15 Las Vegas Strip properties unplugging from NV Energy grid LAS VEGAS — Nobody will flip a switch, and lights aren’t expected to flutter on casino floors when 15 Las Vegas Strip properties start parting ways late Friday with NV Energy. MGM Resorts International and Wynn Resorts are scheduled to start buying electricity Saturday from … Continue reading 15 Las Vegas Strip properties unplugging from #NV_Energy grid
California’s ‘Renewable’ Energy Grid on Verge of Crisis California claims to be able to permanently replace fossil-fuel generated electricity with “intermittent” wind and solar generation, but the state’s electrical grid is on the verge of crisis as it may soon run out of the ability to import enough fossil-fuel electricity. According to Gail Tverberg, who … Continue reading California’s ‘Renewable’ Energy Grid on Verge of Crisis
Taking Advantage of California’s Renewable Energy Requires Getting Time-of-Use Rates Right The nation’s solar leader has a unique chance to empower customers with inexpensive clean electricity. n one day this summer, solar alone provided nearly a third of peak electricity demand in California, in what has become a routine record-setting performance. As air conditioning ramped … Continue reading Taking Advantage of California’s Renewable Energy Requires Getting Time-of-Use Rates Right
Arizona Public Service, Puget Sound Energy enter the EIM ISO real-time market is now providing low-cost energy to consumers in eight western states FOLSOM, Calif. – After months of intensive testing, Phoenix-based Arizona Public Service (APS) and Puget Sound Energy (PSE) of Washington state successfully began full participation in the western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) … Continue reading #Arizona_Public_Service, #Puget_Sound Energy enter the #EIM
California bills to dramatically expand distributed energy storage Four bills signed by California governor Brown will mandate a distributed energy storage procurement, fund incentives for behind-the-meter storage, and more. On Monday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed four bills that will support and mandate expanded deployment of energy storage in California. This includes adding $83 million … Continue reading California bills to dramatically expand distributed energy storage
Tesla and AMS win another major energy storage contract, 34 MWh of battery capacity for water treatment facilities Only a few weeks after announcing one of the biggest energy storage projects ever, Tesla Energy won again a massive energy storage contract. The automaker’s energy division will supply ‘Powerpacks’ to its energy storage deployment partner, Advanced … Continue reading #Tesla and AMS win another major energy storage contract, 34 MWh of battery capacity for water treatment facilities
FERC approves CAISO ramping product, rejecting calls to make it biddable One of the top concerns at California’s grid operator is how to bridge the gap between the spike in evening demand for electricity and the corresponding dip in solar generation as the sun sets, a phenomena known as the Duck Curve. While it could … Continue reading FERC approves CAISO #ramping product, rejecting calls to make it biddable
What the US Energy Market Can Learn From California In California, there is no question that the state has the accelerator pressed down to the floor when it comes to clean energy. The latest evidence of that came just last month, when the Golden State became the first in the nation to propose its own … Continue reading What the US Energy Market Can Learn From California
Arizona CSP plant to pay US$1.5 million emissions fine The operator of a concentrated solar power (CSP) in Maricopa, Arizona, has agreed to pay a US$1.5 million fine to county air-quality regulators after violating emissions regulations. The 280MW CSP plant known as the Solana Generating Station, located about 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, became operational … Continue reading Arizona CSP plant to pay US$1.5 million emissions fine
Valley Electric Board Approves Sale of 230-kV Network to GridLiance The Valley Electric Association board of directors last week approved an agreement to sell the cooperative’s 230-kV transmission network to GridLiance for about $200 million. The transaction, which still requires approval by two-thirds of Valley Electric’s members, is slated to close in late 2016 or … Continue reading #Valley_Electric Board Approves Sale of 230-kV Network to #GridLiance
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