SoCal Edison Seeks 55MW of Distributed Energy Resources to Keep Santa Barbara’s Lights On Utility Southern California Edison has been asking for batteries, demand response and other distributed energy resources to solve a host of its grid needs, from long-term capacity needs caused by the San Onofre nuclear power plant shutdown, to the immediate shortfalls … Continue reading #SoCal_Edison Seeks 55MW of Distributed Energy Resources to Keep Santa Barbara’s Lights On→
CAISO Urges Flexibility and Coordination to Advance Distributed Energy Resource Aggregations at FERC ntroduction As previously covered by K&L Gates’ Global Power Law and Policy blog, on November 17, 2016, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) to remove barriers so that electric storage resources and distributed energy resource … Continue reading CAISO Urges Flexibility and Coordination to Advance Distributed Energy Resource Aggregations at FERC→
New York ISO releases 5-year roadmap to dispatchable DERs The New York ISO’s “roadmap” envisions a system where various dispatchable DER all participate in the wholesale markets. The timeline to get there, however, more closely resembles the old game Twister. The long-term horizon is five years to implement dispatchable DER rules by 2021. But the … Continue reading #New_York #ISO releases 5-year roadmap to dispatchable DERs→
NYISO Charts Course for an Integrated Grid Distributed Energy Resource Roadmap Released Continuing its work at the forefront of market design and commitment to making the electric grid smarter, greener and more efficient, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) recently (2/2) released its Distributed Energy Resource Roadmap. With Distributed Energy Resources (DER) poised to … Continue reading NYISO Charts Course for an Integrated Grid Distributed Energy Resource Roadmap Released→
Utilities feeling pain from environmental policy volatility These are confusing times for those involved in capital planning at utilities. Core to utility capital planning is forecasting investments in energy generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure. This energy resource planning is arguably more challenging now than it ever has been, due to regulatory uncertainty. Federal authority and … Continue reading Utilities feeling pain from environmental policy volatility→
Is FERC’s New Rule on Energy Storage & DER Aggregators a Game Changer? Maybe you missed it. It happened right before Thanksgiving. FERC announced a proposed rulemaking that will allow energy storage and distributed energy resource (DER) aggregators with resources on both sides of the meter to participate in the wholesale electric market as fully … Continue reading Is FERC ‘s New Rule on Energy Storage & DER Aggregators a Game Changer?→
Utilities Unprepared For Major Industry Shift The US electric utility industry is waging an increasingly futile war against the rooftop solar industry. Despite all the efforts of major electric utilities across the nation, these utilities are still having enormous difficulty stemming the growth of distributed solar. The proliferation of large residential solar players like SolarCity … Continue reading Utilities Unprepared For Major Industry Shift→
How the blockchain will disrupt energy markets Name a big software company involved in the cloud computing services movement, and it’s a pretty safe bet that work includes experiments involving a technology called the blockchain — the transaction processing technology that underlies the Bitcoin digital currency. Just last week, Google disclosed its involvement in experiments … Continue reading How the #blockchain will disrupt #energy_markets→
California bills to dramatically expand distributed energy storage Four bills signed by California governor Brown will mandate a distributed energy storage procurement, fund incentives for behind-the-meter storage, and more. On Monday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed four bills that will support and mandate expanded deployment of energy storage in California. This includes adding $83 million … Continue reading California bills to dramatically expand distributed energy storage→
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