In California, a Campaign to Take Transmission Charges Out of Distributed Energy One of the benefits of distributed energy resources like rooftop solar is that they generate power where it’s consumed, and don’t need to use high-voltage transmission lines to transmit power. So why are distributed energy resources (DERs) in California paying for access to … Continue reading In California, a Campaign to Take Transmission Charges Out of Distributed Energy→
Even Without Subsidies, Energy Storage Is Starting to Rival Conventional Resources The economics of storage aren’t easy to model. The technology can be used for so many applications — frequency regulation, equipment upgrade deferral, backup power, renewable energy integration, or peaking power — that it can be hard to compare storage to conventional generation. The … Continue reading Even Without Subsidies, Energy Storage Is Starting to Rival Conventional Resources→
Li-ion battery costs to fall 50% in next 5 years, driven by renewables Capital costs for lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are expected to come down by around 50% over the next five years, as a result of increased renewables generation, among other factors, finds Lazard in a new study looking at the levelised cost of storage … Continue reading Li-ion battery costs to fall 50% in next 5 years, driven by renewables→
ISO-NE seeks delay of demand response integration over FERC Order 745 legal worries A decision by the Supreme Court is not expected until next year and so the grid operator in New England, along with the New England Power Pool Participants Committee, have asked to delay “full implementation” of demand response into the region’s wholesale … Continue reading ISO-NE seeks delay of demand response integration over FERC #Order_745 legal worries→
Solar causing 3x the power plant cycling of wind Littleton, Colorado – Renewable Impacts announces that its research of historical CAISO power plant cycling causality indicates that solar generation is causing substantially more power plant cycling causality than wind. While a 1 percentage point increase in wind energy penetration was found to increase wind cycling … Continue reading Solar causing 3x the power plant cycling of wind→
Dynegy threatens to sue if regulators approve AEP and FirstEnergy plant subsidies Whether or not to support unprofitable baseload generation is the big question for Ohio’s utility regulators. AEP and FirstEnergy’s plans to guarantee income for their aging fleet would shift the risk of those plants from the utilities and their investors to ratepayers, according … Continue reading #Dynegy threatens to sue if regulators approve #AEP and #FirstEnergy plant subsidies→
Wind helps usher in free night-time electricity for utility customers Thanks in part to West Texas’ proliferating wind farms, some residents are enjoying free electricity. As the wind industry has blossomed over the last few years, electrical utilities have been ramping up marketing efforts for energy-use plans that allow customers to use electricity free of … Continue reading Wind helps usher in free night-time electricity for utility customers→
Utilities Look For More Nimble Regulatory Practices As Electric Industry Evolves The electric utility industry is experiencing significant changes affecting virtually every part of the traditional utility business model, including the regulatory and ratemaking aspects. As utilities grapple with these issues, four key regulatory practices that utilities are seeking have emerged. According to Black & … Continue reading Utilities Look For More Nimble Regulatory Practices As Electric Industry Evolves→
NRG EVgo Pushes the Envelope on Microgrids and Electric Vehicles…and More Microgrid News NRG’s EVgo and the University of California, San Diego are pushing the envelope on use of microgrids and electric vehicles. The pair recently announced an agreement which has EVgo leading two projects at the university, known for its flagship microgrid. In the … Continue reading NRG EVgo Pushes the Envelope on Microgrids and Electric Vehicles…and More Microgrid News→
Nuclear power’s last stand in California: Will Diablo Canyon die? AVILA BEACH, San Luis Obispo County — California’s largest power plant churns out enough electricity for 1.7 million homes, yet pumps no greenhouse gases into the sky. Unlike the wind farms and solar plants spreading across the state, its output doesn’t vary hour by hour, … Continue reading Nuclear power’s last stand in California: Will Diablo Canyon die?→
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