Marijuana-growing spikes Denver electric demand, challenges clean-power plan GOLDEN — Surging electricity consumption by Colorado’s booming marijuana industry is sabotaging Denver’s push to use less energy — just as the White House perfects a Clean Power Plan to cut carbon pollution. Citywide electricity use has been rising at the rate of 1.2 percent a year, … Continue reading Marijuana-growing spikes Denver #electric_demand, challenges clean-power plan→
PSC voted correctly on solar request The Public Service Commission did the right thing when they didn’t let a company bill North Dakotans for Minnesota projects. The commission decided the projects weren’t cost effective. The PSC rejected an application from a power company last week that would have allowed it to charge North Dakota consumers … Continue reading PSC voted correctly on solar request→
MISO: Clean Power Plan could halve coal burn Argus combed through documents issued yesterday by MISO, finding that the grid operator expects coal generation to take a huge hit should the Clean Power Plan be implemented as expected. Gas would be the immediate benefactor, rising from about 20% of generation under a base case to … Continue reading MISO: Clean Power Plan could halve coal burn→
Extra steps taken for nuclear backup systems Bridgeman, Mich. — In March 2011, a powerful earthquake struck off the east coast of northern Japan, setting off a chain of events leading to the worst nuclear power plant disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. The Fukushima I nuclear power plant was immediately shut down as a precaution. … Continue reading Extra steps taken for nuclear backup systems→
States look to act on nuclear power Lawmakers in statehouses are looking for ways to support nuclear power close to home. Efforts across the country could spark more action than has occurred lately on the federal level. Debates over the future of nuclear power in Illinois and New York are the most pressing of the … Continue reading States look to act on nuclear power→
Report: EPA Clean Power Plan will not hurt MISO power reliability Midwest states have a lot of factors that will help them comply with new federal carbon standards expected out in August, but it will still be a difficult task according to a new report. “We find that MISO is well positioned to use existing … Continue reading Report: EPA Clean Power Plan will not hurt MISO power reliability→
Storm leaves 170,000 without power in U.S. Gulf Coast May 26 Almost 170,000 homes and businesses were without power early on Tuesday from Texas to Mississippi after severe storms battered the U.S. Gulf Coast states on Monday, according to local utilities. The storms moved from west to east, hitting Texas first. Power companies in Texas … Continue reading Storm leaves 170,000 without power in U.S. Gulf Coast #TexasStorms→
Big industry, utilities win on energy legislation in Minnesota Iron mines, electric utilities and the biofuel industry came out winners in energy-related measures passed at the close of the Legislature. But people with rooftop solar panels now face fees from municipal and cooperative electric companies, which convinced lawmakers that homegrown generators don’t pay their fair … Continue reading Big industry, #utilities win on energy legislation in #Minnesota→
Managing the energy grid: Inside MISO and SPP When regional transmission organization (RTO) Midcontinent Independent System Operator literally turns on the power switch to its state-of-the-art command center in West Little Rock on June 1, Arkansas will be at the epicenter of the nation’s ongoing and often raucous debate on the safety and reliability of … Continue reading Managing the energy grid: Inside MISO and SPP→
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