The Duck Curve#microgrids
PG&E picks six community microgrids for $30M in second incentive round
Pacific Gas and Electric Company said on September 17, 2026 that it selected six community microgrid projects in the second application window of its CPUC-authorized Microgrid Incentive Program, directing $30 million in awards of $2 million to $6 million each, and that several of the nine first-round awardees are executing grant agreements. Counting the first round at the $43 million the new release states (up to $43 million in the March 2025 release), PG&E puts its authorized community microgrid investment at more than $73 million of a $79.2 million allocation.
Duke Energy Florida turns a second grid battery into a community microgrid
Duke Energy Florida announced on August 31, 2026 that its 11 MW Trenton battery site in Gilchrist County was upgraded in the summer of 2026 to island from the grid and back up approximately 1,500 customers for up to four hours during outages. It is the second of the utility's six Florida battery sites with the capability, after Micanopy; in February 2025 Duke said its goal was for most of them to be able to island by 2026.
