Solar at High Noon
Surplus generation at mid-day calls for long-duration energy storage.
Utility execs and PUCs should plan now to handle extensive solar penetration, including the significant overgeneration that can occur at mid-day.
Solar Battle Lines
The fight over customer rooftops, grid funding, and net metering.
Renewable customer generation is growing and regulators should let incumbent regulated monopoly businesses and interests ahead of society and competition.
The Price is Right?
Demand response on appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court.
It could well be that demand response results in a more stable pricing environment that seems less risky to investors.
Achieving Net Zero
Financing your energy-efficient, passive-house construction on a slim budget.
Net zero construction can be a cost effective investment even when compared to code-compliant buildings.
When Water Meets Energy
Each essential. Each dependent on the other.
Water depends on energy and energy depends on water, creating opportunities for synergies and efficiencies.
People (December 2015)
PJM appointed Andrew L. Ott president and CEO; Mississippi Power named Anthony L. Wilson president; PG&E appointed Jason P. Wells as senior v.p. and CFO; Chesapeake Energy appointed R. Brad Martin as non-executive chairman of the company’s board of directors; Rafael Flores was elected to the Ameren board of directors. And others ...
Solar Shines As Regulatory Battles Abound
A tough legal and financial terrain is confronting producers, utilities and regulators.
State commissions are challenged to find the sweet spot whereby utilities can afford to maintain their systems and homeowners are motivated to go green.
LG Chem Batteries to Power World’s Largest ESS Project for STEAG
Submitted by aburr on Mon, 2015-11-30 12:58LG Chem will integrate six large-scale batteries in STEAG power plants. As part of the world's largest ESS (energy storage systems) project, STEAG GBS (Großbatterie-Systeme) plants belonging to the German power supplier in North-Rhine Westphalia and Rhineland Palatinate will be modernized. With 140-MW hours of power, the storage systems will deliver enough energy to supply 10,000 households per day with electricity.
AGL Resources Shareholders Vote to Approve Merger with Southern Company
Submitted by aburr on Mon, 2015-11-30 12:57Shareholders of AGL Resources voted to approve the proposed merger with Southern Company announced on August 24, 2015. Additionally, AGL Resources shareholders approved the proposed executive compensation that may be paid or may become payable to the Company's named executive officers in connection with or following the consummation of the merger. The merger remains subject to federal and state regulatory approvals, and the transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2016.