By Journal Staff Date: 8/13/2015 at 14:14:49 RENSSELAER, N.Y. — The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), the nonprofit that operates New York state’s power grid, recently appointed Douglas L. Chapman as VP and chief information officer (CIO). As CIO, Chapman will lead NYISO’s information technology (IT) department. The unit delivers IT products and services … Continue reading People news: NYISO appoints Chapman as CIO
Updated by David Roberts on August 13, 2015, 9:00 a.m. ET How can we get more wind and solar power integrated into energy grids? Meeting the long-term challenge — getting to, say, 75 percent of renewable electricity or higher — will require technological innovation and sustained declines in cost. It’s exciting to think about. But … Continue reading California’s plan to let solar panels Voltron together into a “virtual power plant”
by TERRY JARRETT 12 Aug 2015 Well, President Obama’s EPA has gone and done it. For over a year, energy experts, utility regulators, electric grid operators, and everyone else who understands how the power sector works have criticized the EPA’s proposed “Clean Power Plan” (CPP), saying it will increase electricity prices and jeopardize the reliability … Continue reading JARRETT: EPA’S CHANGES TO POWER GRID COULD WRECK THE ECONOMY
by Katie Fehrenbacher AUGUST 12, 2015, 9:00 AM EDT One of the largest power companies in the U.S. is doubling down on funding the deployment of fuel cells by Silicon Valley startup Bloom Energy. Fuel cells are large devices that generate electricity through a chemical reaction and are usually installed close to a building that … Continue reading Big power company Constellation to finance Bloom Energy’s fuel cells
Washington (Platts)–12 Aug 2015 244 pm EDT/1844 GMT The heat wave hovering over Texas is expected to fuel strong demand midweek and was also driving power prices back into triple-digit territory. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas is forecasting peak demand on Wednesday at 68,489 MW. Tuesday’s peak came in at 69,614 MW, just shy … Continue reading Hot weather keeps ERCOT demand strong, power prices soaring
Updated: Wed 6:41 PM, Aug 12, 2015 SHERMAN, Texas — For the first time ever this past Monday afternoon the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) surpassed 69,000 megawatts twice in a matter of hours. Read the full article at News 12 KXII.
City officials released 20,000 shade balls into the Los Angeles Reservoir Monday, the final step in a $34.5 million water quality protection project. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power project involved the release of 96 million shade balls into the reservoir at the Van Norman Complex in Sylmar. Read the full article at … Continue reading Los Angeles dumps 96 million plastic balls into a reservoir
Global Credit Research – 11 Aug 2015 New York, August 11, 2015 — PJM Interconnection LLC’s (Aa3 stable) capacity auction that began on August 10 is expected to be credit positive for the merchant power industry but will see new power plants competing against the old, Moody’s Investors Service says in “PJM Capacity Auction Pits … Continue reading Moody’s: New PJM auction mechanics pit new gas plants against old coal, nuclear units
Carolyn Davis August 11, 2015 The PJM Interconnection’s annual capacity auction underway this week could result in natural gas-fired capacity exceeding 6 GW to make up for declining coal and nuclear supplies. The largest U.S. power market’s grid operator supplies 61 million people in all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New … Continue reading PJM Auction Likely to Boost Region’s NatGas-Fired Capacity
Posted on August 11, 2015 | By Jordan Blum The general counsel of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas will take the reins over most of the state’s power grid next year. The ERCOT Board of Directors selected Bill Magness on Tuesday as its next president and CEO. Read the full article at Fuel Fix.
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