State Regulators Approve SDG&E Solar Power Initiative

SAN DIEGO, CA — (Marketwire) — 09/02/10 — The California Public Utilities Commission : http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/puc/ today approved a San Diego Gas & Electric : http://sdge.com/index/ (SDG&E) solar power initiative that provides for 100 megawatts (MW) of photovoltaic (PV) solar energy.

Under the initiative, 26 MW of utility-owned generation would be slated for construction on existing SDG&E property, with the remaining 74 MW to be purchased from independent power producers.

The initiative could more than double the approximately 80 MW of solar power currently generated in the utility’s service territory.

The program calls for SDG&E to install and

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