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PG&E Advances Deployment of Community Microgrids, Announces New Grant Agreements ...
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Fusion42 · 17 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
PG&E announced $30 million in new grants and funding rounds to advance community microgrids across Northern and Central California, focusing on rural, coastal, Tribal, and high wildfire risk areas. The projects feature advanced solar-plus-storage and innovative pumped-hydro energy storage (FLASHES) systems aimed at enhancing local resilience and power continuity during outages for critical community services.
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Your local clean energy projects can now secure development support as PG&E’s microgrid incentives unlock new funding rounds. If your startup provides solar-plus-storage or innovative energy storage tech, this funding wave could open partnership or pilot opportunities in California’s resilience initiatives.
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