Black Hills’ Coal Generation Becomes Welcome Asset Black Hills Corporation (NYSE:BKH) is an South Dakota-headquartered holding company with an eight-state service area shown below and 1.3 million natural gas and electric utility customers. In the map above, natural gas service areas are orange and electricity service areas are gray. Last year I rated Black Hills … Continue reading #Black_Hills ‘ Coal Generation Becomes Welcome Asset
Texas slaps down $9,000 power prices after blackout chaos Texas regulators voted yesterday to cut a $9,000 wholesale electricity price cap nearly in half, changing a policy that helped fuel massive bill spikes following a power shortage and blackouts in February. The new “high system-wide offer cap” will be $5,000 per megawatt-hour, according to a … Continue reading #Texas slaps down $9,000 power prices after blackout chaos
Bitcoin miners say they’re helping to fix the broken Texas electric grid AUSTIN, TEXAS – The Texas power grid is struggling with fluctuating energy prices and sporadic service, but the state’s growing bitcoin mining community believes it can help fix it. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz agrees. “A lot of the discussion around bitcoin views bitcoin … Continue reading Bitcoin miners say they’re helping to fix the broken Texas electric grid
FPL Builds Third New Microgrid This Year As Florida Power and Light (FPL) builds its third microgrid this year, the FPL Evolution Hub, the company says it is learning more about microgrid technology, which could hold significant benefits for reliability during storms. The company is exploring new, and what it describes as possibly better, designs … Continue reading #FPL Builds Third New Microgrid This Year
Texas hasn’t done enough to prevent another winter blackout, experts say MIDLOTHIAN — After last winter’s freeze hamstrung power giant Vistra Corp.’s ability to keep electricity flowing for its millions of customers, CEO Curt Morgan said he’d never seen anything like it in his 40 years in the energy industry. During the peak days of … Continue reading #Texas hasn’t done enough to prevent another winter blackout, experts say
PJM kicks off capacity market reform process with focus on reliability metrics PJM Interconnection and its stakeholders Nov. 29 highlighted potential focus areas that could be undertaken to improve the capacity market amid significant resource mix changes, having identified 10 key work activities from evaluating a forward clean energy market to updating reliability metrics. PJM … Continue reading PJM kicks off capacity market reform process with focus on reliability metrics
Natural Gas Issues Could Impact New England This Winter CONCORD — Federal energy regulators predict natural gas may be in short supply for New England this winter. New England electric generators are more dependent on natural gas than any other fuel, with about 52 percent of generation produced by natural gas facilities. According to the … Continue reading Natural Gas Issues Could Impact #New_England This Winter
How New England could demonstrate what a ‘clean energy RTO’ looks like New England faces an unprecedented set of questions about its energy future: What measures should states prioritize as they work to achieve ambitious clean energy targets set in legislation? How can distributed energy resources (DERs) be leveraged as part of the solution? What … Continue reading How #New_England could demonstrate what a ‘ clean energy #RTO’ looks like
Goleta Planning Commission Approves Energy Storage Facility The Goleta Planning Commission on Monday evening approved the development plan and conditional use permit for a new 60-megawatt lithium ion energy storage facility. The Goleta Energy Storage facility will consist of 62 pre-manufactured energy storage “cabinets” called Megapacks. Each Megapack contains 17 Tesla battery modules. The project … Continue reading Goleta Planning Commission Approves Energy Storage Facility
Why is Illinois’ largest electric utility mining Bitcoin near one of its coal-fired power plants? WEST ALTON, Illinois — In farmland near the banks of the Mississippi River, the state’s largest electric utility has stuffed a shipping container full of high-powered computers, in the shadow of one of its coal-fired power plants. The project, launched … Continue reading Why is #Illinois ‘ largest electric utility mining #Bitcoin near one of its coal -fired power plants?
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