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California Commission Directs Utilities to Coordinate Customer Energy Resources to Reduce Grid Upgrade Costs

Climate Change and Emissions, Electric Transmission, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, EnerKnol Impact-Misc Categories, EnerKnol Impacts, EnerKnol Pulse, Grid Modernization, PRODUCTS

The California Public Utilities Commission on Oct. 29 directed Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric to develop a common framework for coordinating distributed energy resources, including customer-sited batteries, electric vehicles and other flexible electricity technologies. The initiative aims to make better use of customer-owned resources to address…...

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PJM Files Revised Backstop Procurement Plan to Address Capacity Shortfall

Electric Transmission, EnerKnol Impact-Misc Categories, EnerKnol Impacts, EnerKnol Pulse, PRODUCTS, Retail Power and Gas

PJM Interconnection on Oct. 29 filed an amended proposal with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to advance its Reliability Backstop Procurement, a mechanism designed to address a capacity shortfall and assign the costs of additional generation to large electricity consumers driving demand growth. The revised proposal targets a March 1, 2027, procurement launch and modifies…...