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How California regulators are reforming energy markets to boost demand response

How California regulators are reforming energy markets to boost demand response California has lagged behind the rest of the nation when it comes to demand response, but now the state is preparing to open markets up to third party providers who can target large loads. That would represent a significant shift away from utility-led programs … Continue reading How California regulators are reforming energy markets to boost demand response →

California is first state with 5% of its electricity from solar

California is first state with 5% of its electricity from solar California’s big push into clean energy is seeing results as the state became the first with at least 5% of its overall electricity coming from large-scale solar projects last year. That’s according to a new study from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, which said … Continue reading California is first state with 5% of its electricity from solar →

CAISO, FERC working together on imbalance market volatility

CAISO, FERC working together on imbalance market volatility FERC didn’t buy the California grid operator’s explanation that high volatility in the fledgling energy imabalance market was simply the result of a nascent market beginning operations. Regulators have opened an investigation and called for a technical conference on the issue. Read full article at Utility Dive

Coolwater Lugo Transmission Project on hold

Coolwater Lugo Transmission Project on hold A major Southern California Edison infrastructure project in the design phase with the California Public Utilities Commission has been put on hold, officials say. The Coolwater-Lugo Transmission Project that would carry electricity from the Yermo area through Lucerne Valley to the existing Lugo Substation in south Hesperia is being … Continue reading Coolwater Lugo Transmission Project on hold →

FERC to investigate CAISO energy imbalance market over price spikes

FERC to investigate CAISO energy imbalance market over price spikes Utility Dive reported recently on the successes of the California Energy Imbalance Market’s first few months in operation, but now FERC is looking at the market for what it says is enhanced price volitility. California’s grid operator requested FERC extend for a year a waiver … Continue reading FERC to investigate CAISO energy imbalance market over price spikes →

Realtime Energy Trading with Innotap® PowerFeed® for Excel®

Innotap PowerFeed for Excel Realtime Data Delivery to Your Spreadsheet Provides realtime data from market sources such as PJM, Midwest ISO (MISO), Texas (ERCOT), California (CAISO), New England (ISO-NE), New York (NYISO), Southwest Power Pool (SPP), NOAA, Transco, etc. that can be referenced and manipulated inside Excel® spreadsheets, where the data displayed is automatically updated … Continue reading Realtime Energy Trading with Innotap® PowerFeed® for Excel® →

ISO and RTO Responses to FERC Data Requests Fail to Provide Clear Support for Proposed Gas Day Rulemaking

ISO and RTO Responses to FERC Data Requests Fail to Provide Clear Support for Proposed Gas Day Rulemaking The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently employed the somewhat unusual device of issuing data requests to electric power industry participants in an attempt to obtain information that might support a controversial proposed rulemaking that would change … Continue reading ISO and RTO Responses to FERC Data Requests Fail to Provide Clear Support for Proposed Gas Day Rulemaking →

Low snowpack prompts power concerns for utilities

Low snowpack prompts power concerns for utilities TACOMA, Wash. – Tacoma Power gets about 45 percent of its electricity from dams that it operates. And those dams generate hydro-electric power from water coming from the Olympic Mountains and the Cascades. The balance of 55 percent comes from the Bonneville Power Administration. So far, it looks … Continue reading Low snowpack prompts power concerns for utilities →