California muni ditches San Juan plant ownership to be coal free by the end of 2017 SVP’s decision to divest its stake in the controversial San Juan coal-generation station comes on the heels of a December 2015 decision by New Mexico’s utility regulators to allow PNM to continue burning coal at the coal plant while … Continue reading California muni ditches San Juan plant ownership to be coal free by the end of 2017→
PUD officially pulls the plug on tidal-energy project EVERETT — Snohomish County Public Utility District is closing the book on its mulitmillion-dollar experiment to draw electricity from ocean tides. The PUD has asked federal regulators to cancel its license for the project, which the district stopped working on in September 2014. The project “is no … Continue reading PUD officially pulls the plug on #tidal_energy project→
Sunny Nevada is killing the solar industry in the state with new net-metering rules To drive out solar power companies out of sunny Nevada, you have to do something pretty bad. This is exactly what happened while most of us weren’t paying attention, enjoying the holidays (or stressing out, depending…). The Nevada Public Utility Commission … Continue reading Sunny #Nevada is killing the solar industry in the state with new #net-metering rules→
Buffett’s Bolshevik: Dissecting NV Energy’s Soviet-Style Sabotage Of Distributed Energy On Wednesday, Nevada’s Public Utility Commission (PUC) radically revised the state’s net-energy metering (NEM) rules, which determine the price utilities pay for electricity supplied by customer-sited solar panels to utilities. Under the revised NEM rules, utilities will pay significantly less for electricity purchased from customers … Continue reading #Buffett ‘s Bolshevik: Dissecting #NV_Energy ‘s Soviet-Style Sabotage Of #Distributed_Energy→
NERC’s 10-Year Grid Assessment: Enough Power, And Some Challenges The latest edition of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) report on long-term power supply and reliability trends over the next decade says that we have enough power to meet demand through at least 2025. NERC, the nation’s overseer of high power electric grid reliability, … Continue reading NERC ‘s 10-Year Grid Assessment: Enough Power, And Some Challenges→
MESA, vanadium batteries put to the test in Pacific Northwest The future of utility-scale energy storage could soon be on display in the Pacific Northwest. Three Washington state utilities are deploying a total of five cutting-edge systems that will be evaluated by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash. Three of the systems were … Continue reading MESA, #vanadium batteries put to the test in #Pacific_Northwest→
Oregon saddles up to implement trailblazing energy storage mandate In 2016, Oregon’s utilities and energy sector stakeholders will have the chance to set the bar on the value and benefits of energy storage. In the new year, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) will convene a proceeding on the state’s new energy storage law, which … Continue reading #Oregon saddles up to implement trailblazing energy storage mandate→
Northwest Power draft plan sees little new generation coming for BPA Montanans have a chance to weigh in on a plan that tells one of the biggest power suppliers in the nation how to manage its business. The Northwest Power and Conservation Council meets in Kalispell on Monday and in Missoula on Tuesday for public … Continue reading Northwest Power draft plan sees little new generation coming for #BPA→
Complaint charges Duke Energy touts clean power in West while polluting Southeast The nation’s largest utility and a leading developer of renewable energy for the Los Angeles area is under fire in a complaint that accuses the company of being one of the worst polluters in the country. In a 27-page complaint to the North … Continue reading Complaint charges #Duke_Energy touts clean power in #West while polluting #Southeast→
New NV Energy power plant would raise customers’ rates, study shows CARSON CITY – Southern Nevada utility customers will pay more for electricity if NV Energy is allowed to build its own new 706 megawatt natural gas power plant rather than continue to purchase energy from existing plants, an analysis released Tuesday shows. The study … Continue reading New #NV_Energy power plant would raise customers’ rates, study shows→
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