Association of Energy Services Professionals' 31st Annual Conference
Memorable and Meaningful Moments
Highlights of AESP's 31st annual conference.
Solar Buyer Beware
Misleading Analysis Promotes Cost Ineffectiveness
I will identify cautions for buyers, in the hope that utilities, regulators, and others communicate to potential solar customers what to look for when considering installing solar panels.
Cautionary Tale on Subsidizing an Energy Technology
The Case of CHP
What are those barriers stifling certain energy technologies, what are their sources, and should current policies and regulations change to address them?
Ready to Massively Increase Renewables in Southeast Europe?
How to Get There
We conclude that from a market perspective, the combination of new RES, added gas generation, and carbon prices may cause lignite plants to retire at a faster pace than in the current resource plans.
HVDC, Not Just For Long Distance Anymore
Consider Converting to HVDC, Part 2
There are hundreds of miles of DC cables crisscrossing the North Sea, some moving power from offshore platforms, some connecting the power systems of Scandinavia, the UK, and the EU.
State Legislative Energy Priorities
What to Expect in 2021
State lawmakers are exploring ways to integrate energy storage into their grid modernization efforts, with legislatures considering nearly two hundred energy storage bills in 2020.
Uncertainty in Wake of Executive Order 13920 and Biden Administration
The Waiting Game
As President Biden begins his first few weeks in office, many within the power sector wonder how his administration will address key concerns related to securing the nation's bulk-power system.
The previous administration issued several executive orders relating to cybersecurity, including Executive Order 13920, a directive that was issued on May 1, 2020 to address security threats to the bulk-power system in the United States.
Small Co-op Tackles Big Issue: Solar Access for Low-Income Households
Roanoke’s SolarShare Program
Roanoke’s contribution is called SolarShare, which will leverage the co-op’s energy efficiency initiative and its nascent community solar program to provide energy benefits to members who struggle to pay bills.
Role of Storage in Path to Net Zero
Accenture
Accenture's report “The Role of Storage in the Path to Net Zero”: “We make a case for storage and you can see the impact it can have on whole system costs, if the costs fall and solar costs fall with it, as per current trajectory. It looks good, but the costs are still high.”
Whither the FERC?
National Regulatory Research Institute
A conversation about this new report with its author, the Director of the NARUC’s National Regulatory Research Institute.