Utility scrutinized as California wildfire victims sue SAN DIEGO (AP) — Northern California homeowners allege in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that Pacific Gas & Electric Co. failed to adequately protect its power lines before the region’s deadly wildfires, a theory that state investigators are considering as they try to determine the cause. The lawsuit in … Continue reading Utility scrutinized as #California #wildfire victims sue
CAISO Touts Strong Q3 For Western Energy Imbalance Market The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) says benefits from the western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) “remained strong” during the third quarter of 2017 (Q3’17). The grid operator has released its Q3’17 report showing that the western EIM produced benefits of $40.55 million for its five participating … Continue reading CAISO Touts Strong Q3 For Western Energy Imbalance Market
California solar pilot shows how renewables can provide grid services A utility-scale solar project demonstrated how solar can compete with natural gas over grid services and cost ncreasing amounts of renewable energy have sparked worries in the federal government over grid reliability and resilience. But some grid operators are successfully demonstrating how large amounts of … Continue reading #California solar pilot shows how renewable s can provide grid services
Thousands of solar homes with battery storage systems coming to Arizona Mandalay Homes and German battery maker Sonnen GmbH are partnering to build 2,900 solar-powered homes in Prescott Valley north of Phoenix. That is according to reports from Greentech Media and Reuters. Sonnen will outfit the homes with battery systems that will store power generated … Continue reading Thousands of solar homes with battery storage systems coming to #Arizona
PG&E closing gap in wine country wildfire restorations Pacific Gas & Electric crews have restored power to 97 percent of customers who suffered outages during the most recent northern California wildfires and has been granted access to most of the remaining powerless areas. The utility reported Tuesday that CAL FIRE has granted it access to … Continue reading #PG_&_E closing gap in wine country #wildfire #restorations
District attorney investigating Imperial Irrigation District in response to Desert Sun reporting Imperial County’s district attorney says he has launched a preliminary investigation into the Imperial Irrigation District, in response to a series of stories published by The Desert Sun that raised questions about potential conflicts of interest at the public utility. District Attorney Gilbert … Continue reading District attorney investigating #Imperial_Irrigation_District in response to Desert Sun reporting
Transmission developers power forward in West as move to single market inches along Planners and developers across the West are going as far and fast as they can toward regionalization. Transmission planning and development all over the West is fast and furious — by transmission development standards. And yet, at the center of the activity, … Continue reading Transmission developers power forward in West as move to single market inches along
California ISO sees grid changes, renewables reaching two-thirds of mix: paper By 2030, renewables will supply about two-thirds of California’s electricity, natural gas-fired generation will be in the process of being phased out and the West will have regional grid operators, according to a draft paper released Wednesday by the California Independent System Operator. The … Continue reading California ISO sees grid changes, renewables reaching two-thirds of mix
Portland General Electric joins California power trading market Expansion of CAISO may be on hold, but its EIM keeps growing, adding its fifth utility member outside of California this week. On Sunday, PGE began operations in the EIM, which allows utilities to source least-cost generation from around the market through real-time trading every five minutes. … Continue reading #Portland_General_Electric joins California power trading market
California ISO approves power plant outage rule The California ISO on Sept. 19 said that its board of governors have approved a rule enhancement that enables the grid operator’s systems to automatically model the potential loss of power plants, to improve overall market efficiency and readiness. Currently, grid models only consider potential transmission outages but … Continue reading California ISO approves power plant outage rule
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