FERC Orders PJM to Include DR, EE in Transition Auctions July 23, 2015 Auctions Delayed for 1 Month By Rich Heidorn Jr. PJM will delay the transition auctions for the new Capacity Performance regime to comply with a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order that the RTO include demand response and energy efficiency. Read full story … Continue reading FERC Orders PJM to Include DR, EE in Transition Auctions
SPP Members Reluctantly OK Day-Ahead Change KANSAS CITY — SPP’s Markets & Operations Policy Committee voted to move the deadline for day-ahead market offers up 90 minutes to 9:30 a.m. CT, following a lengthy discussion about whether the benefits justified the change and its price tag. The committee approved the recommendation by the Gas Electric … Continue reading SPP Members Reluctantly OK #Day-Ahead Change
Inside Energy Storage: How Tesla’s Energy Storage Business Is Getting Off the Ground If Elon Musk has is way, electric vehicles won’t be the only industry where Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) plays a leading role in revolutionizing energy as we know it. Earlier this year the company announced energy storage products called the Powerwall and Power … Continue reading Inside Energy Storage: How #Tesla ‘s Energy Storage Business Is Getting Off the Ground
Xcel Energy, Simple Energy offer smart thermostats and rebates online Xcel Energy Inc. and Boulder-based Simple Energy Inc. are teaming up to make it easier and quicker for residential customers in Colorado to get $50 rebates for new, “smart” thermostats. Xcel on Monday announced the launch of the new “XcelEnergyStore.com,” a pilot online store that … Continue reading #Xcel_Energy, #Simple_Energy offer smart thermostats and rebates online
Amazon to use North Carolina wind power to offset energy needs of Ohio data centers Amazon wants renewable energy to power its data centers planned for central Ohio, so the company is helping to build a wind farm — in North Carolina. Clean-energy advocates say Ohio runs the risk of getting bypassed for big projects … Continue reading #Amazon to use North Carolina wind power to offset #energy needs of Ohio #data_centers
Overnight Energy: House GOP moves on energy reform MARKUP STARTS WEDNESDAY: The House Energy and Commerce Committee unveiled the first part of its energy reform package. Lawmakers in the energy and power subcommittee will meet Wednesday morning to formally consider legislation on infrastructure, workforce, energy security and energy efficiency, after releasing the bills late Monday. … Continue reading Overnight Energy: House #GOP moves on #energy_reform
FERC Rejects Bid to Broaden Scope of Gas-Electric Info Sharing Federal regulators last week rejected a request by a natural gas distributor to relax restrictions on its sharing of non-public information received from electric utilities. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission dismissed National Fuel Gas Distribution’s request in two rulings. In one, FERC dismissed the company’s … Continue reading FERC Rejects Bid to Broaden Scope of #Gas – #Electric Info Sharing
Smart grid technology: how the market will grow until 2018 Conventional electrical grids installed in several countries are now reaching the end of their lifecycle, which has resulted in massive electrical blackouts, asserts the data from Transparency Market Research. The company expects to see the smart grid technology market grow by a steady 7% until … Continue reading Smart grid technology: how the market will grow until 2018
NextEra’s $4.3B Acquisition of HEI Opposed by Hawaii State Agencies, Governor Last month, the proposed $4.3 billion NextEra Energy acquisition of Hawaii’s electric utility HEI was approved by utility shareholders. In April, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the proposed acquisition. But the big hurdle is Hawaii’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC). The acquisition still requires … Continue reading #NextEra ’s $4.3B Acquisition of #HEI Opposed by Hawaii State Agencies, Governor
