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ERCOT accelerates initiative to streamline energy procurement and dispatch
Texas is continuing its work to ensure batteries play a prominent role in stabilizing the electric grid.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 16, 2024 -
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Sponsored by Kraken TechnologiesThe consumer’s key role in tomorrow’s energy system
To seize the opportunities posed by smart products, utilities must step up their consumer engagement.
By Katherine Lamb, Transformation Director for Product and Customer Experience Innovation, Kraken Technologies • Sept. 16, 2024 -
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TrendlineElectricity Supply and Demand
After nearly two decades of flat demand, U.S. electricity consumption reached an all-time high in 2024 and is expected to continue rising. This trendline brings together the best of Utility Dive’s coverage of emerging trends in supply and demand and the decisions being made today that will impact the power system for years to come.
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OpinionPoliticized energy policies aren’t working, but a better system is possible
Pairing partisanship with extraordinary demands on our power grid from load growth and energy evolution is a recipe for catastrophic failure.
By Christina Hayes and Todd Snitchler • Sept. 13, 2024 -
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US should create ‘virtual’ electric transformer reserve amid shortage concerns: NIAC
Lead times to procure new transformers have “plateaued,” but rising electricity demand from data centers could stretch them, said Peter Ferrell, director of government relations for the National Electrical Manufacturers Association.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 13, 2024 -
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Texas power outages cost consumers $35,685 per MWh of unserved load: Brattle
State regulators adopted a Value of Lost Load metric to weigh the benefits of future investments to improve grid reliability.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 12, 2024 -
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National Grid, Constellation propose options to prioritize grid interconnection requests
However, “rationing” grid interconnection threatens open access to the power system, GridStor’s Jason Burwen said at a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission workshop.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 11, 2024 -
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BLM approves NV Energy’s Greenlink West transmission, Arevia’s $2.3B solar + storage project
NV Energy will buy power from Arevia’s 700-MW solar/2.8-GWh battery project in Nevada at a levelized cost of $93.69/MWh.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 10, 2024 -
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Flexible interconnection service for Duke solar could slash costs, speed grid connections: study
Providing energy-only interconnection service to a 1.9-GW Duke Energy solar cluster could reduce grid upgrade costs by 72%, according to a study being discussed at a FERC workshop Tuesday.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 10, 2024 -
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Utilities need ‘broad culture change’ to deploy emerging clean resources at scale: DOE’s Shah
“Failing to adopt new strategies and technologies is the higher-risk path for utilities today,” said Jigar Shah, director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 9, 2024 -
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WestTEC to develop West-wide ‘actionable’ transmission plan
The initiative aims to develop interregional and interstate transmission portfolios across the West on 10- and 20-year timeframes.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 6, 2024 -
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White House announces $7.3B clean energy financing for Dairyland Power, 15 other co-ops
The federal funding will support 10 GW in clean energy projects lowering electricity costs for cooperative utilities in 23 states, the White House said.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 5, 2024 -
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OpinionLNG exports make both economic and environmental sense
Exports are not reducing domestic supply and squeezing American ratepayers or power plant operators; exports come from added production and have only a small impact on price.
By Kyle Isakower • Sept. 4, 2024 -
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Reregulation? How utilities and states are responding to PJM’s record capacity prices
“Houston, we have a problem,” American Municipal Power’s Steve Lieberman said. “If we don’t see new capacity in the [2027/28] auction, we’re really running out of time.”
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 4, 2024 -
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CenterPoint to propose $5B for Houston grid resilience, forego profits from mobile generation lease
CenterPoint apologized to state lawmakers about the mobile generators. We “should have communicated more clearly to our elected officials about the cost and the limitations of such large-scale units,” the utility said.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 4, 2024 -
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OpinionGenerator interconnection hurdles throttle economic development. An entry fee model can help.
The current interconnection process puts project developers in the untenable position of sinking years of effort and millions of dollars into projects with virtually no insight into the ultimate cost or timeline to connect to the grid.
By Ted Thomas • Sept. 3, 2024 -
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FERC’s Christie offers ‘compromise’ on transmission financial incentives
Instead of opposing incentives outright, FERC Commissioner Mark Christie said they should be awarded for state-approved projects.
By Ethan Howland • Aug. 30, 2024 -
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US clean energy jobs grew 4.2% in 2023: DOE
The U.S. added clean energy jobs at more than twice the rate of the broader economy, according to the Department of Energy.
By Robert Walton • Aug. 28, 2024 -
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Interregional power transfer capability ranges from 1% to 92% across North America: NERC
Total import capabilities between transmission planning regions also vary depending on the season, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. said Tuesday.
By Robert Walton • Aug. 28, 2024 -
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Clean energy groups push for more interconnection reforms ahead of FERC workshop
They called for fast-track processes that would give construction-ready projects access to existing and planned interconnection capacity, among other things.
By Ethan Howland • Aug. 27, 2024 -
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Southwest Power Pool seeks FERC OK to delay 2024 interconnection queue process
The delay would give SPP time to finish studying and restudying interconnection clusters going back to 2018, the grid operator told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
By Ethan Howland • Aug. 26, 2024 -
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ERCOT successfully navigates heat wave, new peak demand record
Thousands of megawatts of new solar, wind and battery storage have helped keep the grid reliable this summer, said Electric Reliability Council of Texas officials.
By Robert Walton • Aug. 26, 2024 -
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CAISO interconnection reform plan draws support from SoCal Ed, PG&E, PUC
However, renewable energy developers and trade groups urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reject provisions they say would favor utility-backed projects.
By Ethan Howland • Aug. 23, 2024 -
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MISO, SPP advance ‘unprecedented’ transmission plan that could support up to 30 GW
The grid operators are seeking Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approvals that are needed to build $1.7 billion in transmission projects along their northern border.
By Ethan Howland • Aug. 22, 2024 -
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Deep DiveCalifornia pioneers new ways to ease interconnection of large DERs
Limited generation profiles in California will schedule limits to DERs during system constraints. New York, Illinois, Colorado and others are testing more flexible approaches.
By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 21, 2024 -
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FERC rejects Basin Electric’s cryptocurrency mining rate proposal
Basin Electric failed to show it was fair to treat cryptocurrency loads differently from other similar-sized loads, the agency said in a potentially precedent-setting decision.
By Ethan Howland • Aug. 21, 2024
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