Delaware balks at power line funding formula Delaware utility regulators are balking at a plan to make Delmarva Peninsula customers help fund a $200 million power line project benefiting New Jersey and Pennsylvania. New York-based LS Power is planning a 230-kilovolt line from the Salem/Hope Creek nuclear complex in New Jersey under the Delaware River … Continue reading Delaware balks at power line funding formula
Centauri Energy gets CAISO nod for 300-MW solar project June 16 (SeeNews) – The California Independent System Operation (CAISO) has approved for a queue position a 300-MW solar power project developed by Centauri Energy LLC, thus allowing it to connect to the state’s power grid. The US renewables developer announced this in a press release … Continue reading Centauri Energy gets CAISO nod for 300-MW solar project
ERCOT issues notice for tropical storm, does not foresee power transmission issues The Electricity Reliability Council of Texas has issued an Operating Condition Notice due to Tropical Storm Bill, which made landfall on the South Texas coast around noon Tuesday. ERCOT issued the notice about 9:30 pm CDT Monday after the storm strengthened into tropical … Continue reading ERCOT issues notice for tropical storm, does not foresee power transmission issues
UniEnergy Technologies Announces Commissioning of Largest Capacity Flow Battery in North America and Europe UKILTEO, Wash., June 17, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — UniEnergy Technologies (UET) announced the commissioning and acceptance of a 1 MW Uni.System™ energy storage system with a maximum energy capacity of 4MWh in Pullman, Wash. This is the largest capacity flow battery operating … Continue reading #UniEnergy Technologies Announces Commissioning of Largest Capacity Flow Battery in North America and Europe
Tx Developers Challenge NYISO, SPP, ISO-NE Order 1000 Filings Transmission developer LS Power Transmission is protesting Order 1000 compliance filings by NYISO, SPP and ISO-NE, saying they still favor regulated incumbents over independent developers. NextEra Energy also filed a protest in NYISO’s docket. The protests, submitted last week, are to compliance filings the three regions … Continue reading Tx Developers Challenge NYISO, SPP, ISO-NE Order 1000 Filings
Report: EPA Clean Power Plan will not hurt MISO power reliability Midwest states have a lot of factors that will help them comply with new federal carbon standards expected out in August, but it will still be a difficult task according to a new report. “We find that MISO is well positioned to use existing … Continue reading Report: EPA Clean Power Plan will not hurt MISO power reliability
Natural gas usage share in ERCOT falls, but maintains lead: grid operator The natural gas share in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ generation mix fell for the second straight month, yet remains the lead fuel source despite coal making some gains, ERCOT said in its monthly report released Wednesday. Natural gas-fired usage dropped to … Continue reading Natural gas usage share in ERCOT falls, but maintains lead: grid operator
ISO-NE Prices Down Sharply in Q1; Generators Using Offer Flexibility ISO-NE’s power prices dropped by more than 40% in the first quarter of 2015 thanks to lower natural gas costs, the Internal Market Monitor reported last week. In a filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Monitor said a 43% decrease in the cost … Continue reading ISO-NE Prices Down Sharply in Q1; Generators Using Offer Flexibility
Under CAISO proposal, distributed resources could bid into CA energy markets next year California is one of a handful of states — New York and Texas make the list as well — working to quickly integrate distributed energy resource providers (DERPs) into energy markets. But the state is further along than its counterparts, and has … Continue reading Under CAISO proposal, distributed resources could bid into CA energy markets next year
Nuclear energy may have big future in Virginia: study Virginia could supply virtually all of its future energy needs from nuclear power and even become a player in the global market to supply power from nuclear sources, according to a new think tank report released Wednesday. The case for the Old Dominion’s potential nuclear future … Continue reading Nuclear energy may have big future in Virginia: study
