PUC imposes new protection months after Texas deep freeze The new rule is that federal regulators instructed the state 10 years ago. Texas waited for millions to lose power and hundreds to die. Dallas — Power plant operators and transmission companies like Oncor suffer billions of damage and hundreds of lives, with millions of people … Continue reading PUC imposes new protection months after #Texas deep freeze
Pensacola postpones idea of owning its own energy utility — for now. Workshop planned. Discussion on whether the city of Pensacola should launch a feasibility study to potentially create its own energy utility has been pushed back again, with support split from business and industry leaders and community members on whether it is a good … Continue reading #Pensacola postpones idea of owning its own energy utility — for now
Sleepy Electric Utilities Suddenly Face Major Disruption: How To Play It Commercial disruption is happening at an increasing pace. Some industries have learned to live with constant disruption. These include the tech industry, pharma, biotech, and communications. Others formerly unaffected now are increasingly facing it. The financials sector is being disrupted by Fintech. The formerly … Continue reading Sleepy Electric Utilities Suddenly Face Major Disruption: How To Play It
While coal makes a comeback, reduced supplies stoke fears over electrical grids PHILADELPHIA — Coal, a pariah fuel for climate activists, has made a quiet comeback this year in the post-lockdown economic resurgence. Coal stockpiles at power plants are getting so low that the regional electric grid operator, PJM Interconnection, has taken steps to prevent … Continue reading While coal makes a comeback, reduced supplies stoke fears over electrical grids
Watts Bar Unit 1 Begins Scheduled Refueling, Maintenance Outage Monday, November 1, 2021 The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 1 safely began a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage late Friday evening after generating more than 14 billion kilowatt-hours of carbon-free energy during 507 days of operation. “For the past 18 months, Watts … Continue reading Watts Bar Unit 1 Begins Scheduled Refueling, Maintenance Outage
DOE eyes AI, machine learning to accelerate long-duration energy storage research The Biden administration has put significant weight behind broad deployment of long-duration storage, defined as a system with at least 10 hours of continuous operation. In July, DOE announced a moonshot goal to reduce the cost of utility-scale, long-duration storage by 90% within a … Continue reading DOE eyes AI, machine learning to accelerate long-duration energy storage research
Fuel switching in MISO accelerates into autumn on cooler weather, high gas prices Natural gas is losing market share in the Midwest Independent System Operator this month as cooling autumn temperatures give power generators more optionality to dispatch lower-priced fuels. In MISO, market share for gas in the generation stack has dipped about five percentage … Continue reading Fuel switching in MISO accelerates into autumn on cooler weather, high gas prices
WattBridge Breaks Ground on Peak-Power Facility To Support Nearly 200,000 Homes in Brazoria County, Texas HOUSTON, Sept. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — WattBridge Energy, LLC announced that the 288-MW Mark One project—the company’s fourth peak-power installation for ERCOT and the Greater Houston area in just 18 months—has started construction in Brazoria County. Anticipated to be online … Continue reading #WattBridge Breaks Ground on Peak-Power Facility To Support Nearly 200,000 Homes in Brazoria County, Texas
Bridging the Knowledge Gap in the Line Trade Once a journeyman lineman nears retirement, he or she has often climbed thousands of poles, worked countless storms and gained a lifetime of experience about the line trade. But what happens when he or she leaves the trade? Electric utilities and line contractors are striving to preserve … Continue reading Bridging the Knowledge Gap in the Line Trade
Most planned U.S. battery storage additions in next three years to be paired with solar Of the 14.5 gigawatts (GW) of battery storage power capacity planned to come online in the United States from 2021 to 2024, 9.4 GW (63%) will be co-located with a solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant, based on data reported to … Continue reading Most planned U.S. battery storage additions in next three years to be paired with solar
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