Crucial California energy reform hinges on critical fix to Senate Bill 540 | Opinion
Cooperation beats isolation. Lawmakers should remove the poison pill from SB 540 and strengthen California’s energy alliances before it’s too late.
American Clean Power
ACP-California | California Builds Power
What We Do: American Clean Power-California represents the solar, wind, battery storage, geothermal and transmission companies building California’s clean energy future. As the industry’s united voice, ACP-CA helps shape policy and regulation to make clean power achievable, affordable and reliable while delivering a new generation of energy jobs.
Our Priority Issues
- Build Faster: California needs to build faster and build bigger to meet rising energy demand and accomplish its climate goals. ACP-CA is ready with proposals to accelerate deployment, spend smarter and strengthen the grid.
- Transmission: ACP-CA is pushing California to move more quickly to build the modern transmission lines needed to bring new clean power online.
- Markets: ACP-CA advocates legislation to grow the market for clean energy produced in California while expanding clean power adoption and production across the West.
- Resource Diversity: ACP-CA is home to the California Council of Offshore Wind Leaseholders, which represents the five leaseholders developing the West Coast’s first offshore wind projects. The Council works with state leaders to promote smart deployment of the technology, which has the potential to power millions of homes and help California meet rising energy demand.
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Press Room
What ACP-CA is saying:
- July 23, 2025 –ACP-California proposes energy emergency order to maximize expiring federal tax credits, save money on electric bills
- April 23, 2025 – ICYMI: E&E News: Quirky California clean energy tax could cost ratepayers, report says
- February 20, 2025 – Statement: ACP-CA supports SB 540 to unlock benefits of expanded Western energy markets
- February 11, 2025 – Statement: ACP-CA, clean energy industry groups support SB 302 to speed deployment and lower costs
- January 30, 2025 – Statement: California Solar Symposium kicks off Feb. 10
- December 9, 2024 – Statement: ACP-CA Announces Wes Venteicher as New Communications Director
- September 11, 2024 – Oped: “Now is Not the Time to Block San Diego’s Transition to Clean Power” (Voice of San Diego)
- August 22, 2024 – Statement: CPUC Decision Authorizing Central Procurement of 10.6GW of Clean Energy
- February 5, 2024 – Oped: “CPUC Should Jumpstart Offshore Wind to Meet Climate Goals” (Capitol Weekly)
- October 7, 2023 – Statement: Governor’s Signature of AB 1373
- August 31, 2023 – Statement: Central Procurement
- May 18, 2023 – Statement: Governor’s Engagement in Energy Regionalization Initiative
- February 22, 2023 – Statement: California Joining White House Offshore Wind Implementation Partnership
- September 1, 2022 – Statement: Diablo Canyon Extension
- August 25, 2022 – Oped: “If Newsom Wants Climate Action, Why Dismiss a California Clean Energy Plan as ‘Fairy Dust’?” (Sacramento Bee)
- August 12, 2022 – Statement: Transmission Legislation, Clean Power Champion Awards
Membership
ACP-CA is a state project of the national American Clean Power Association. ACP-CA manages its work in California through a land-based subcommittee and offshore wind subcommittee.
Staff
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- Alex Jackson – Director, Land-based subcommittee
- Molly Croll – Director, Offshore wind subcommittee
- Wes Venteicher – Communications Director, ACP-California
Membership
Land-Based Members
- Avangrid Power
- BayWa r.e. USA
- BHE Renewables
- Clearway Energy Group
- EDF Power Solutions
- EDP Renewables North America
- ENGIE North America
- Fervo Energy
- Golden State Clean Energy
- Intersect Power
- Invenergy
- LS Power
- NextEra Energy Resources
- Pattern Energy Group Services, LP
- RWE Renewables Americas, LLC
Offshore Wind Members
- Avangrid Power
- Equinor
- Invenergy
- Ocean Winds
- RWE Renewables Americas, LLC
- Vineyard Offshore
- Vestas Wind Systems A/S
Contact
For more information contact Alex Jackson, Director of ACP-CA.