California ISO addresses power price spikes in new EIM tariff proposal The California Independent System Operator is proposing tariff revisions aimed at ending unexpected price spikes, or “infeasibilities,” that have occurred in the Western energy imbalance market after it started in November. “The CAISO is confident that implementing this proposal will substantially ameliorate the remaining … Continue reading California ISO addresses power price spikes in new #EIM tariff proposal→
California’s plan to let solar panels Voltron together into a “virtual power plant” …..On every building, there’s an energy meter that tracks how much electricity the building is using. For the last century, utilities neither knew nor particularly cared what went on “behind the meter,” which generally consisted of dumb, energy-consuming appliances like refrigerators and … Continue reading California’s plan to let solar panels Voltron together into a “virtual power plant”→
Updated by David Roberts on August 13, 2015, 9:00 a.m. ET How can we get more wind and solar power integrated into energy grids? Meeting the long-term challenge — getting to, say, 75 percent of renewable electricity or higher — will require technological innovation and sustained declines in cost. It’s exciting to think about. But … Continue reading California’s plan to let solar panels Voltron together into a “virtual power plant”→
City officials released 20,000 shade balls into the Los Angeles Reservoir Monday, the final step in a $34.5 million water quality protection project. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power project involved the release of 96 million shade balls into the reservoir at the Van Norman Complex in Sylmar. Read the full article at … Continue reading Los Angeles dumps 96 million plastic balls into a reservoir→
SoCal Edison Wants New Grid Batteries for ‘Just-in-Time’ Delivery California utility issues RFP for plug-and-play storage systems to fill broader range of grid needs Someday, grid batteries will come in standard packages, ready to be plugged in as fast as utilities can find places and use cases for them. At least, that’s how utility Southern … Continue reading #SoCal_Edison Wants New Grid Batteries for ‘Just-in-Time’ Delivery→
Solar, Storage, Enviros Square Off Against Gas for California SGIP Dollars California’s Self-Generation Incentive Program is a generous subsidy intended to spur development of low-emissions distributed generation. But the complicated calculation of just what qualifies as “low emissions” has been the subject of lively debate at the California Public Utilities Commission of late, since the … Continue reading Solar, Storage, Enviros Square Off Against Gas for California #SGIP Dollars→
Open Access Technology International, Inc. (OATI) conducts final testing for the market simulation deployment of webEIM Entity Scheduling Coordinator with Nevada Energy (NVEM). Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) July 24, 2015 OATI is conducting final testing of the webEIM Entity Scheduling Coordinator for NVEM for the CAISO Energy Imbalance Market (EIM). Product testing and Day-in-the-Life Simulation assessments … Continue reading Nevada Energy to Launch OATI’s Solution for CAISO EIM→
The Western US Needs Better Regional Planning to Modernize the Grid Greentech Media Michael O’Boyle July 23, 2015 The Western Interconnection’s electricity system is undergoing unprecedented change. State and federal regulations requiring decreased coal-fired generation, as well as increased renewable energy resources, energy storage, demand response and energy efficiency, are projected to generate significant near- … Continue reading The Western US Needs Better Regional Planning to Modernize the Grid→
Imperial Irrigation sues independent system operator, claims antitrust violations Imperial Irrigation District yesterday (July 16) sued the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) on antitrust grounds. The suit was filed in federal court in San Diego. The suit says that CAISO “is a monopolist. It controls at least 80 percent of the California electric power transmission … Continue reading #Imperial_Irrigation sues independent system operator, claims #antitrust violations→
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