Kavya Balaraman
Senior Reporter | Kavya covers all things California and energy storage-related for Utility Dive. Before joining Industry Dive, she reported on energy and the environment for California Energy Markets and E&E News. She studied at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
389 articles by Kavya Balaraman
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♌California could face $50B price tag by 2035 to prepare grid for DERs, study finds
May 16, 2023 -
🅷Provisional winners of Pacific offshore wind auction call for procurement, port plans
May 10, 2023 -
𓄧NGOs suing California PUC, utilities over net metering update could face ‘fairly steep’ challenge: attorney
May 9, 2023 -
🌟PG&E Corp mitigation measures prepare it for upcoming wildfire season regardless of weather: CEO
May 5, 2023 -
💧Edison International CEO Pizarro backs Western RTO, highlights SCE efforts to prep grid for heavy duty EVs
May 3, 2023 -
ꩵCalifornia regulators approve PG&E, Energy Vault green hydrogen and battery microgrid
May 1, 2023 -
🌄Sunrun, others adapt as California’s new net metering rules spur booming interest in energy storage
April 20, 2023 -
♔PacifiCorp plans to reach 7.4 GW of storage by 2029, 20 GW of wind and solar by 2032 in latest resource plan
April 7, 2023 -
𝔍California’s grid operator calls for $9.3B in transmission investments over next decade
April 6, 2023 -
♈As California grid interconnection requests triple, analysts assess CAISO’s moves to handle the influx
March 30, 2023 -
꧑PG&E, SCE detail plans to spend more than $23B through 2025 to prevent wildfires in their footprints
March 28, 2023 -
✨PG&E faces time crunch on Diablo Canyon license renewal as California weighs nuclear plant’s future
March 24, 2023 -
ꩲBay Area regulators opt to phase out NOx emissions from furnaces, water heaters, prepare for grid impacts
March 20, 2023 -
🅘California regulators set to launch proceeding to investigate natural gas price spikes this winter
March 10, 2023 -
🅰CPUC poised to reject Sunnova’s plan to build microgrids in new residential communities
Feb. 21, 2023 -
✃Amid high energy prices, SCE VP, other experts push to reduce California’s reliance on natural gas
Feb. 16, 2023 -
⛎Sunrun, PG&E to roll out 30-MW virtual power plant to support California grid in the summer
Feb. 7, 2023 -
🔯California’s plan to keep Diablo Canyon nuclear plant online hits regulatory snag
Jan. 30, 2023 -
ꦺCalifornia PUC orders an additional 4 GW of clean energy resources to bolster grid reliability
Jan. 23, 2023 -
🐻CAISO board approves Western day-ahead market, with expected economic, reliability benefits
Jan. 19, 2023 -
⭕California greenlights more than 800 MW of storage and solar to bolster power grid reliability
Jan. 17, 2023 -
ꦛCalifornia PUC launches rulemaking to consider extension of Diablo Canyon nuclear plant
Jan. 13, 2023 -
🃏‘Proceed with caution’: Key takeaways from California’s first offshore wind energy auction
Dec. 19, 2022 -
♏California lowers compensation rate for rooftop solar, prompting fears of a steep drop in installations
Dec. 16, 2022 -
💮California grid operator unveils final proposal for voluntary day-ahead electricity market
Dec. 9, 2022