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In New York's Distributed Energy Future, Will Co-Generation Still Reign?

Distributed energy has a long history in the state – with co-generation, or combined heat and power, playing the dominant role. How is that portfolio changing today?

Combined heat and power still leads the Empire State in market penetration by distributed resources, but costs are not falling as fast as for storage or solar PV.

Byline:

Hugo van Nispen

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Germany's Energiewende

Lessons learned for U.S. utilities – drawn from first-person fact-finding.

Policy experts travel to the continent to get a first-hand view on the lessons the U.S. utilities should take away from Germany’s rush to renewables.

Byline:

John Pang, Chris Vlahoplus, John Sterling, and Bob Gibson

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From ISO to DSO

Imagining a new construct – an independent system operator for the distribution network.

A new utility industry construct – the Distribution System Operator (DSO) – could help maximize the benefits of distributed energy resources.

Byline:

Farrokh Rahimi and Sasan Mokhtari

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FERC vs. Idaho

PURPA and the future of avoided cost rates.

A tussle between Idaho and the feds exemplifies the flood of petitions that QFs have filed during the past several years, asking FERC to enforce or confirm their PURPA-guaranteed rights.

Byline:

Bruce W. Radford

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Pricing Social Benefits

Calculating and allocating costs for non-traditional utility services.

Alternative ways to calculate utilities’ costs of service allow policy makers to achieve social goals in a way that’s fair and economically efficient.

Byline:

Ralph Zarumba, Benjamin Grunfeld, and Koby Bailey

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feed-in tariff

In New York's Distributed Energy Future, Will Co-Generation Still Reign?

Germany's Energiewende

From ISO to DSO

FERC vs. Idaho

Pricing Social Benefits