PG&E Plans Largest-Ever Storage Project at 300 MW Natural Gas Plant Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) has filed plans with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to launch a 570 MW, four-project effort with lithium-ion batteries, the largest tied to an existing natural gas-fired generation plant at Moss Landing. A 300 MW battery is … Continue reading #PG-E Plans Largest-Ever Storage Project at 300 MW Natural Gas Plant→
Northeast Heat Wave Causes U.S. Electricity Use To Soar Power use on the U.S. East Coast has been at its highest levels in years in recent days as a heat wave has been sweeping across the Northeast, including in New York City. Electricity demand in New York reached its highest since 2013, as the city … Continue reading Northeast Heat Wave Causes U.S. Electricity Use To Soar→
How coal’s decline complicates an Appalachian utility’s transition to clean energy As a utility in Appalachian coal country seeks to add more renewable energy, the long-term decline of the industry that once made the region prosperous is a complicating factor. Appalachian Power (APCo), whose territory includes parts of Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee, has had … Continue reading How coal ’s decline complicates an Appalachian utility’s transition to clean energy→
N.J. regulator threatens to pull out of PJM power market The president of New Jersey’s Board of Public Utilities is threatening to pull his state out of the PJM Interconnection, the 13-state regional transmission organization stretching from Maryland to Illinois. Joseph Fiordaliso says he is frustrated by the lack of coordination between the RTO and … Continue reading N.J. regulator threatens to pull out of PJM power market→
Surging heat fuels power demand records in 3 US markets Multiple U.S. electricity markets reported record demand this week as higher temperatures pushed up power usage around the July 4 holiday. The PJM Interconnection, which includes 13 mid-Atlantic states, reported 144,557 MW of demand on July 3, the highest level since Aug. 2016. The Electric … Continue reading Surging heat fuels power demand records in 3 US markets→
The Power Grid’s Great Transition POWER has been reporting for many years on changes taking place in the power generation mix around the globe. Renewable energy, such as wind and solar generation, has been growing steadily in most parts of the world as consumers clamor for more environmentally friendly sources of power. In the U.S., … Continue reading The Power Grid ’s Great Transition→
FERC rejects PJM capacity market reform proposals, seeks quick resolution In a 3-2 decision that drew sharp dissent from two commissioners, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission late Friday rejected both of PJM Interconnection’s proposals to address failures in its capacity markets due to state subsidies supporting preferred generation resources. Whether to add more renewable energy … Continue reading FERC rejects PJM capacity market reform proposals, seeks quick resolution→
Why Blockchain May Not Be the Best Tool for Energy Trading Despite the hype, the technology suffers from serious flaws. Judging from the exploding number of startups out there, one might think blockchain is going to revolutionize energy trading. But the technology could be a poor fit for the applications that many companies are hoping … Continue reading Why Blockchain May Not Be the Best Tool for #Energy_Trading→
How Batteries Went From Primitive Power to Global Domination For an energy source that’s been around for three decades, the lithium-ion battery is only just hitting its stride. It’s worked its way up from primitive cellular phones to cameras and laptops before entering everyone’s pockets inside smartphones. But only now that the electric car has … Continue reading How Batteries Went From Primitive Power to Global Domination→
Quebec Freezes Crypto Mining Power Requests Amid Excessive Demand Canada’s biggest electric utility Hydro-Quebec will temporarily halt processing requests from cryptocurrency miners due to “unprecedented” demand that has exceeded the company’s short and medium-term capacity. In a press release dated June 7, the utility company noted that the directive to stop processing such requests came … Continue reading Quebec Freezes Crypto Mining Power Requests Amid Excessive Demand→
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