, as part of that effort, it is developing two new hydrogen pilot projects, has nearly completed an additional battery storage facility, and is piloting a program to use electric school buses for vehicle-to-grid efforts. SDG&E called getting to net zero GHG emissions by 2045 a moonshot challenge . SDG&E follows a similar announcement by Southern California Gas (SoCalGas). Those utilities and others are following California mandate to become net zero emissions by 2045. Natural gas utilities have felt particular pressure as environmental groups and lawmakers have been pushing to phase out the use of gas in both transportation and buildings, as it is a potent greenhouse gas prior to use, and still emits pollution when
This is absolutely the wrong time for utility bills or any bills to be going up, said Mark Toney, the Executive Director of The Utility Reform Network. We re in the middle of the worst public health crisis with coronavirus that we have ever seen in our lifetime.
The filing is an Energy Resource Recovery Account trigger application. SDG&E said it is required to submit the filing when the actual cost of power is different than what it charged customers. A spokesperson told NBC 7 Responds that the filing is triggered automatically when that cost is too far off.
In documents submitted to the CPUC by SDG&E, the utility said it paid more for electricity due to warmer than expected weather. In those documents, SDG&E also estimates by March 2021 it will have under-collected $181 million.
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