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The Toolkit also includes model language that utility regulators can use to update state interconnection rules to reduce the costs and time to safely interconnect energy storage and solar-plus-storage systems. The solutions are nationally applicable and can be applied in diverse states and markets across the U.S..Adoption of these recommended solutions can have a significant ...
Sunrun, a leading provider of clean energy as a subscription service, announced this week that its CalReady power plant has more than quadrupled in size as the summer heat begins to stress the state’s energy grid. More than 56,000 Sunrun customers’ solar-plus-battery systems—totaling approximately 75,000 batteries—will provide critical energy to California's grid during times of high energy ...
PG&E this week also announced the opening of the application window for the second wave of MIP grant funding beginning April 3.To apply for the second application window, interested parties must submit MIP project ideas to PG&E by May 30, 2025, through an email to communitymicrogrids@pge.com.The Microgrid Incentive Program funds the development of community microgrids to support ...
Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) this week announced the launch of Seasonal Aggregation of Versatile Energy (SAVE), an Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) demonstration and a first-of-its-kind virtual power plant that harnesses residential distributed energy resources to reduce local grid constraints. Working with multiple aggregators and the Demand Side Analytics research ...
Industry experts, state and federal regulators, and leaders from the United States and Canada gathered in Washington, D.C., this week for the Reliability Leadership Summit, which takes place every two years and is co-hosted by NERC and the Reliability Issues Steering Committee (RISC). The day-long Summit focused on emerging reliability issues and their impacts on the reliable operation of the ...
The integration of software from SparkMeter, a global provider of grid management solutions, into the Honeywell Forge platform is also designed to allow SECO Energy to proactively manage its distribution and better align rates with energy costs."As we face increasing demand in our service territory, we need better visibility into our grid - both ...
This expansion enables Leap’s technology partners with distributed energy resources (DERs) in PJM territory to unlock new energy market revenue streams while helping reduce emissions and boosting grid resilience.Leap’s software-only solution is designed to facilitate fast, dynamic access to PJM grid programs for ...
VPPs can help facilitate the clean energy transition by optimizing resource utilization and coordinating demand response. VPPs aggregate electrified, grid-connected devices such as solar-plus-storage systems, grid-interactive efficient buildings, air conditioners, and electric vehicles and their associated charging infrastructure. Sunwealth’s ...
"As our nation’s energy system faces unprecedented demand growth, it’s more important than ever to deploy solutions that maximize all our energy resources and deliver the most efficient, reliable, and affordable electricity possible. ...
The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy, this week announced up to a total of just under $10 million for six projects to improve state and regional engagement in wholesale electricity markets. The Wholesale Electricity Market Studies and Engagement (WEMSE) Program provides funding to states and regions related to developing, expanding, or improving wholesale ...
“New York’s grid infrastructure is the backbone of energy distribution and we must maintain its reliability and resiliency to withstand extreme weather events,” Governor Hochul said. ...
Last week, ATC published its new 10-year assessment, which identifies needs for electric grid improvements for the next decade throughout the company’s service area. ATC sees an increased need for electric grid infrastructure investment, based mainly on the evolving energy landscape, integration of renewable generation and large new load requests.The plan outlines needed investments of:$1.8 ...
BluWave-ai announced this week the company completed Canada’s first AI-Driven demand response events using a managed pool of connected electric vehicles charging in the utility grid during Q3 2024. This milestone was achieved using BluWave-ai EV Everywhere™ deployed at Hydro Ottawa, first announced in April 2022.Subscribed EV owners in the City of Ottawa actively participated in multiple weekly ...
NRG Energy Inc. this week announced it is partnering with Renew Home, a leading virtual power plant (VPP) company to boost its residential VPP capabilities. Together, NRG and Renew Home aim to distribute hundreds of thousands of VPP-enabled smart thermostats by 2035 and create a nearly 1 GW AI-powered VPP - enabled by Google Cloud technology - to improve the Texas grid's resiliency and help ...
This week's announcement underscores the State’s commitment to investing in and scaling up a variety of clean energy technologies to improve affordability, reliability, and resiliency of energy consumption and distribution across the ...
This First-of-its-kind 11.7Mwe Energy Asset plant in the U.S. will be powered by co-located LFG-to-Electric Plant Facility is designed to reduce 62,000 metric tons of carbon emissions annually while increasing energy resiliency and supporting California’s renewable energy and decarbonization goals Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy ...
RMP is also the only vertically-integrated utility in the U.S. that has directly integrated their specialized behind-the-meter battery VPP into their grid operating system, without a distributed energy resources management system (DERMS) solution in the middle, while dispatching the battery fleet every day, deploying up to eight genuine grid ...
Voltus, Inc., a leading virtual power plant operator and distributed energy resource platform, this week announced that its platform will save customers between $98,000 to $279,000 per MW-year in generation and transmission capacity charges in the PJM Interconnection. Last month, PJM published a nearly tenfold increase in capacity prices year-over-year, driving urgency for customers to actively ...
On July 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy announced up to $65 million for Connected Communities 2.0, a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to drive innovation to manage growing building, transportation, and industrial electric loads on the grid. This FOA seeks to validate grid-edge technology innovations in real-world situations and provide new tools for utilities, grid planners and ...
Sunrun, a leading provider of clean energy as a subscription service, is now operating the first vehicle-to-home power plant in the U.S. using a small group of customer-owned bidirectional electric vehicles. In partnership with Maryland’s largest utility, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation, the regulator-approved initiative utilizes all-electric Ford ...