Lessons Learned: Grid Did Better This Winter The winter of 2013-14 was a brutal wake-up call for electric utilities that paid off this year, the nation’s grid watchdog says. The North American Electric Reliability Corp. says the grid performed well this winter thanks to lessons utilities learned from a year ago. The North American Electric … Continue reading Lessons Learned: Grid Did Better This Winter
Utilities to challenge rule on cheaper #electricity in Supreme Court Utility companies are confident they can successfully block the Supreme Court from siding with consumers, states and environmentalists who want to protect a landmark federal rule that pays consumers for reducing their electricity use when the grid is stressed, lowering electricity costs. The demand-side management … Continue reading Utilities to challenge rule on cheaper electricity in Supreme Court
Cloud computing: cornerstone of the next generation of smart-grid information technology Cloud computing is emerging as an ideal method of hosting and providing services over the internet, and is available in the form of private, public, combined, or hybrid cloud deployment models. It has a number of benefits for smart grid applications, such as cost-effectiveness, … Continue reading Cloud computing: cornerstone of the next generation of smart-grid information technology
ComEd’s plan to boost smart grid would hit customers’ wallets, critics say Commonwealth Edison on Thursday unveiled a plan that it billed as an expansion of ongoing efforts to overhaul the power grid and invest in renewable energy but that critics said would result in customers paying more to the electricity giant. The proposal joins … Continue reading ComEd’s plan to boost smart grid would hit customers’ wallets, critics say
When legally liable, companies don’t dispute global warming U.S. coal companies that are publicly skeptical of man-made climate change acknowledge in mandatory financial disclosures the widely accepted scientific link between fossil fuel emissions and a warming planet, a Greenwire analysis has found. Sustainable investment advocates warn that such doublespeak undermines the industry’s credibility with shareholders. … Continue reading When legally liable, companies don’t dispute global warming
Industry study ranks Texas 10th in solar capacity HOUSTON — Texas is the 10th-ranked state for U.S. solar capacity, according to a study published Thursday by the Solar Energy Industries Association, a trade group. The state added 129 megawatts of solar energy capacity last year, bringing its total to 330 megawatts, the association said. The … Continue reading Industry study ranks Texas 10th in solar capacity
PJM weighs new offer flexibility for generators Washington, 20 March (Argus) — PJM Interconnection stakeholders will consider whether to give generators more flexibility in pricing energy in the day-ahead market so power plants could vary their offer prices each hour of the day. The change would affect all generators but most directly affects gas-fired power … Continue reading PJM weighs new offer flexibility for generators
Obama Orders Reduction In Government’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions NPR — President Obama signed an executive order at the White House today directing the federal government to cut its emissions of greenhouse gases by 40 percent within the next decade and to increase its use of renewable energy sources to 30 percent of total consumption. “These … Continue reading Obama Orders Reduction In Government’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions
FERC to investigate CAISO energy imbalance market over price spikes Utility Dive reported recently on the successes of the California Energy Imbalance Market’s first few months in operation, but now FERC is looking at the market for what it says is enhanced price volitility. California’s grid operator requested FERC extend for a year a waiver … Continue reading FERC to investigate CAISO energy imbalance market over price spikes
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