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Electric Vehicles
The Oregon Public Utility Commission is reviewing proposals by PacifiCorp and Portland General Electric for spending close to $13 million on electric vehicle programs.
Electric Vehicles
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has accepted a consultant’s recommendations and plans to set up a stakeholder process to solicit comments and input to assist it in developing electric vehicle infrastructure policies for the state’s electric distribution utilities.
Distributed Energy Resources
Distributed energy resources including energy storage, microgrids, and electric vehicles, increasingly impact load management, electric rates, and customer interaction with the electric utility. States have introduced legislation concerning DER, particularly...
Bills and Rates
This paper provides an overview of factors contributing to the value of solar, including avoided costs, risks, and resources for members who wish to dive deeper into the topic.
Bills and Rates
This paper examines different rate design options public power utilities may want to consider in adapting to the new environment of distributed energy resources and technologies and changing customer preferences.
Distributed Energy Resources
The U.S. solar market installed 3.6 gigawatts (GW) of new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in the first quarter of 2020, representing its largest first quarter ever in the U.S.
Distributed Energy Resources
Vermont Public Power Supply Authority (VPPSA) and Encore Renewable Energy recently announced that construction has begun on a new solar array in Morrisville, Vermont.
Distributed Energy Resources
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should dismiss a petition asking it to find that it has jurisdiction over energy sales from rooftop solar facilities and other distributed generation located on the customer side of the retail meter whenever the output of these resources exceeds the customer
Electric Vehicles
There were 3,323 electric vehicles sold in the seven-county Columbus, Ohio, metropolitan region from April 2017 to February 2020, breaking the target of 3,200 vehicles sold that was set by the Smart Columbus Electrification Program.
Distributed Energy Resources
Two California community choice aggregators, Monterey Bay Community Power and Silicon Valley Clean Energy, have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with 8minute Solar Energy for the output of a solar-plus-storage plant the company is building.