The rise of distributed resources will require a renewed distribution system that gives utilities more visibility of what's going on at the customer level to cut costs and protect reliability.
Distributed energy resources, including rooftop solar, battery storage and electric vehicles, are experiencing significant growth in the U.S. as the power sector evolves to a cleaner, less centralized future.
In an insight brief, the nonprofit listed technological capability, financial competitiveness and charging infrastructure as the three major barriers to TNC electrification.
Utilities, regulators and load flexibility authorities say better distribution system control technologies and compensation are needed to increase the use of flexible customer-sited resources.
ISO New England has between 7 and 8 GW of distributed resources on its system and has begun to develop plans to allow greater participation of DER aggregators in regional wholesale power markets.
California’s utilities and solar advocates agree a forward-looking successor tariff must use the state’s nation-leading rooftop solar penetration to address its increasingly dynamic system needs with storage.
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Washington, DC, are the first jurisdictions to implement the Transportation and Climate Initiative's cap-and-invest program.
A $1 trillion infrastructure plan, including billions in funding for EV charging, that Buttigieg unveiled in January as part of his presidential campaign hints at what could be the agency's future priorities.
Electric vehicles are approaching cost parity with traditional gas-powered vehicles, but experts disagree on just how much further battery prices must drop.
It's hard to imagine an agency that has had more effect on the power sector this year than the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and it's impossible to divorce that impact from its now-former chairman: Neil Chatterjee.
The planned plant, as well as Southern California Edison's plans to procure an additional 590 MW of battery energy storage, are expected to play important roles in bolstering grid reliability.
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The Illinois Commerce Commission is giving Ameren 21 days to restore its net metering tariff and give rebates to customers who have installed solar since Oct. 2.
Regulators have authorized Duke Energy to move forward with its electric vehicle pilot, originally proposed by the utility at $76 million. Observers say the investment portends big things for the region.
The roadmap hinges on three key goals: widespread adoption of electrification, affordable and convenient access to charging infrastructure, and electrification of Boston's municipal fleet.
Success with time-of-use rates can allow utilities to start integrating more variable and distributed generation, leading to more sophisticated time-varying rates that allow for the further expansion of such generation.
The World Resources Institute and ClimateWorks said efforts to bolster electrification and renewable energy must accelerate, while deforestation and agricultural production raised red flags.
Electric vehicle advocates are tracking several pieces of legislation they say could be passed under a Joe Biden administration to boost transportation electrification efforts.
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