Electricity Consumption Continues To Fall Electricity sales in 2016 fell, the sixth year in the past ten in which America’s electricity users managed to do with less. Industrial firms made the sharpest cuts in their electricity usage. Their consumption fell in seven of the past ten years. The 1.3 percent drop in total consumption in … Continue reading Electricity Consumption Continues To Fall
Cutting Back on Energy Use in Data Centers Reducing power consumption becoming a top priority for facility managers The most recent Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) shows that office buildings with data centers have significantly higher computing, cooling, and total electricity intensity (consumption per square foot) than office buildings without data centers. That is … Continue reading Cutting Back on Energy Use in #Data_Centers
Get ready for virtual power plants Amid the cacophony of gadget-related technology news that heralds every New Year in the form of the annual CES exhibition, you might have missed the relatively quiet proclamation in early January that smart grid tech pioneer Viridity Energy is being acquired for $35 million by renewable energy developer Ormat … Continue reading Get ready for #virtual_power_plants
ERCOT sets new winter peak demand and January peak demand records AUSTIN, TX, Jan. 9, 2017 – ERCOT set another new winter demand record on Jan. 6, 2017. Electricity demand reached 59,650 MW during the 6-7 p.m. hour, blowing right past the previous winter record of 57,924 MW set just a couple weeks earlier on … Continue reading ERCOT sets new winter peak demand and January peak demand records
Trial date set for ERCOT-Panda case about electricity demand projections A blustery cold day seemed appropriate Thursday as the parties to a lawsuit over the state’s power supply projections met to discuss sealing documents. In February, Panda Power Generation Infrastructure and its subsidiaries sued the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. saying the latter offered … Continue reading Trial date set for ERCOT – #Panda case about electricity demand projections
PJM, Members Ready To Meet Winter Electricity Demand VALLEY FORGE, Pa., Dec. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — PJM Interconnection, which manages the high-voltage power grid for 61 million consumers in 13 states and Washington, D.C., expects to have sufficient resources to meet forecasted demand for electricity this winter. “PJM and our members have taken steps to … Continue reading PJM, Members Ready To Meet Winter Electricity Demand
Southwest Power Pool sets new winter peak demand record The Southwest Power Pool set a new winter peak demand record of 37,780 MW, the grid operator said. SPP set the new record at 7:21 am Friday, beating the previous record of 37,412 MW set January 18, 2016. North Hub on-peak day-ahead LMP was $33.91/MWh for … Continue reading Southwest Power Pool sets new #winter_peak demand record
Winter residential electricity consumption expected to increase from last winter EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) projects that the average residential customer will consume 4% more electricity over December through March compared with the same period last winter. However, this forecast is highly dependent on winter temperatures. If temperatures are warmer than expected, as they have … Continue reading Winter residential electricity consumption expected to increase from last winter
Texas Hits New Wind Generation Record Of 45% Total Electric Demand Texas grid operator Electric Reliability Council of Texas announced that on Sunday, wind electricity generation hit a new peak record and represented approximately 45% of total electric demand at the time, topping 15,000 MW for the first time. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas … Continue reading #Texas Hits New Wind Generation Record Of 45% Total Electric Demand
Xcel Energy pilot programs will charge extra for electricity used in high-demand periods Xcel Energy will drop a proposal to add a grid-use charge to customers’ bills in favor of two pilot programs that adjust electricity rates higher during periods of peak demand or boost rates when customers usage surges. Xcel Energy and 22 parties … Continue reading #Xcel_Energy pilot programs will charge extra for electricity used in high – demand periods
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