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Grid resiliency and energy storage bill passes Massachusetts House

Grid resiliency and energy storage bill passes Massachusetts House BOSTON — Clean energy storage could get a boost under grid resiliency legislation approved by the Massachusetts House of Representatives on Thursday. Among other things, H.4739 instructs the Department of Energy Resources to study the feasibility of mobile battery storage systems. Such systems could take the … Continue reading Grid resiliency and energy storage bill passes Massachusetts House

Stored energy helped GMP save $500K during heatwave

Stored energy helped GMP save $500K during heatwave Vermont Business Magazine The heat wave is over, the numbers are in, and Green Mountain Power’s innovative network of Tesla Powerwall batteries in customers’ homes, and larger community storage with solar installations, helped GMP cut carbon and costs for customers. GMP leveraged stored energy to accomplish the … Continue reading Stored energy helped GMP save $500K during heatwave

FERC Thwarts ISONE ’s Attempt to Keep #Mystic Gas Units Online

FERC Thwarts ISO-NE’s Attempt to Keep Mystic Gas Units Online The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on July 2 denied ISO-New England’s (ISO-NE’s) request for a tariff waiver to keep two gas-fired units—a total capacity of 1,700 MW—at Exelon’s Mystic Generating Plant in Boston, Massachusetts, running to address “fuel security risks.” The commission instead gave … Continue reading FERC Thwarts ISONE ’s Attempt to Keep #Mystic Gas Units Online

Sunshine is the best disinfectant for secrecy at New England Power Pool

Sunshine is the best disinfectant for secrecy at New England Power Pool Secret regional tribunals with the ability to drive billions of dollars in infrastructure investments, concerning a service that few people can live without, are something of a rarity here in New England. But I happen to be a member of such a body: … Continue reading Sunshine is the best disinfectant for secrecy at New England Power Pool

Is #New_Hampshire on the verge of battery energy storage history?

Is New Hampshire on the verge of battery energy storage history? A small investor-owned utility in New Hampshire may be on the verge of regulatory approval for one of the most ambitious U.S. tests yet of utility-owned, customer-sited battery energy storage systems. In the process, regulators and stakeholders of the DE 17-189 proceeding are wrestling … Continue reading Is #New_Hampshire on the verge of battery energy storage history?

In #Massachusetts, capacity ownership of distributed resources could determine fate of storage

In Massachusetts, capacity ownership of distributed resources could determine fate of storage A little-noticed debate in Massachusetts could have a big impact on the trajectory of the state’s energy storage market. Earlier this month, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) convened a technical conference on solar and storage facilities participating in ISO-New England’s forward … Continue reading In #Massachusetts, capacity ownership of distributed resources could determine fate of storage

ISO-NE implements ‘pay-for-performance’ capacity market incentives

ISO-NE implements ‘pay-for-performance’ capacity market incentives As of June 1 the ISO New England has integrated new “pay-for-performance” (PFP) incentives into its forward capacity market, designed to address rising generator outage rates which have left some power plants unavailable during critical times. The grid operator will use a system of incentives and fees designed to … Continue reading ISO-NE implements ‘pay-for-performance’ capacity market incentives

#Competitive_Power_Ventures and #GE Achieve Commercial Operation at 805-MW CPV Towantic Energy Center Connecticut

Competitive Power Ventures and GE Achieve Commercial Operation at 805-MW CPV Towantic Energy Center Connecticut New CT Private Energy Project Now Supplying Efficient, Reliable and Environmentally Responsible Power on ISO-NE Grid Silver Spring, Maryland, June 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) and its partners including GE Energy Financial Services (GE EFS) today … Continue reading #Competitive_Power_Ventures and #GE Achieve Commercial Operation at 805-MW CPV Towantic Energy Center Connecticut

States want more time to craft responses to complaint over ISO-NE fuel security proposal

States want more time to craft responses to complaint over ISO-NE fuel security proposal New England states have asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for more time to respond to generators’ complaint challenging the regional grid operator’s plan to keep certain natural gas-fired units online for fuel security. ISO New England in a May 2 … Continue reading States want more time to craft responses to complaint over ISO-NE fuel security proposal