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Planning for grid resiliency and recovery moving to the next level
SAN ANTONIO – Communications, communications, technology, and more communications are driving the efforts of utilities and regulators to better prepare for power grids to withstand and recover from major weather-related outages. Customer demands for more and better information about the restora... Read More »Credit: Hil Anderson
Regulators should use their ‘convening’ power to coordinate grid resiliency
SAN ANTONIO – State utility regulators should take a larger role in helping communities prepare for potential disasters and extended power outages by using their strategic position to drive the planning process for energy grid resiliency among the different stakeholders. Consumers, businesses, ... Read More »Concentric Energy Advisors study calls QFs’ avoided cost rates ‘dislocated’
The Dec. 3 deadline is fast approaching to submit comments in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to update the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) of 1978. And there’s likely to be a quick turnaround on FERC’s subsequent final rule,... Read More »House clean energy package pledges new, expanded renewable energy tax incentives
The House Ways and Means Committee released Tuesday a discussion draft of a sweeping clean energy tax package that pledges action on climate change through a five-year extension of the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) and a slew of new incentives linked to energy storage. The Growing Renewable E... Read More »AEP Energy Partners seeking proposals for solar, wind
AEP Energy Partners is seeking proposals for offtake from new solar and new or repowered wind facilities located in PJM -- a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in 13 states and the District of Columbia. An offtake agreement is between the pro... Read More »Shuli Goodman
Open-source technology may spark grid modernization
As the Department of Energy (DOE) funds a host of projects to address grid modernization and energy demands and electric utilities scramble to educate consumers about power concerns, a global coalition is quietly developing an alternative path for grid modernization based on past technology successe... Read More »DOE issues oceanic science, technology and research challenges
The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pair of challenges designed to place focus on accelerating science, technology and research in the oceans. The Waves to Water challenge seeks innovators to desalinate water using the power of ocean waves. The Powering the Blue Economy Ocean Observing Pr... Read More »Credit: Hil Anderson