PJM, ERCOT and CAISO have asked the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to remove language from a draft order that they say could undermine the broad exemptions the commission granted RTOs and ISOs in 2013. The three grid operators filed joint comments last week concerning CFTC’s May 2015 draft order on a request from SPP seeking … Continue reading PJM: CFTC Order on SPP Undermines Exemption
California May Allow Distributed Resources into Wholesale Market Traditionally, distributed energy resources (DER) have been too small to bid into energy markets. The California Independent System Operator (CAISO), which oversees the California power market, typically requires projects to be at least 500 kW in order to participate in the market. In order to promote small-scale … Continue reading California May Allow Distributed Resources into Wholesale Market
US power landscape prepares for markets, demand to heat up with summer Summer for the power markets typically means volatility as demand shoots up with hot weather and prices bounce around as generators and traders try to provide the energy where it is needed. Before each summer, grid operators across the United States gear up … Continue reading US #power landscape prepares for markets, demand to heat up with summer
Joining CAISO has many benefits In the article “PUC lifts load in power debates” (Las Vegas Sun, June 14), it states that NV Energy is joining California Independent System Operators (CAISO), an energy network from which NV Energy can buy extra power when needed at the lowest possible rate. More importantly, NV Energy can sell … Continue reading Joining CAISO has many benefits
Drought cuts power production of California dams Shasta Dam, looming more than 600 feet tall and gatekeeper of the largest man-made lake in California, was designed to perform two crucial functions: Store water and generate power. And for decades, the massive concrete structure has channeled water to cities and farms while generating up to 710 … Continue reading #Drought cuts power production of California dams
Utilities look to turn their water pipes into hydropower Faced with falling revenue because of water conservation, some utilities are looking to make money from the water pipes they already have in the ground—and creating low-cost hydroelectric energy in the process. “Small hydropower” captures electricity by using water that flows through a pipe to turn … Continue reading #Utilities look to turn their water pipes into #hydropower
Troubling Interdependency of Water and Power In Modesto, Calif., utility records chart an 18 percent rise in farmers’ energy use in 2014 compared with 2013. No evidence shows exactly why this happened, but California’s drought, now in its fourth year, sent many farmers to their wells to pump from hidden aquifers water that normally would … Continue reading Troubling Interdependency of #Water and #Power
How California is Integrating Renewable Energy Without Blowing a Fuse When Thomas Edison flipped the switch on his coal-fired central power station in Manhattan back in 1882, its function was simple: move power in one direction, from the generator to the consumer. There was little diversity in this system and no regard for source energy … Continue reading How California is Integrating Renewable Energy Without Blowing a Fuse
‘Smart Grid’ Comes to Live Oak Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is installing intelligent switches to build a smart grid serving the Live Oak area. In the event of an outage, this self-healing technology can isolate a trouble spot such as a downed power line or a utility pole damaged by a car crash, … Continue reading ‘Smart Grid’ Comes to Live Oak
California’s Plan to Turn Distributed Energy Resources Into Grid Market Players Grid operator CAISO could let aggregated solar, storage, EVs and DR serve grid markets as soon as next year—with some limits. California is already busy creating new regulations and market structures to integrate rooftop solar, behind-the-meter batteries, plug-in electric vehicles and fast-acting demand response … Continue reading California’s Plan to Turn Distributed Energy Resources Into Grid Market Players
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