Wind

New Technologies Require Regulatory Vigilance and Balance

Regulators should presume all advocates of a technology desire to gain unfair advantage over competitors.

Regulators are especially vulnerable to rent-seeking efforts by advocates to achieve self-serving outcomes, at the expense of the general public.

Byline:

Ken Costello

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No, Edison Wouldn't Recognize Today's Electric Industry

A put down of the industry’s innovation can be put aside

The last year of Edison’s life was vastly different from today. Residential electric consumption is about 140 times greater than 1930.

Byline:

Steve Mitnick

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Got Green? Then Get Smart.

Why it’s the growth of renewable resources that makes the most compelling case for a smarter grid.

To manage the new instability, inherent in many renewable resources, it becomes necessary to introduce more intelligence and automation. That’s what makes the smart grid so compelling.

Byline:

Mark Madden

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From Grid to Cloud

A network of networks – in search of an orchestrator.

The Energy Cloud will change the way we generate, store, and consume energy by changing from a one-way power flow to a dynamic network of networks supporting two-way energy and information flows.

Byline:

Jan Vrins, Hector Artze, Richard Shandross, and Mackinnon Lawrence

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Getting Smart about the Integrated Grid

In New York it’s where we’re staking our energy future.

Disruptive technologies such as microgrids and battery storage devices are commendable but they are supporting actors and must still work with the centralized grid.

Byline:

Gil C. Quiniones

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Distributed Generation

Disruptive Technology or Regulatory Challenge?

Distributed generation marks a set of emerging technologies requiring creativity from utilities and regulators in introducing laws, policies, and economic incentives – to ensure that revenue streams are captured and that cost recovery reflects market reality.

Byline:

Rob Neumann and Ralph Zarumba

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Understanding New York's 'Vision'

A roadmap to ‘REV’ and its plan for restructuring.

New York's far-reaching reform plan, called the Renewable Energy Vision, or “REV,” seeks to decentralize power supply by encouraging distributed resources, and a new regulatory entity will be created called a “Distributed System Platform,” or DSP.

Byline:

Merrill L. Kramer

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Piggybacking on the Grid

Why net energy metering is unfair and inefficient.

While customers may have reached a “net zero” threshold on energy, they are a large net negative on very expensive grid services.

Byline:

Charles E. Bayless

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EPA's Clean Power Plan

Charting a Path Forward

With respect to the Clean Power Plan, the question is whether EPA will address the major issues and reinforce its positions in advance of the anticipated legal challenges.

Byline:

Steven A. Weiler

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sPower Purchases Inaugural Wind Project, 62.1-MW in Southeastern Utah

Submitted by aburr on Wed, 2015-07-01 13:31

sPower acquired its first wind project, a 62.1-MW facility in Monticello, Utah. The project is scheduled to begin construction this summer and should start generating clean energy at the end of 2015. The project has a 20-year PPA with PacifiCorp, which does business as Rocky Mountain Power in Utah.

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