Grid Flexible Solar
Key to Unlocking Clean Energy Grid of the Future
The basic solar approach to development and utilization works well in early-stage markets with little renewables penetration.
Fortnightly Magazine - September 2018
Vets in Energy
Power of Vets through Association
Military service imbues men and women with discipline, technical skills, commitment, and leadership attributes, which translates into valuable skills for effective employment in the energy industry.
Large Public Power Council on FERC Reliability Technical Conference
Low-cost Reliable Power is Paramount
It’s necessary to have appropriate tools to manage DER resources and know in real time what they’re doing.
Cities Getting Smarter
At Dentons Smart Cities Summit
Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernie Moniz. CPS Energy CEO Paula Gold-Williams. Alliance to Save Energy President Jason Hartke. Former National Security Advisor General James Jones. New York Power Authority General Counsel Justin Driscoll. BGE Senior Vice President Alex Núñez. What do they have in common? They were all speakers and panelists at the Smart Cities Summit in Washington D.C. on July 25 - 26, 2018, hosted by the law firm Dentons.
APPA Fly-In
Policy Makers Council Summer Fly-in
The Policy Makers Council is a way to get across public power’s key messages to the Hill and federal agencies.
Clash of Titans: Regulators vs. Markets
Addressing Costs Imposed on the Grid
An energy-only market could not effectively provide ancillary services, as these are externalities. A similar situation has now arisen in the capacity market.
Blockchain: Future of Renewable Trading?
Blocking and Tackling
The blockchain is a more secure method for recording transactions, because as a distributed ledger, it does not have a single centralized point of storage that can be hacked.
Clarifying the Conflicts in Wholesale Market Design
Find Common Ground and Focus the Debate
Just as state policies are unlikely to return us to the seventies, those policies are unlikely to undermine the RTOs’ and ISOs’ abilities to perform their core operational tasks.
What Netflix and Amazon Pricing Tell Us about Rate Design’s Future
Alexa, Pull Up My Energy Service Subscription Plan!
If other industries are transitioning from a pay-per-use and volumetric model to a subscription model, why should utilities not consider this option as well?
Accelerating Generation Changes Make Assuring Reliability More Complex
A NERC Perspective
Assuring the reliability of the bulk-power system in North America requires identifying challenges and formulating appropriate solutions to a rapidly evolving generation-resource mix.
As the Electric Reliability Organization, NERC is charged with assuring the effective and efficient reduction of risks to the reliability and security of the grid. As such, NERC conducts annual, seasonal and special reliability assessments to identify and analyze trends or potential risks.