The DOE’s Energy Storage Safety Strategic Plan recognizes the need for safety measures in the growing and 2015-projected $10B energy storage market. On December 23, 2014, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) released the grid stability during deployment of addressing gird-scale, utility, community, and residential storage technologies. The…...
Demand response (DR) performance in wholesale power markets has improved over the past six years, in part as a result of multiple FERC Orders. Removal of DR from organized electricity markets would favor generators through increased sales; this could lead to higher associated emissions and peak power prices. The Solicitor General has until January 15 to file…...
Arizona’s Tucson Electric Power has received approval for a solar program that allows participants to use solar power with no installation or maintenance costs. On December 18, 2014, Tucson Electric Power (TEP) announced that it has received the Arizona Corporation Commission’s (ACC) approval for its Residential Solar Program – an program that allows customers to…...
Volume 4 of NRC’s safety evaluation report on the proposed Yucca mountain nuclear waste repository finds the DOE has not acquired land and water rights for the proposed operations area. On December 18, 2014, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published Volume 4 of its Safety Evaluation Report (SER) detailing administrative and programmatic requirements for the…...
