Week Ahead: EPA’s $2B Climate Justice Program, Vogtle Nuclear Plant Cost Recovery, WA’s Carbon Auction
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Special Report: FERC Denies Rehearing of Interconnection Rule, Extends Compliance Deadline
Strategic actions to optimize the distribution grid are imperative to meet the demands of the evolving power sector. Changing policies, climate action, and customer preferences have led to the growth in distributed energy resources and demand-side opportunities, prompting regulators and utilities to explore robust grid planning approaches that accommodate the growth and meet increased demand from electrification.
Visual Primer: Demands of Evolving Power Sector Call for Strategic Grid Planning
Strategic actions to optimize the distribution grid are imperative to meet the demands of the evolving power sector. Changing policies, climate action, and customer preferences have led to the growth in distributed energy resources and demand-side opportunities, prompting regulators and utilities to explore robust grid planning approaches that accommodate the growth and meet increased demand from electrification.
Visual Primer: Transmission Planning Efforts Foster Interregional Cooperation to Support Clean Energy Integration
There is a growing focus on regional collaboration to improve transmission planning and operations as grid operators and states explore strategies to enhance system reliability while transitioning to a lower-carbon grid. Recent actions include a comprehensive action plan to connect offshore wind projects to the electric grid and a multi-state proposal to establish a collaborative on interregional transmission.
Federal and State Initiatives Seek to Expand Markets and Opportunities for Energy Storage
In the face of a rapidly evolving energy landscape, federal and state initiatives continue to support the growth and expansion of energy storage solutions. Energy storage plays a key role in… Read the full report …...
Over Two Million On-Road Light Duty Electric Vehicles Registered in The U.S. in 2021 : EIA
The number of U.S. registered light duty electric vehicles on the roads reached 2.13 million vehicles in 2021, according to an Sept. 20 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. This number has increased year-on-year since 2012, surpassing a million in 2018 and two million in 2021. In 2012, there were less than 100,000 EVs…...