Energy Storage: Page 56
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Deep Dive
California utilities finding their way on renewables integration
High levels of renewables can make utilities look good but also strain their systems, with potential solutions requiring vetting by regulators.
By Peter Maloney • Oct. 16, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Utilities take note: Next generation utility-led community solar is emerging
Utilities are offering new community solar customer segments with no upfront costs and combining it with demand response and storage.
By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 16, 2017 -
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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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Sonnen plans solar+storage virtual power plant in Arizona home development
Mandalay Homes has partnered with Germany's Sonnen to install smart residential energy storage systems in a new Arizona community.
By Robert Walton • Oct. 16, 2017 -
Washington utilities need to consider storage in resource planning, regulators say
The state utility regulators issued a policy statement outlining expectations for utilities to invest in and incorporate storage into resource planning.
By Peter Maloney • Oct. 13, 2017 -
California Gov. Brown signs bill directing utilities to plan storage, DERs for peak demand
The new law, SB 338, requires utilities to develop carbon-free alternatives to gas generation for meeting peak demand in their integrated resource plans.
By Gavin Bade • Oct. 12, 2017 -
Opinion
A bipartisan view on modernizing the US electric grid
Congress must incentivize power industry innovations yielding cleaner and more customized energy services, the Republican and Democratic co-chairs of the Grid Innovation Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives write.
By Robert E. Latta, Jerry McNerney • Oct. 11, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Hawaiian Electric takes first steps to utility-scale commercial energy storage
The utility has big plans for the technology, but wants to see lower costs.
By Peter Maloney • Oct. 10, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Why utilities need to respond now to the EV boom
Utilities can either embrace electric vehicle growth or be caught "flat-footed" when new power demand materializes, an RMI report warns.
By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 9, 2017 -
Hurricane Nate takes out power to 60K in Southeast
The Category 1 storm made landfall twice in the northern part of the Gulf Coast, slamming Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, and leaving more than 100,000 in the dark at its peak.
By Krysti Shallenberger • Oct. 9, 2017 -
Massachusetts starts inquiry into energy storage eligibility for net metering
Regulators will also examine the qualification of net metering facilities to bid into ISO-New England’s forward capacity market.
By Peter Maloney • Oct. 9, 2017 -
Updated: Illinois Power Agency seeks comments on new procurement rules
IPA is seeking comment on revisions to net metering policies, a new rebate for smart inverters for photovoltaic projects and new compliance obligations for Alternative Retail Electric Suppliers.
By Peter Maloney • Oct. 6, 2017 -
Puente gas plant should not be approved, California energy committee says
A California Energy Commission committee said the proposed NRG Energy project would spark "significant unmitigated environmental effects" and fail to align with several policies and laws.
By Krysti Shallenberger • Oct. 6, 2017 -
Elon Musk says Tesla can help rebuild Puerto Rico's grid. Governor says 'let's talk.'
Elon Musk issued another Twitter challenge saying his company could rebuild the island's decimated grid with solar-plus-storage systems.
By Krysti Shallenberger • Oct. 6, 2017 -
California grid operator urges less fossil-fuel use in new report
The decline of gas-fired generation, decentralizing electrical service and regional coordination are among the eight trends identified by CAISO.
By Krysti Shallenberger • Oct. 5, 2017 -
ENGIE and Massachusetts utility team up for 6 MWh energy storage project
Holyoke Gas & Electric's solar-paired facility will be the largest battery storage facility in the state, according to the company.
By Peter Maloney • Oct. 5, 2017 -
California energy storage siting bill signed into law
Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed the measure aiming to speed the siting of energy storage projects in state counties and cities.
By Peter Maloney • Oct. 4, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Energy storage good option for frequency response, group says
The technology could find expanded uses if federal regulators agree with the Energy Storage Association.
By Peter Maloney • Oct. 3, 2017 -
Sonnen pledges to build microgrids in Puerto Rico
The announcement comes as rival battery provider Tesla says it will deliver "hundreds" of its residential battery systems to the island in the coming weeks.
By Peter Maloney • Oct. 2, 2017 -
Tesla pledges 'hundreds' of Powerwall battery packs for Puerto Rico
Only 5% of the U.S. territory's grid is working right now, The New York Times reports, and it could take up to six months to fully restore power.
By Krysti Shallenberger • Oct. 2, 2017 -
Opinion
Why it's time to fully embrace America's energy grid diversification
U.S. regulators should help drive more distributed resources into the grid, ICF's Philip Mihlmester writes, recommending how they can do so to the benefit of energy consumers and utilities.
By Philip Mihlmester • Sept. 29, 2017 -
Trio of new bills in Congress aims to support energy storage deployment
Industry leaders hope to cast energy storage as a resource that "helps everyone," avoiding the partisan divides of energy resource politics on Capitol Hill.
By Gavin Bade • Sept. 28, 2017 -
GTM: Grid-tied residential storage to outpace off-grid deployments in 2017
Utilities are encouraging homeowners to deploy grid-connected storage as a way to reduce the effect of high solar penetration on the grid.
By Peter Maloney • Sept. 28, 2017 -
Sponsored by National Grid
Imagining the Utility of the Future
How National Grid is evolving to put customers at the core of all that it does.
By Chris Warren • Sept. 27, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Hybrid compressed liquid air storage technology could be coming to the US
The company is “engaging with utilities” in the U.S. for sites and applications for its next installation and hopes to initiate its first commercial projects in the next 12 months.
By Peter Maloney • Sept. 26, 2017 -
San Francisco studying solar-plus-storage systems to boost local resiliency
The city is studying alternatives to diesel generators to help in earthquakes and other major disasters.
By Peter Maloney • Sept. 26, 2017