Distributed Energy Resources
A National Renewable Energy Laboratory study released in January finds that the potential for adding floating solar panels at reservoirs in the U.S. is significant. Reservoirs in the U.S. could host enough floating solar panels to generate up to 1,476 terawatt hours, it said.
Electricity Markets
Energy New England President and CEO John Tzimorangas was joined by other utility industry, legal and environmental members from Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s Massachusetts Commission on Energy Infrastructure Siting and Permitting for an Environmental Business Council of New England report-out and review of the Commission’s recommendations.
Electricity Markets
Exploring the buzz behind the potential benefits of a new RTO in the Southeast, and a reminder of lessons learned for how some RTO rules can counter these benefits.
Electricity Markets
Renewable generation is growing quickly in Texas’ electric market, but the state is at risk of rising curtailments unless transmission resources also increase, according to the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration.
Security
About the Issue Cyber and physical security related to electric system infrastructure - collectively known as grid security - comprises four key pillars: Mandatory and enforceable standards Information sharing Public-private partnerships Preparedness exercises Standards The North American Electric
Electricity Markets
President Trump on Jan. 20 named Mark Christie Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Energy Efficiency
California residents are increasingly pairing battery storage with solar installations, the Energy Information Administration reported on July 18.
Energy Storage
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s community choice energy program, CleanPowerSF, is expanding its renewable energy portfolio, committing to a new 15-megawatt battery energy storage and 20-megawatt solar project in Stanislaus County, Calif.
The Arizona Corporation Commission recently approved an amended certificate of environmental compatibility for the Salt River Project’s Coolidge Expansion Project, a flexible, fast-ramping natural gas plant. Arizona public power utility SRP said the plant will help it “cost-effectively and reliably
Electricity Markets
The California Independent System Operator Board of Governors and the Western Energy Markets Governing Body have approved an important step toward establishing a revised governance model for the ISO’s wholesale electricity markets “designed to improve reliability and reduce the cost of delivering electricity to consumers across the West,” CAISO said on Aug. 13.