Livermore Battery Expansion, Brentwood Air Taxi & Delta Farm Report

Energy resilience, regional mobility, and agricultural preservation shaped major developments across the Tri-Valley, East Contra Costa County, and the neighboring Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta this week.

Livermore's Your Energy Solutions Expands NEM 3.0 Battery Storage Portfolio

In Livermore, solar and energy storage contractor Your Energy Solutions announced on November 7, 2026 an expansion of its residential and commercial battery storage programs across the San Francisco Bay Area and Central Valley. Operating from its headquarters at 290 Rickenbacker Circle in Livermore (and a Central Valley office in Manteca) since 2008 under California contractor license #928652, the company is scaling installations of Tesla Powerwall, SolarEdge, Enphase, FranklinWH, and Fortress Power battery systems backed by a 25-year manufacturer warranty and a 10-year workmanship warranty.

Under California's Net Energy Metering 3.0 (NEM 3.0) framework, utility export credits for standalone rooftop solar dropped significantly, making paired battery storage essential for capturing daytime solar generation and discharging stored power during peak evening time-of-use (TOU) utility windows. The company's in-house engineering teams configure both new solar-plus-storage installations and AC-coupled battery retrofits to provide whole-home or critical-load backup during Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) and seasonal grid outages across Livermore, Dublin, Pleasanton, San Ramon, and Danville.

Electric Air Taxi Simulator Arrives in Brentwood to Test 90% Faster East Bay Commutes

Northeast of the Tri-Valley, East Contra Costa commuters are getting a hands-on preview of regional electric aviation. As reported by KCBS Radio, an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi simulator has landed in Brentwood, allowing local residents and transportation planners to test how point-to-point aerial corridors could connect East Bay communities with job centers across the Bay Area.

According to project organizers, electric air taxi routes linking eastern Contra Costa and Tri-Valley hubs to core Bay Area employment centers have the potential to cut peak Highway 4 and Interstate 580/680 commute times by up to 90% while producing zero operational tailpipe emissions.

State Commission Draft Report Calls for Saving Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Farmland

Directly bordering eastern Contra Costa and San Joaquin counties, the California Delta Protection Commission released a draft report calling for coordinated state and local action to halt the loss of agricultural land across the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Commission Executive Director Amanda Bohl said the report aims to elevate the economic and ecological value of Delta agriculture, which anchors a broader $61 billion California agricultural economy across a 737,662-acre region home to roughly 500,000 residents.

According to the commission's findings, farming remains the single largest land use in the Delta at 56%, or 416,709 acres, supporting crops including corn, alfalfa, wheat, wine grapes, pears, tomatoes, and asparagus. However, agricultural acreage has dropped from 538,000 acres in 1991—a loss of more than 121,000 acres driven by urban encroachment, habitat conversions, soil subsidence, and rising water salinity. Protection of those low-lying islands relies on 110 local reclamation districts that maintain more than 1,100 miles of levees. State Sen. Jerry McNerney (D-Pleasanton), Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom (D-Tracy), and Assemblymember Juan Alanis (R-Modesto) backed the commission's push for streamlined regulatory permitting, agritourism support, and sustained state funding for levee maintenance.