Yikes! USA Has Only Major Power Grid Without A Plan
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 00:10:03 +0000
Inter-regional planning and transmission could help keep the lights on during extreme weather.
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Arctic Blast Roiling Reliability in TVA, MISO, SPP, PJM
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 14:09:33 +0000
An Arctic blast felt by a large portion of North America is causing reliability turmoil within some segments in its bulk power system, forcing reliability coordinators to declare emergencies, issue conservation warnings, or curtail load. TVA, Grappling With Demand Surge, Is Curtailing Load Temperatures averaging the single digits across the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) prompted […]
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Read moreNERC Warns of Tight Generation Resources, Fuel Supply Issues This Winter
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 22:58:27 +0000
Power shortfalls could be rife over the next three months across a large portion of the North American bulk power system (BPS), particularly during extreme and prolonged cold conditions, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) has warned. The nation’s designated Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) in its latest Winter Reliability Assessment, issued on Nov. 17, said […]
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Read moreA New Breed of Energy Security: HO Clarke Power Plant
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 04:16:00 +0000
WattBridge, a relatively new independent power producer that evolved out of a non-OEM aeroderivative gas turbine solutions provider, completed its first power facility based on a standardized LM6000 plant
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Read moreFlow Batteries For Electric Vehicles?
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 17:50:30 +0000
A new flow battery for electric vehicles is getting attention from DARPA, NASA, and the US Air Force.
The Solution to Grid Reliability? Go Bigger & Bolder on Renewables & Energy Storage
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 04:30:20 +0000
On Sunday, the Texas electric grid operator, ERCOT, requested that consumers conserve energy on Monday for fear that the electric grid would not be able to meet the demand during an extremely hot day. In doing so, ERCOT downplayed the fact that “dispatchable” coal and gas were offline and suggested that wind energy “not showing […]
Virtual Power Plants Do More Than Aggregate: They Empower
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 17:35:12 +0000
A new solar-enabled virtual power plant in Richmond, California, will not leave low- and middle-income households out in the cold
Tesla’s Policy Lead Testifies At PUCT Open Meeting As Tesla Focuses On Supporting The Texas Grid
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 17:28:35 +0000
Tesla’s US Energy Markets Policy Lead, Arushi Sharma Frank, was recently asked to testify at a Public Utility Commission of Texas Open Meeting. A photo of Frank wearing an LFDECARB tee shirt popped up on Twitter. The tee shirt itself is a message focused on decarbonization by the group Bros for Decarbonization. You can learn […]
ERCOT & Tesla: How Virtual Power Plants Can Help Texas Electricity Grid & Save Lives
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 03:40:12 +0000
Tesla held a virtual power plant (VPP) workshop for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on May 31. Gail Alfar, the writer at What’s Up Tesla?, attended and shared her thoughts. Also in May, Tesla made a request for Powerwall owners in Texas to opt into the Tesla ERCOT Demonstration to show the utility exactly […]
NERC Warns of Mounting Reliability Risks, Urges Preparation for Challenging Summer
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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