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Why we can’t plug Southern California’s massive #methane leak

Why we can’t plug Southern California’s massive methane leak There’s a burgeoning environmental disaster playing out in Southern California — but unlike the widespread media coverage on the Deepwater Horizon, this leak has been invisible until quite recently. In late October, the Southern California Gas Company detected an underground methane leak spewing an estimated 110,000 … Continue reading Why we can’t plug Southern California’s massive #methane leak →

Renewable integration and direction of the US #electricity_markets

Renewable integration and direction of the US electricity markets The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the Clean Power Plan Rule (CPPR) to cut carbon pollution from existing power plants on August 3, 2015. The CPPR requires the current power fleet to cut CO2 emissions 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. The final … Continue reading Renewable integration and direction of the US #electricity_markets →

Nevada Overhauls Net Metering Rules Despite Objections From Distributed Solar Industry

Nevada Overhauls Net Metering Rules Despite Objections From Distributed Solar Industry The Nevada Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved sweeping changes to the state’s net-metering rules for rooftop solar yesterday. All three members of the PUC, the agency charged with regulating electric and gas utilities in Nevada, voted in favor of changing the formula used to … Continue reading Nevada Overhauls Net Metering Rules Despite Objections From Distributed Solar Industry →

#Buffett ‘s Bolshevik: Dissecting #NV_Energy ‘s Soviet-Style Sabotage Of #Distributed_Energy

Buffett’s Bolshevik: Dissecting NV Energy’s Soviet-Style Sabotage Of Distributed Energy On Wednesday, Nevada’s Public Utility Commission (PUC) radically revised the state’s net-energy metering (NEM) rules, which determine the price utilities pay for electricity supplied by customer-sited solar panels to utilities. Under the revised NEM rules, utilities will pay significantly less for electricity purchased from customers … Continue reading #Buffett ‘s Bolshevik: Dissecting #NV_Energy ‘s Soviet-Style Sabotage Of #Distributed_Energy →

FERC Allows CAISO #EIM to Identify Adjacent Capacity

FERC Allows CAISO EIM to Identify Adjacent Capacity FERC last week approved Tariff revisions that will allow CAISO’s Energy Imbalance Market to automatically recognize the capacity that participants outside of the ISO’s footprint use to maintain reliability in their own territories (ER15-861-006). In its filing proposing the change, CAISO told the commission that its software’s … Continue reading FERC Allows CAISO #EIM to Identify Adjacent Capacity →

FERC Proposes $2.4 Million Civil Penalty for CAISO Power Trading Activities

FERC Proposes $2.4 Million Civil Penalty for CAISO Power Trading Activities On December 16, 2015, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an Order to Show Cause and Notice of Proposed Penalty (OSC) directing ETRACOM LLC and its principal member and trader, Michael Rosenberg, to show cause why they should not be … Continue reading FERC Proposes $2.4 Million Civil Penalty for CAISO Power Trading Activities →

NERC ‘s 10-Year Grid Assessment: Enough Power, And Some Challenges

NERC’s 10-Year Grid Assessment: Enough Power, And Some Challenges The latest edition of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) report on long-term power supply and reliability trends over the next decade says that we have enough power to meet demand through at least 2025. NERC, the nation’s overseer of high power electric grid reliability, … Continue reading NERC ‘s 10-Year Grid Assessment: Enough Power, And Some Challenges →

#CPUC Rejects #Net_Metering Rate Increases

CPUC Rejects Net Metering Rate Increases It has been two years since AB 327 brought the last conflict between California’s rooftop solar industry and the state utilities to an end. California’s Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) was left to decide whether the utilities could impose demand charges, grid access charges, installed capacity fees, standby fees, or … Continue reading #CPUC Rejects #Net_Metering Rate Increases →