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California: Tell the Senate To Empower You To Protect Your Own Privacy Californians have a constitutional right to privacy, and 94 percent of Californians agree they should be able to take companies that violate their privacy to court . S.B. 561, authored by Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson , would provide consumers with that right and also improve existing tools for the state attorney general to enforce the California Consumer Privacy Act. This bill is the only one in the California legislature today to strengthen enforcement of the CCPA. California State Sen. Anthony Portantino, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, will make the decision about whether to move this bill forward next week. Your voice is essential to supporting this bill. Please take five minutes to call Sen. Portantino’s Sacramento or district offices to tell him that you support S.B. 561 and think people should have the right to sue companies that violate their privacy. Sacramento: (916) 651-4025 Glendale:...

Before turning in for the night at home, do you lock the doors, adjust the thermostat, and shut off the lights? Or do you ask your smart home to take care of everything for you? If it’s the latter, you’re part of a revolution that is changing the way people live around the globe. The worldwide installed base for smart home devices is expected to reach 286 million residences by 2022, with a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 29 percent during the forecast period. Germany, Britain, and France expect a combined growth of 24 percent in the same timeframe . And according to one report, Asia Pacific will account for approximately 30 percent of smart homes by 2030 and “could come to dominate the global market .” So what exactly is a smart home? A residence where technology allows users to control their home’s devices via a smart phone or Internet connection from anywhere in the world at any time. With the data gathered by these interoperable devices, users can increase their home’s safety, com...

Utilities and energy consumers are working together to combat the growing threat of climate change. Utilities are digitizing networks to improve the integration of renewable energy resources using smart grids and microgrids and increasing energy efficiency. At the same time, consumers are reducing their carbon footprint by becoming prosumers who produce their own energy, as well as changing their energy consumption patterns. Microgrids play an important role in building a low-carbon future because they bring resilience to the main grid, optimize energy costs, allow for renewable energy hosting, increase electrical vehicle integration, and improve energy accessibility. Microgrids are able to operate flexibly within their perimeter of control by using electric or thermal storage, load shedding, and shifting. This flexibility use enables the self-consumption of renewable energy, peak shaving strategies that will flatten the load curve, and tariff management. For tariff management, uti...