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NARUC Issues Draft Manual on Distributed Energy Resources

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Jeff Bayne

Last week, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) released a draft Manual on Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Compensation.  The manual is intended to provide state regulators with possible options for developing policies relating to compensation for DER. The … Continue reading →

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Hourly Electricity Information Now Available from EIA

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Jeff Bayne

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is now providing hourly U.S. electricity operating data.  The tool allows users to view electricity supply and demand on a national and regional level in nearly real-time.  The site also provides comparisons to the … Continue reading →

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Ceres Issues Air Emission Rankings of Largest U.S. Power Producers for 2016

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Jeff Bayne

Last week, Ceres, a nonprofit that advocates for sustainability by bringing together environmentalists and capitalists, released Benchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Electric Power Producers in the United States.  The report evaluates and compares the emissions of the 100 … 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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ISO New England Launches Real-Time Dispatch for Wind, Intermittent Hydro

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Amber Martin

On Wednesday, June 1, 2016, ISO New England (ISO-NE) announced it has begun electronically dispatching wind and intermittent hydro resources interconnected to the New England grid through the implementation of its Do Not Exceed (DNE) Dispatch Project.  Until now, variable … Continue reading →

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