SoCal Edison Allowed to Recover Costs For Storage Projects Addressing Reliability Concerns From Natural Gas Shortage

SoCal Edison Allowed to Recover Costs For Storage Projects Addressing Reliability Concerns From Natural Gas Shortage

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The California Public Utilities Commission authorized Southern California Edison Company to recover costs for utility-owned energy storage systems procured during 2016-2017 to mitigate reliability concerns in the Los Angeles Basin following shortages caused by a major gas leak in the Aliso Canyon storage facility in October 2015, according to the commission’s June 25 decision. The…

New York Regulator Opposes Market Power Mitigation for Energy Storage, Distributed Resources Citing Harm to State Interests

New York Regulator Opposes Market Power Mitigation for Energy Storage, Distributed Resources Citing Harm to State Interests

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New York’s Department of Public Service staff and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority said that energy storage and distributed energy resources should be exempt from buyer-side mitigation rules proposed by the New York Independent System Operator Inc., according to a June 25 filing. NYISO’s proposed rule responds to the Federal Energy…

New York Unveils Roadmap For 1,500 Megawatts of Energy Storage, Citing $2 Billion in Consumer Benefits

New York Unveils Roadmap For 1,500 Megawatts of Energy Storage, Citing $2 Billion in Consumer Benefits

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The New York Public Service Commission and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority called for additional incentives to help lift the nascent energy storage industry off the ground as the state seeks to deploy 1,500 megawatts of capacity by 2025, according to a June 21 “roadmap” report. The regulators recommend a “market…

Con Edison's Electric School Bus-to-Grid Project Gets Nod from New York Regulators

Con Edison’s Electric School Bus-to-Grid Project Gets Nod from New York Regulators

Electric Vehicles, Energy Storage, EnerKnol Impacts, EnerKnol Pulse

The New York Public Service Commission approved a plan by Consolidated Edison Company to electrify New York school buses and use the vehicles as energy storage batteries to help meet swings in power demand on the grid. The agency said that the demonstration project will help the utility gain experience in managing distribution-level resources, which…

New York Electric Utilities Propose Compensation Methods For Storage-Paired Distributed Generation

New York Electric Utilities Propose Compensation Methods For Storage-Paired Distributed Generation

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New York electric utilities proposed a joint tariff providing four options to compensate projects pairing clean energy and storage to ensure that the “value stack” pricing components are available only when it is clear that energy exported to the distribution system originates from the eligible generating equipment, according to a June 19 filing with the…

How School Buses Lie at the Center of Con Edison's Latest Push to Balance the Grid

How School Buses Lie at the Center of Con Edison’s Latest Push to Balance the Grid

Electric Vehicles, Energy Storage, EnerKnol Impacts, EnerKnol Pulse

Consolidated Edison Company wants to electrify school buses across the New York area under a plan to have the fleet of vehicles double as energy storage batteries capable of helping the utility meet swings in power demand on its grid. The 8,000-odd school buses operating in Westchester County and New York City, if electrified, could…

National Grid Unveils 'Power Sector Transformation' Grid Investment Plan, Rate Hikes

National Grid Unveils ‘Power Sector Transformation’ Grid Investment Plan, Rate Hikes

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A unit of National Grid plc filed a plan to invest in renewable generation, electric vehicle infrastructure and energy storage, as well as hike rates to cover the cost of the initiatives, as the utility looks to adapt its system to emerging technologies and cut emissions of greenhouse gases. To pay for the program, National…

New York to reach its Energy Storage Targe

San Diego Gas & Electric Cleared for $235 Million Energy Storage Program, as Supply Void Looms

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The California Public Utilities Commission authorized San Diego Gas & Electric Company to recover the entire costs for its procurement of 83.5 megawatts of energy storage and 4.5 megawatts of demand response, as the utility scrambles to lock in supplies after the closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, according to a June 7…

Xcel Energy Unveils $2.5 Billion Plan for Renewable Energy Shift, Coal Plant Closures

Xcel Energy Unveils $2.5 Billion Plan for Renewable Energy Shift, Coal Plant Closures

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Public Service Company of Colorado, a unit of Xcel Energy Inc., filed its Colorado Energy Plan, a blueprint for the utility to source over half of its electricity supply from renewables and cut carbon emissions by 60 percent by 2026. The plan, filed June 6 with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, directs the company to…

U.S. Senator Introduces Trio of Bills to Boost Funding for Grid Security, Energy Storage, Carbon Capture

U.S. Senator Introduces Trio of Bills to Boost Funding for Grid Security, Energy Storage, Carbon Capture

Climate Change and Emissions, Cyber Security, Energy Storage, EnerKnol Impact-Misc Categories, EnerKnol Impacts, EnerKnol Pulse

U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat representing Colorado, introduced legislation on June 5 that would provide $5 billion in financing under the U.S. Agriculture Department’s rural utility service program for cybersecurity and grid security enhancements. A second bill would include energy storage under the department’s Rural Energy for America Program, providing financial support for agricultural…

Duke Slashes North Carolina Grid Modernization Plan by $5.3 Billion Following Environmental Groups' Opposition

Duke Slashes North Carolina Grid Modernization Plan by $5.3 Billion Following Environmental Groups’ Opposition

Energy Storage, EnerKnol Impacts, EnerKnol Pulse, Grid Modernization

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC reached an agreement with environmental groups June 1 to cut the price tag of its Power/Forward Carolinas grid modernization plan to $2.5 billion, from $7.8 billion, and scale back the initiative to three years, from a decade. Duke’s updated plan includes voltage optimization, electric-vehicle charging infrastructure and at least 300 megawatts…

Colorado Enacts Legislation to Pave Way for Utilities to Invest in Energy Storage

Colorado Enacts Legislation to Pave Way for Utilities to Invest in Energy Storage

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Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, signed legislation on June 1 ordering the utility commission to establish a process by February 2019 for electric utilities to evaluate and invest in energy storage as the state looks to harness the emerging technology. The bill allows electric utilities to file applications for rate-based projects of up to…