California power regulation market doubled to 800 MW a day in first quarter Intermittency usually dominates discussions around the effects brought about by the growing share of renewable resources in power grids, but a higher proportion of renewable resources also creates lesser-noticed challenges and opportunities. Conventional generation provides physical characteristics to the grid that are … Continue reading California power #regulation_market doubled to 800 MW a day in first quarter→
The western US grid is fragmented. Stitching it together is a no-brainer. The US electricity sector is a bit of a mess. The deregulation that swept through it in the 1990s and early 2000s was brought to a screeching halt by the Enron debacle. That left about half of US states and three-quarters of US … Continue reading The western US grid is fragmented. Stitching it together is a no-brainer.→
California utility to close Diablo Canyon nuclear reactors by 2025 The California utility that owns a pair of nuclear power reactors at Diablo Canyon said in an agreement with environmental groups that it will close the plants when their licenses expire in the middle of the next decade instead of applying for license renewals. The … Continue reading California utility to close #Diablo_Canyon nuclear reactors by 2025→
How storage can help solve the distributed energy ‘death spiral’ It’s a statistic that could startle an entire industry: Cost effective distributed energy resources (DERs) are expected to displace 320 GW of centralized generation from 2014-2023, according to Navigant Research. As early as 2018, the firm expects DERs could be outpace centralized generation in annual … Continue reading How storage can help solve the distributed energy ‘death spiral’→
CAISO Floats Latest Cost Allocation Plan for Expanded Balancing Area CAISO is nearing completion of a proposal describing how the ISO would allocate the costs of building and operating transmission assets in an expanded balancing authority that could encompass areas of the West outside California. The ISO considers development of a new transmission access charge … Continue reading CAISO Floats Latest Cost Allocation Plan for Expanded Balancing Area #EIM→
State utility regulator upset that energy storage idea for APS was ignored PHOENIX – The newest state utility regulator is blasting Chairman Doug Little for sidelining a discussion of whether Arizona Public Service should be forced to use some of the cash it has from ratepayers to reduce peak energy demand through battery storage. Andy … Continue reading State utility regulator upset that energy storage idea for #APS was ignored→
California moving forward with plans for regional power grid, but questions, debate far from over Two California entities are forging ahead with a plan to create a regional grid involving Utah and 10 other western states. The California Independent System Operator — or CAISO, the nonprofit most assume will manage electrical distribution on behalf of … Continue reading California moving forward with plans for regional power grid, but questions, debate far from over→
Unlikely casualty in California’s renewable energy boom: natural gas (Reuters) – In February of 2001, then California Governor Gray Davis stood at the site of Calpine Corp’s new Sutter natural gas power plant and unveiled his plan to fast-track construction of similar stations to add 20,000 megawatts of modern, efficient generation to the state in … Continue reading Unlikely casualty in California’s renewable energy boom: natural gas→
California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant Could Close California, among the first states to embrace nuclear energy in the 1950s, may be breaking things off for good. Under a proposal announced on Tuesday, Pacific Gas and Electric would shutter the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, the state’s last operating nuclear facility, and would compensate for the lost … Continue reading California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant Could Close→
