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NYPA initiative targets quicker commercialization path for storage, EV startups
A partnership between New York Power Authority and New York University's Urban Future Lab will support businesses pursuing technologies that can help the state reach its zero carbon power goal.
By Robert Walton • April 3, 2019 -
FERC asks grid operators for more detail on storage participation
Federal regulators on April 1 asked RTOs and ISOs to beef up their compliance filings for Order 841 after the energy storage sector raised concerns with their original proposals.
By Gavin Bade • April 3, 2019 -
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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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Maryland passes energy storage pilot program to determine future regulatory framework
The bill applies only to Maryland's four investor-owned utilities: Potomac Edison; Baltimore Gas and Electric; Delmarva Power and Light; and Potomac Electric Power.
By HJ Mai • April 2, 2019 -
Solar + storage projects to drive utility-scale deployment of batteries: Navigant
As storage-plus-renewable-energy project prices drop and adoption expands, a report finds storage-plus PPA prices are already able to compete with combined cycle gas plants.
By HJ Mai • April 1, 2019 -
Hawaii regulators approve HECO's $86M grid mod plan, 6 solar + storage projects under $0.10/kWh
Hawaiian Electric said the decisions, including the "largest and lowest-cost portfolio" of renewables assembled at one time in a state, will enable "foundational" changes on the electric grids of five islands.
By Robert Walton • March 29, 2019 -
FPL unveils plans for largest solar-powered battery in the world
The 409 MW/900 MWh storage center would be four times larger than the current record-holder: Tesla's 100-MW/129MWh system in Australia.
By Catherine Morehouse • March 28, 2019 -
ISO-NE files short-term fuel security plan to relieve gas constraints
The ISO's proposed Inventoried Energy Program would provide higher payments for resources that can store fuel onsite in the winters of 2023/2024 and 2024/2025.
By Gavin Bade • March 27, 2019 -
Electricity costs from battery storage down 76% since 2012: BNEF
Renewable energy projects featuring battery storage could challenge fossil fuels in the area of dispatchable power as the cost of electricity from lithium-ion batteries has fallen by more than two-thirds since 2012.
By HJ Mai • March 26, 2019 -
Con Edison pilots new approach to increasing battery storage on its grid
The utility will leverage real estate lease payments and energy market revenues to develop more front-of-the-meter storage.
By Robert Walton • March 26, 2019 -
Deep Dive
The biggest numbers game in the power sector: Data analytics and the utility community of the future
Data analytics are helping utilities improve operations and customer engagement, but a decentralized transactive energy network is in the works and will require additional computing advances.
By Herman K. Trabish • March 25, 2019 -
Podcast
EPS Ep. 9: DOE renewables chief vows support for office amid proposed budget cuts
Assistant Secretary Dan Simmons used to work for an organization that advocated the elimination of the office he currently heads. Now he says he supports DOE's renewable energy mission.
By Gavin Bade • March 19, 2019 -
Trio of federal energy storage bills avoid tax credits
The legislation comes amid rising interest in the technology, with an increasing number of state targets, a new House bipartisan storage caucus and increased funding in the President's latest budget request.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • March 19, 2019 -
NYSERDA targets retail and bulk storage incentives as state aims for 3 GW by 2030
The New York State Energy and Research Development Authority's plan allocates $130 million and $150 million to the retail and bulk storage markets, respectively.
By Catherine Morehouse • March 13, 2019 -
Insurer Munich Re offers 10-year warranty on battery storage performance
The company backed the flow battery developed by ESS with a decade-long performance guarantee, a first in energy storage technologies.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Updated March 13, 2019 -
Trump budget again seeks deep cuts to EPA, DOE renewables research
The budget would eliminate ARPA-E and cut the DOE energy efficiency and renewables office by more than two-thirds — proposals Congress has already twice rejected.
By Gavin Bade • March 11, 2019 -
Efficiency leads 2019 energy job growth prospects
Energy efficiency employers project a 7.8% growth rate for jobs this year, more than double the increase last year, in what the latest U.S. Energy and Employment Report deemed the "toughest hiring climate."
By Robert Walton • March 7, 2019 -
Opinion
Deploying more renewables now through an energy storage-centric Clean Peak Standard
Policies that encourage energy storage to be paired with solar or wind power can have an outsized impact because these grid assets can together deliver firm capacity into peak periods when customer costs are the highest.
By Ronald DiFelice • March 7, 2019 -
US energy storage market expected to more than double in 2019, report says
Wood Mackenzie analysts say the market nearly doubled in 2018 and expect even greater growth this year, with utilities projected to add more than 1.6 GWh of storage.
By Gavin Bade • March 6, 2019 -
New York moves to phase out older peaking plants as it targets 100% clean energy
A new state proposal would set lower thresholds for emissions of nitrogen oxides, and allow plant owners to meet the new standards in part by installing renewable or batteries.
By Robert Walton • March 1, 2019 -
California regulators tee up changes to utility distributed storage programs
A proposed decision from an Administrative Law Judge would direct utilities to allow independently owned projects to compete with utility-owned proposals when procuring distributed storage.
By Gavin Bade • Feb. 28, 2019 -
New York utilities, NYISO to collaborate on allowing storage in state's wholesale and retail markets
Following through on its approval of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 1.5 GW by 2025 target, the Public Service Commission laid out priorities for a working group on integration and market design for energy storage.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Feb. 26, 2019 -
Deep Dive
SEU 2019 survey: Uncertainty mounts in the clean energy transition
Utilities are still moving to a cleaner, more distributed power system, but our annual survey shows they are increasingly unsure about what types of regulation and market structures they want to foster the transition.
By Gavin Bade • Feb. 26, 2019 -
Deep Dive
Designing Liberty Utilities' New Hampshire residential storage program
A closer look at the decision to pair distributed energy storage with time-of-use rates.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Feb. 25, 2019 -
Deep Dive
Enabling storage integration through market-driven procurements
Early renewables procurements that reverse traditional auctions with one utility buyer and multiple renewables-plus-storage sellers have lowered storage costs and grown capacity.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 25, 2019 -
Massachusetts house speaker introduces plan to allocate $1B for efficiency, renewables
The plan would give communities easier access to funds to install energy storage, solar grids, electric vehicle charging infrastructure and more.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Feb. 25, 2019