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California proposes 2.5 GW procurement, gas plants extensions to ensure reliability
More than 4 GW of gas plants in the state are expected to retire by 2021, but the CPUC wants to extend their environmental compliance dates until new resources are brought online.
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SponsoredFixed block solar and storage power solution
In a world that’s shifting to a more sustainable energy future, solar plus storage is a solution to meet peak demands.
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Louisiana utilities to pay less for rooftop solar power under new net metering rules
The changes will also allow utilities to recover any lost revenues from the excess power provided by rooftop solar, "a pretty remarkable turn," says one opponent.
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OpinionMOPR Madness: 2 wrongs don't make a right
Regardless of the exact cost of PJM's plan to address state subsidy impacts on its capacity market, the amount is large and unnecessary, Electricity Consumers Resource Council's Devin Hartman writes.
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New England grid operator sees potential for year-round power constraints
Despite a tight supply-demand balance, ISO-NE said it expects to operate a reliable and affordable electric grid through transmission investments and a reliance on energy efficiency.
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IREC includes storage for the first time in its updated interconnection procedures
As storage becomes a larger player in the power system, the Interstate Renewable Energy Council recommends best practices for interconnecting the controllable distributed generation.
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Michigan urges MISO, PJM to improve regional reliability after Consumers compressor station fire
In a letter to the grid operators, the state's governor and head regulator called for quicker interconnection processes to improve regional resource diversity and a reexamination of demand response capabilities.
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Sunrun partnership enhances HECO's ability to tap into DER systems when power demand spikes
The developer has teamed up with OATI to offer 4.3 MW of capacity and fast frequency service to the Hawaiian Electric Company through 1,000 solar+storage systems across Oahu residences.
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Deep DiveAs utilities scramble to manage explosive DER growth, is power grid autonomy a solution?
The U.S. electric grid could face hundreds of millions of distributed resource deployments in the near future. But optimizing these data points may exceed human ability.
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Renewables, storage poised to undercut natural gas prices, increase stranded assets: RMI
If all proposed gas plants are built, 70% of those investments will be rendered uneconomic by 2035, according to the Rocky Mountain Institute.
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Los Angeles approves 'historically low cost' solar+storage project
The Department of Water and Power's Board of Commission authorized power purchase agreements for the Eland Solar and Storage Center, which includes 400 MW of solar generation and 1,200 MWh of energy storage.
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OpinionRedefining utility affordability: CPUC pursues broad approach to guide decisions
"Although the CPUC currently considers bill impacts in our individual decisions — such as General Rate Cases — we do not assess the cumulative effects on consumers' ability to pay," writes Commissioner Clifford Rechtschaffen.
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Pacifcorp sees 2 GW coal retirements, $599M savings by 2040 in latest planning scenarios
The utility continues to model coal retirement scenarios and has narrowed its preference to five options that include early coal shutdowns, new transmission, and wind and solar resources as part of its integrated resource plan.
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Santee Cooper forecasts coal phaseout, 1 GW new solar as base case for potential sale
The state-owned utility prepared the forecast at the direction of South Carolina legislators who are considering selling the company to pay off debt from the failed V.C. Summer nuclear project.
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Tri-State joins suite of new participants in Southwest, California energy imbalance markets
The California ISO and Southwest Power Pool each recently announced new members. SPP's Western Energy Imbalance Service market is expected to begin operations in 2021.
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Carbon capture bill gets bipartisan push to include in must-pass defense legislation
Senate Armed Services Chairman Jim Inhofe included the bill, which would enable lower emissions in coal- and gas-fired generation, in the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act.
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PG&E reorganization plan includes $17.9B for wildfire claims, but funding remains uncertain
A more detailed reorganization plan must be filed with a federal bankruptcy court by Sept. 29, with a key question being how Pacific Gas & Electric will fund it.
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Record set for US residential storage deployment, but overall outlook falls: WoodMac
Despite strong growth in the residential sector, the overall storage outlook declined for 2019, due to front-of-the-meter project delays and weaker-than-expected midyear numbers in some behind-the-meter markets.
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City grids risk being overwhelmed by EV growth: Report
Electricity supplies could suffer without partnerships between utilities and city agencies, The Rocky Mountain Institute and Seattle City Light warned.
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OpinionPJM policy to add $5.7B cost to capacity market? We don't think so
The consulting firm Grid Strategies recently found significant cost impacts from PJM's proposed minimum offer price rule. The heads of PJM Power Providers Group and the Electric Power Supply Association dispute that.
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Bipartisan Senate bill allocates $100M to ease residential solar, storage permitting
The bill from Sens. Susan Collins and Martin Heinrich would direct the Energy Department to create the Distributed Energy Opportunity Board, to streamline local permitting and inspection for qualifying systems.
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San Francisco offers PG&E $2.5B for city's grid
The city's offer is part of a plan to develop a municipal provider and came three days before the bankrupt utility is expected to propose a path to solvency.
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Arizona's chief utility regulator pressures APS to cut political spending
A lack of action by Arizona Public Service and its parent company, Pinnacle West, could impact the utility's next rate proceeding, according to Arizona Corporation Commissioner Bob Burns.
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Connecticut 100% carbon-free plan is chance to move beyond ISO-NE gas focus: DEEP chief
State regulators plan to move toward the governor's aggressive goals through analyzing ancillary services as an alternative to the region's current reliance on natural gas buildouts.
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SDG&E looks to raise minimum bill 400%, citing solar-driven cost shift
The utility says more than $400 million in costs to maintain the grid are annually shifted from solar to non-solar residential households in its territory.
