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U.S. Hourly Electricity Demand Peaked in July with Widespread Heatwaves

October 15, 2024 admin caiso, California, california independent system operator (caiso), climate change, electric reliability council of texas (ercot), ercot, hurricanes, national oceanic and atmospheric administration (noaa), NOAA, us electricity

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 03:50:53 +0000

Last summer, U.S. electricity demand in the Lower 48 states was greatest at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on July 15, 2024, when it reached about 745 gigawatthours (GWh), based on data in our Hourly Electric Grid Monitor. In our analysis, we calculate each day’s peak according to the hour with … [continued]

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Building a Better Grid—Infrastructure Upgrades Require Ingenuity, Innovation, and Investment

June 27, 2024 admin AI, bureau veritas, Business, caiso, Cybersecurity, der, dlr, DOE, dynamic line rating, ercot, full coverage, ge vernova, great river energy, gridmetrics, heimdall power, Infrastructure, International, iso-ne, machine learning, MISO, new york power authority, news, nexans, power, power grid, prisma photonics, scada, Smart Grid, T&D, tantalus systems, Technology, ts conductor, upgrades, vpp, west monroe

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:31:28 +0000

The need for more reliability and resilience of power delivery, both in the U.S. and worldwide, has utilities and grid operators looking for solutions to the challenge of bolstering the […]

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Exploring Wholesale Energy Price Trends: The Renewables & Wholesale Electricity Prices (ReWEP) Tool, Version 2024.1

May 20, 2024 admin berkeley lab, caiso, california independent system operator (caiso), clean power, electric reliability council of texas (ercot), electricity prices, energy efficiency, ercot, green economy, market research, policy research, research

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 23:23:47 +0000

The Renewables and Wholesale Electricity Prices (ReWEP) visualization tool from Berkeley Lab has been updated with nodal electricity pricing and wind and solar generation data through the end of 2023: https://emp.lbl.gov/renewables-and-wholesale-electricity-prices-rewep. ReWEP users can explore trends in wholesale electricity prices and their relationship to wind and solar generation. ReWEP includes … [continued]

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Grids Brace for Solar Eclipse, Totality Poised to Test Ramping

April 15, 2024 admin caiso, energy security, ercot, full coverage, grid ramping, ISO New England, MISO, news, NYISO, pjm, reliability, Solar, Solar eclipse, solar generation, solar output, solar pv, SPP, sustainability, Technology, trends, weim, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2024 13:30:51 +0000

Grid operators across the U.S. report they are largely prepared for the total solar eclipse that will pass over a large swath of North America on April 8, though they […]

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Energy Storage Project Announced to Serve California Grid

September 7, 2023 admin ac/dc, aion-ess, Battery, battery storage, caiso, California, Energy Storage, gore street capital, imperial county, ls energy solutions, ls-es, news, Power Demand, Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 14:19:26 +0000

An energy storage project in Southern California will provide resource adequacy (RA) and ancillary services to the state’s power grid, adding more reliability and resiliency for electricity in the California […]

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Long-Duration Energy Storage: The Time Is Now

May 31, 2023 admin batteries, caiso, California, california independent system operator (caiso), clean power, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, pacific northwest national laboratory (pnnl), research, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 11:10:51 +0000

States with decarbonization goals must plan, prepare, and test for long-duration energy storage

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Western Energy Imbalance Market Gains Three Participants, Including First Generation-Only Entity

April 6, 2023 admin avangrid, Business, caiso, California, day-ahead market, edam, el paso electric, energy security, full coverage, Markets, news, weim, western area power administration (wapa) desert southwest region, western energy imbalance market, western interconnection

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 17:05:59 +0000

The Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM), a real-time energy market operated by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), has gained three new participants, including its first generation-only entity. CAISO on April 5 announced the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) Desert Southwest region, El Paso Electric (EPE), and AVANGRID have formally begun participation in the WEIM. […]

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Wholesale U.S. Electricity Prices Were Volatile in 2022

January 18, 2023 admin caiso, California, electric reliability council of texas (ercot), electricity prices, ercot, Fossil Fuels, research, wind energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2023 12:00:17 +0000

Average wholesale electricity prices at major trading hubs in the United States rose throughout much of 2022 and were, at times, volatile as a result of extreme weather events. The limited availability of coal to substitute for higher-priced natural gas also contributed to higher electricity prices. Prices at all electricity trading hubs were higher in […]

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CAISO’s First Geothermal Plant in 30 Years Comes Online

August 25, 2022 admin binary generating units, Business, caiso, California, full coverage, geothermal, news, orc, ormat, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 18:46:30 +0000

The first geothermal power plant built in more than three decades within the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) balancing authority has come online. Mammoth Pacific Geothermal, an Ormat Co. subsidiary, declared the 30-MW Casa Diablo IV (CD4) commercially operational on July 20. CD4 is located on public land two miles east of the Town of […]

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NERC Warns of Mounting Reliability Risks, Urges Preparation for Challenging Summer

May 19, 2022 admin Business, caiso, California, Coal, Cybersecurity, drought, ercot, fuel concerns, full coverage, Gas, generator performance, Hydro, inverter-based generation, Markets, MISO, nerc, news, Power Demand, Solar, SPP, supply chain, supply chains, trends, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 20:10:17 +0000

An unprecedented array of risks—ranging from capacity shortfalls, extreme weather, extended drought, supply chain issues, cybersecurity, solar PV tripping, fuel constraints, to wildfires—could imperil the reliability of nearly every North American bulk power system (BPS) region west of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) this summer, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) warns in […]

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