Bracing for a big power grid attack: ‘One is too many’ About once every four days, part of the nation’s power grid — a system whose failure could leave millions in the dark — is struck by a cyber or physical attack, a USA TODAY analysis of federal energy records finds. Although the repeated security … Continue reading Bracing for a big power grid attack: ‘One is too many’→
Revolving Door, Nuclear Power Edition The former No. 2 official in the Department of Energy (DOE) has accepted a million-dollar job with a nuclear company, prompting criticism from good government advocates over the revolving door of officials taking lucrative deals after they leave government service. Daniel Poneman was the Energy Department’s second most powerful official … Continue reading Revolving Door, Nuclear Power Edition→
After Delay, Split FERC Accepts ISO-NE Order 1000 Filing A divided Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week accepted ISO-NE’s second regional compliance filing to implement Order 1000, a filing that had languished for more than a year while the commission had only four members (ER13-193, ER13-196). FERC largely affirmed its May 2013 order accepting ISO-NE’s … Continue reading After Delay, Split FERC Accepts ISO-NE Order 1000 Filing→
ComEd Backs a Bill to Impose Demand Charges on Residential Customers The Illinois General Assembly introduced legislation on Thursday that would allow ComEd to invest more than $400 million in community solar, along with grid-edge assets such as microgrids and public electric-vehicle charging infrastructure. The bill has bipartisan sponsorship in the state legislature and is … Continue reading ComEd Backs a Bill to Impose Demand Charges on Residential Customers→
Carbon capture battle stirs hopes, dreams and grim realities At least 10 European power plants were supposed to begin piping their carbon emissions into underground tombs this year, rather than letting them twirl into the sky. None has done so. Missed deadlines, squandered opportunities, spiralling costs and green protests have plagued the development of carbon … Continue reading Carbon capture battle stirs hopes, dreams and grim realities→
CAISO, FERC working together on imbalance market volatility FERC didn’t buy the California grid operator’s explanation that high volatility in the fledgling energy imabalance market was simply the result of a nascent market beginning operations. Regulators have opened an investigation and called for a technical conference on the issue. Read full article at Utility Dive
Continuing Momentum in Renewable Microgrids: Solarcity Launches Microgrid Offering Solarcity, the US residential PV industry leader, is building on its distributed renewable energy experience by launching its GridLogic microgrid offering. It will be a turnkey offering integrating distributed residential and commercial solar, battery and controllable loads as well as shared solar, battery and back-up power … Continue reading Continuing Momentum in Renewable Microgrids: Solarcity Launches Microgrid Offering→
Developing Smarter Smart Grids Smart grids — power grids that adapt to changes in demand and reconfigure as needed to avoid overloads and other problems can reduce energy costs, help avoid blackouts and deter cyber attacks. They also pose new challenges. As power generation — and the communication and information processing associated with it — … Continue reading Developing Smarter Smart Grid s→
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