Another California Electricity Crisis Ahead? SACRAMENTO (CN) — An irrigation district sued the California Independent System Operator, which manages the state’s electric power grid, claiming its plan to join a regional power group will invite the disastrous price-gouging the state saw during the 2000 electricity crisis. The Imperial Irrigation District, which serves more than 150,000 … Continue reading Another California Electricity Crisis Ahead?
World’s Largest Storage Battery Will Power Los Angeles More than 18,000 lithium ion battery packs would replace a gas-fired power plant used to meet peak demand By 2021, electricity use in the west Los Angeles area may be in for a climate change-fighting evolution. For many years, the tradition has been that on midsummer afternoons, … Continue reading World’s Largest Storage Battery Will Power #Los_Angeles
In California, Solar and Wind Boost the Price of Frequency Regulation More intermittent wind and solar power could mean bigger markets for frequency regulation and energy storage. California has been seen as one of the less lucrative markets for frequency regulation, the business of using power plants, batteries, chillers, pumps and other energy resources to … Continue reading In California, Solar and Wind Boost the Price of #Frequency #Regulation
Doubling Down on Clean Energy in California Last week, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. announced that it wants to retire California’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant by 2025. If the California Public Utilities Commission accepts the utility’s proposal, it will mean the end of the nuclear era in California. Beyond that milestone, though, it marks … Continue reading Doubling Down on Clean Energy in California
PNM’s purchase of nuclear energy questioned New Mexico regulators resumed a hearing Monday on a rate increase sought by Public Service Company of New Mexico, which says it needs the money to offset the purchase of electricity from a nuclear power plant in Arizona and its investments in alternative energy. Regulators and lawyers questioned whether … Continue reading PNM’s purchase of nuclear energy questioned
FERC Order Prods CAISO to Allow EIM Intertie Bidding FERC on Thursday rejected CAISO’s proposal to prohibit Energy Imbalance Market participants from implementing economic bidding at the market’s external interties until the ISO can develop “appropriate rules and procedures” to manage the transactions (ER16-1518). The ISO’s Tariff currently stipulates that each balancing authority area (BAA) … Continue reading FERC Order Prods CAISO to Allow #EIM Intertie Bidding
CAISO to study gas generation units susceptible to early retirement In some parts of the country, cheap gas is forcing nuclear plants offline. In California the Aliso Canyon methane leak has raised questions about California’s reliance on natural gas, but regulators still foresee a significant role for the resource in supplementing variable wind and solar … Continue reading CAISO to study gas generation units susceptible to early retirement
Diablo Canyon closure shows California’s power grid is changing fast California’s system for producing, moving and using electricity is changing fast. And apparently it no longer has room for a nuclear plant. Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s surprise decision to shut down Diablo Canyon, the last nuclear plant in California, came after the company squinted … Continue reading #Diablo_Canyon closure shows California’s #power_grid is changing fast
CAISO Tariff Changes Facilitate Participation of Small Renewable and Storage Technologies in California Energy Markets On June 2, 2016, FERC approved revisions to the California Independent System Operator’s open access transmission tariff that facilitate the participation of small, distribution level energy generation, storage and demand-related resources in the CAISO wholesale energy and ancillary services markets. … Continue reading CAISO Tariff Changes Facilitate Participation of Small Renewable and Storage Technologies in California Energy Markets
CAISO Board Appoints Western EIM Governing Body CAISO’s Board of Governors on Tuesday appointed five members to serve on the newly established governing body of the western Energy Imbalance Market. Berkshire Hathaway Energy, FERC, Western EIM, CAISOCandidates were selected after being vetted by a nominating committee representing five industry sectors, including EIM entities, ISO participating … Continue reading CAISO Board Appoints Western #EIM Governing Body
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