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'We're going from cigarettes to crack': Hawaii regulators grill HECO on fossil fuel transition plan
Regulators worry delays to renewable projects, planned to help replace a coal plant on Oahu, could require the state to turn to oil-fired generation next year.
By Kavya Balaraman • March 17, 2021 -
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Hawaiian Electric defends renewable, storage project delays as fossil fuel plants near retirement
Project delays are not solely attributable to Hawaiian Electric, and depend also on developers and their consultants, the utility said in a filing.
By Kavya Balaraman • March 10, 2021 -
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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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Federal bills creating standalone storage tax credit raise hopes for significant boost, akin to solar
The legislation would apply to residential systems, as well as commercial and utility-scale energy storage projects, including batteries and hydrogen.
By Kavya Balaraman • March 10, 2021 -
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OpinionA new program is making battery storage affordable for affordable housing (and everyone else)
ConnectedSolutions, available in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire, is beginning to transform the landscape for battery storage in homes, businesses and nonprofits, the author writes.
By Seth Mullendore • March 9, 2021 -
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Deep Dive'A total mindshift': Utilities replace gas peakers, 'old school' demand response with flexible DERs
Utility-customer cooperation can balance renewables' variability with flexibility without using "blunt" demand response or natural gas.
By Herman K. Trabish • March 8, 2021 -
Storage deployments shatter records — again — in Q4 2020
"We expect an uptick in home battery sales in Texas in the aftermath of February’s devastating outages,” Chloe Holden, energy storage analyst with Wood Mackenzie, said in a press release.
By Kavya Balaraman • March 4, 2021 -
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Texas must increase ties to the national grid and DER to avoid another power catastrophe, analysts say
Planning for inter-regional transmission and distributed resources could do what ERCOT's competitive, energy-only market didn't – keep the heat and lights on, energy advisors say.
By Herman K. Trabish • March 2, 2021 -
FERC gives preliminary permit to 2.2 GW storage project that would use Navajo coal plant power lines
The proposed pumped-storage hydropower project would deliver power to markets in California, Arizona and Nevada, according to its developer.
By Kavya Balaraman • Feb. 22, 2021 -
S&P: Despite storage growth, US to achieve 'marginal' carbon-free capacity increases through 2035
The generation market share for zero-carbon resources will increase from 39% to 47% in the next 15 years, and will require policy commitments at either the federal or state level, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 18, 2021 -
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SCE turns to 400 MWh AES storage facility, facing summer reliability concerns
Southern California Edison entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement for the project in 2014.
By Kavya Balaraman • Feb. 18, 2021 -
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SEPA/ESA report details multiple ways utilities can make battery storage financially viable
Some of the options, like creating various revenue streams from batteries, hinge on whether or not a state decides if they qualify as "generators," a report author said.
By Leslie Nemo • Feb. 16, 2021 -
Grid operators to request extension on FERC Order 2222 compliance, regulator cites 'short' timeline
"FERC, when issuing Order 2222, left many of the most difficult challenges to be dealt with by the RTOs in their stakeholder process," said Ted Thomas, chair of the Arkansas Public Service Commission.
By Catherine Morehouse • Feb. 10, 2021 -
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DOE lab aims to answer the 'big questions' about storage and help dramatically increase deployment
A new National Renewable Energy Laboratory paper outlines four “phases of battery deployment and will be followed by four more studies examining other factors influencing future storage conditions.
By Leslie Nemo • Feb. 9, 2021 -
Building domestic supply chain for battery storage could be a priority for lawmakers, Senate aides say
"I’m not a betting woman, but I would bet that we would have at least a hearing — if not five or six — this Congress, very soon, on this topic," said an aide to Senate Energy Committee Chairman Joe Manchin.
By Kavya Balaraman • Feb. 5, 2021 -
Groups fear California blackout prevention plan could increase gas use, threaten climate goals
Regulators proposed three kinds of resources utilities could consider for additional capacity: energy storage, generation at risk of retirement, and efficiency upgrades as well as revised PPAs at current plants.
By Kavya Balaraman • Feb. 1, 2021 -
New York approves utility revenue sharing for battery storage systems
Although utility companies have to share revenue from battery systems with customers, ratepayers will only see money return once contracts with battery operators are satisfied.
By Leslie Nemo • Jan. 29, 2021 -
Deep Dive
Want a more distributed and lower cost power system? Try this new planning tool
Vibrant Clean Energy offers system modeling to match today's granularity and breaks the barrier between bulk system and distribution system planning.
By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 28, 2021 -
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National Grid petitions NY PSC to approve small battery project's dispatch, wholesale market roles
If approved, the small system will let the company learn how much larger battery projects will cope with the New York Independent System Operator's requirements for both processes.
By Leslie Nemo • Jan. 26, 2021 -
California approves PG&E, SDG&E, SCE microgrid tariffs with eye to upcoming fire season
As battery storage capacity is added in California, developers are preparing to meet the summer peak demand through new projects, including microgrids.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Jan. 19, 2021 -
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Hawaii finalizes utility regulation considered potential template for US power system transformation
Stakeholders agree the state's final performance-based regulation order includes opportunities and safeguards that can lead to a new regulatory paradigm.
By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 19, 2021 -
Deep Dive
2021 Outlook: Greening natural gas while planning for service reliability
Natural gas remains essential to the U.S. energy grid despite deep decarbonization targets, experts say, as utilities and generators pilot lower emission projects, while also looking to energy storage and other options.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Jan. 15, 2021 -
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California releases final root cause analysis of August rolling blackouts
Renewables and storage advocates said the report shows California should invest more aggressively in long-term energy storage, to ensure power from intermittent resources, such as solar, can be available during peak hours.
By Catherine Morehouse • Jan. 15, 2021 -
Wind, solar to make up 70% of new US generating capacity in 2021 while batteries gain momentum: EIA
The U.S. is on track to set a new record for solar deployment this year, according to a federal report, while increased interest in solar-plus-storage projects will quadruple the nation's storage capacity.
By Emma Penrod • Jan. 13, 2021 -
Deep Dive
2021 Outlook: 10 power sector trends to watch
A new administration under a new party is one of many signs that 2021 will look different for policymakers, regulators, utilities and other stakeholders, but the continuation of some older trends is expected as well.
By Catherine Morehouse • Jan. 13, 2021 -
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Kauai Island Utility Cooperative, AES pursue nation's first solar-powered pumped hydro project
The pairing is unique in the energy sector, according to the utility, and will help it surpass 80% renewables.
By Robert Walton • Jan. 12, 2021
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