MISO expects to have enough power to meet slightly lower demand this summer Despite decreases in generation capacity, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator should have plenty of power to meet what has been diminishing demand this summer, stakeholders learned Tuesday. MISO’s planning reserve margin, at 22.9 GW, should equal 18.2% of an expected peak of … Continue reading MISO expects to have enough power to meet slightly lower demand this summer→
Losing Model: Dynegy blames MISO market design for coal death Dynegy recently announced plans to shut down multiple Illinois coal-fueled units — 1,835 MW in total from MISO Zone 4. The decision to shut down operations at the Baldwin and Newton units was made after the plants, once again, failed to recover basic operating costs … Continue reading Losing Model: #Dynegy blames MISO market design for coal death→
How Iowa Became the Nation’s Leader in Wind Energy Nearly a decade ago, Iowa farmer Randy Caviness had an epiphany. In the gas- and diesel-driven machinery that tilled his 4,000 acres of corn and soybeans, the propane tanks that flanked area farms, and the electricity that powered his entire property, he saw vast energy consumption. … Continue reading How #Iowa Became the Nation’s Leader in Wind Energy→
DTE Energy’s Fermi 2 nuclear plant shut down for repairs FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. — DTE Energy Co. says its Fermi 2 nuclear power plant in southeastern Michigan has been shut down for repairs. The utility’s spokesman Stephen Tait tells the Monroe News that the plant went offline Tuesday for crews to repair a component in … Continue reading #DTE_Energy ‘s #Fermi_2 nuclear plant shut down for repairs→
FERC Staff Seeks Information from RTOs/ISOs on Energy Storage Participation in Wholesale Markets On April 11, 2016, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Office of Energy Policy and Innovation (OEPI) sent identical data requests to each of the nation’s six grid operators, requesting information on potential barriers to the participation of energy storage resources1 in … Continue reading FERC Staff Seeks Information from RTOs/ISOs on Energy Storage Participation in Wholesale Markets→
What keeps grid CEOs up at night? HOUSTON — The question “What keeps you up at night?” is common enough in the power sector that Brad Jones had reason to be ready with a quip last week. And he was. The CEO of the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) quoted Terry Boston, a former … Continue reading What keeps grid CEOs up at night?→
MidAmerican Energy pours $3.6B more into wind MidAmerican Energy took a giant, $3.6 billion step Thursday toward its goal of meeting all of its customers’ power needs with green energy such as wind and solar. With the investment, the Des Moines utility’s largest, MidAmerican would get 85 percent of its energy from wind, CEO Bill … Continue reading #MidAmerican_Energy pours $3.6B more into wind→
Ohio ‘bailout’ plan part of larger debate over nuclear’s future An Ohio utility’s pursuit of a lifeline for an aging nuclear plant comes at a time when both economics and public opinion are aligning against nuclear power. On March 31, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio ruled that all FirstEnergy utility customers should guarantee sales … Continue reading #Ohio ‘bailout’ plan part of larger debate over nuclear ’s future→
New 400 MW wind farm planned for southwest Kansas; will supply cheap power to KC area TOPEKA — A European utility company is teaming up with a Lenexa-based wind farm developer to build a 400-megawatt wind farm in southwest Kansas. Enel Green Power North America, the American subsidiary of Enel S.p.A., based in Italy, and … Continue reading New 400 MW wind farm planned for southwest #Kansas; will supply cheap power to #KC area→
Michigan utility partners with university on energy storage pilot Michigan’s second-largest electric utility is partnering with researchers at Michigan State University on a two-year energy storage pilot project. Though details are still being worked out, Consumers Energy says the goal is to determine the extent to which storage can be deployed throughout its service territory … Continue reading #Michigan utility partners with university on energy storage pilot→
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