Tag Archives: Distributed Energy Resources

EIA, Others Report Renewable Energy Gained Significant Ground During 2015

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Amber Martin

The Energy Information Administration reports that during 2015, eleven states generated at least 10% of their total electricity from wind, a significant increase from 2010, during which only three states had at least a 10% wind share.  Of the states … Continue reading →

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CNAS Recommends a First 100 Days Energy Agenda for Next President

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Jeff Bayne

With the 2016 U.S. election just two weeks from today, several organizations have released reports examining the energy-related issues confronting the next president.  Earlier this month the Nicholas Institute at Duke published a report on the energy and environmental issues … Continue reading →

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FERC Announces Technical Conference on Electric Storage Resources

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Amber Martin

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has announced plans to convene a technical conference on November 9, 2016 regarding utilization of electric storage resources in the wholesale electric markets. The Notice of Technical Conference describes electric storage resources as facilities … Continue reading →

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LBNL Releases Reports on Utility Planning for a Changing Grid

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Anjali Patel

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory recently released two reports related to utility planning efforts for future changes to the electric grid. The first, The Future of Electricity Resource Planning, is coauthored by Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc. (E3) and is … Continue reading →

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FERC Approves Aggregation of Distributed Energy Resources in CAISO

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Jeff Bayne

One of the key drivers in the push for grid modernization is the rise of distributed energy resources (DERs). DERs are generally smaller power generators, and their small size has created challenges to the integration of these resources into the … Continue reading →

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