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Deep Dive
Residential storage faces sunny prospects this year
Pairing storage with rooftop solar could boom if interest translates into action.
By Peter Maloney • April 10, 2018 -
Updated: California muni shelves gas plant to consider renewable options
The Glendale community becomes the latest on the list of jurisdictions reconsidering gas plant investments.
By Gavin Bade • April 9, 2018 -
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The U.S. clean energy transition is expected to accelerate in 2024 but faces question around transmission, financing, federal elections and other issues.
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DOE offers $1.8B for new supercomputers at national labs
The next generation of exascale computing could assist utilities with grid management and infrastructure planning, DOE Undersecretary Paul Dabbar said.
By Gavin Bade • April 9, 2018 -
Deep Dive
The two key questions about going to 100% renewables in Los Angeles
The city council wants its municipal utility to reach the clean energy goal, and a new report says it can by 2030 — if the utility can learn new ways.
By Herman K. Trabish • April 5, 2018 -
Deep Dive
PG&E to test price signals, load management strategies in EV charging program
As Pacific Gas & Electric begins to roll out electric vehicle charging stations, the utility is focused on how to manage that demand efficiently.
By Robert Walton • April 4, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Unnecessary complexity? Assessing New York and California's landmark DER proceedings
New York and California have spent years opening opportunities for distributed energy resources with minimal real impact. Could they have done it differently?
By Herman K. Trabish • April 4, 2018 -
Western, Northeast states strike partnerships to boost electric vehicle adoption
The "Drive Change. Drive Electric." campaign will focus on new vehicle models, tax and purchase incentives, and the growing regional network of charging stations.
By Robert Walton • April 3, 2018 -
Electric vehicles to dominate Hawaiian roads by 2045, HECO predicts
The utility laid out its plans to boost electric vehicle adoption and use the new demand to lower system costs.
By Robert Walton • April 2, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Market-based IRPs: A new paradigm for grid planning?
Instead of forecasts, utilities like Hawaiian Electric and Xcel are beginning to use real-world prices in their integrated resource plans, allowing them to better compare renewables and DERs to traditional grid investments.
By Gavin Bade • April 2, 2018 -
EDF to invest nearly $10B in energy storage by 2035
The French utility giant is targeting the residential sector in France and Europe with a variety of self-consumption services that use batteries.
By Peter Maloney • March 29, 2018 -
Itron, Sonnen say battery partnership will let utilities maximize grid efficiency
The demand response-enabled system will store and discharge energy to keep electric bills low and maximize the use of solar energy, the companies said.
By Robert Walton • March 28, 2018 -
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Deep DiveProposed Texas rule highlights storage's challenges in bridging competitive, regulated energy markets
Energy storage’s unique characteristics make it a difficult fit on the regulated side of Texas’ power market.
By Peter Maloney • March 27, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Connecticut legislature poised to act as community solar collides with net metering
Connecticut’s utilities object to a new community solar policy while its advocates say proposed utility changes to net metering are unacceptable.
By Herman K. Trabish • March 27, 2018 -
Mosaic Energy
Update: Arizona Gov. Ducey signs bill to undermine RPS ballot proposal
The measure will minimize financial penalties for utilities that fail to meet renewable energy targets, muting a ballot proposal pushing 50% renewable energy by 2030.
By Robert Walton • March 23, 2018 -
Deep Dive
On the duck's 10th birthday, here's how to keep it from eating the power system
Before anybody saw how fast solar would grow, researchers described what it would do to the grid and started working on solutions now being implemented.
By Herman K. Trabish • March 22, 2018 -
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Deep DiveTime is not on their side: Utilities ill-prepared for EV demand, SEPA finds
Most utilities remain in the very early stages of preparing for a significant jump in demand, according to the Smart Electric Power Alliance.
By Robert Walton • March 21, 2018 -
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Project finance getting more viable for energy storage, Moody's says
New financing options could be available as declining costs and regulatory support spur energy storage projects.
By Peter Maloney • March 21, 2018 -
Nearly 1/3 of planned gas peakers at risk from energy storage, GTM finds
While it could take a while to compete with existing peakers, storage costs are dropping at a rate that could start making it competitive with new peaking plants in about five years.
By Peter Maloney • March 20, 2018 -
SDG&E
Deep DiveNew business models may be the next frontier in lower energy storage costs
Often overlooked in discussions about the declining price of energy storage are business models that aim to lower capital expenses.
By Peter Maloney • March 20, 2018 -
Deep Dive
California's dream of a regional power market faces the risks of a Trump FERC
California's proposed regional electricity market could could generate up to $1.5 billion in annual benefits and reduce GHG emissions up to 10%, but it could be subverted.
By Herman K. Trabish • March 20, 2018 -
CEC: California EV chargers will add 1 GW of peak demand by 2025
A new report from the California Energy Commission also details the "Dragon Curve" — expected electricity demand effects of electric vehicle growth.
By Gavin Bade • March 20, 2018 -
Deep Dive
A complicated calculus keeps the remaining coal fleet alive
The U.S. coal fleet is half the size it was 10 years ago. How are the remaining plants hanging on?
By Peter Maloney • March 19, 2018 -
Pennsylvania proposal could bolster EV charging infrastructure
The Public Utilities Commission is proposing to declare that electric vehicle charging is not considered resale/redistribution.
By Robert Walton • March 16, 2018 -
Republic Services
Deep DiveIn the New South, customer demand is showing utilities the dollars and sense in solar
With load flat to declining, utilities in the Southeast are investing in almost no new generation but can't resist customer demand for renewables and the new solar economics.
By Herman K. Trabish • March 15, 2018 -
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OpinionFERC tries to thread the needle in debate over markets versus mandates
Is FERC destroying markets in order to save them, Montana Public Service Commission Vice Chairman Travis Kavulla asks.
By Travis Kavulla • March 13, 2018
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