The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved a proposed decision from July allowing the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to procure up to 10.6 GW of centralised electical resources with long lead times, including offshore wind, geothermal, multi-day long-duration energy storage (LDES), and up to 1 GW of multi-hour discharge period of LDES. The maximum amount of this initial need determination under Assembly Bill 1373 will include up to 7.6GW of offshore wind and 1GW of geothermal. The CPUC has also set a floating offshore wind deployment target of 25 GW by 2045.

Solar Dominates US Energy Capacity Growth
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has published data showing that solar accounted for over 75% of US electrical generating







