SPP Set to Become First RTO Straddling Eastern and Western Interconnections

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 18:37:23 +0000

The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is poised to become the first regional transmission organization (RTO) to provide coordinated operation across the Eastern and Western Interconnections, bridging a historic gap to […]

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NERC Identifies Energy Policy as Key Risk to Grid Reliability Amid Evolving Challenges

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 19:05:57 +0000

The North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) will for the first time consider “energy policy” among five significant evolving and interdependent risks to grid reliability. In its latest biennial ERO Reliability […]

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BMW, V2X, And The Death Of The Gasmobile

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 18:30:38 +0000

bmw ev v2x v2g grid pg&eBMW is stepping up from vehicle-to-grid EV charging to kick vehicle-to-everything (V2X) into gear, with an assist from the California utility PG&E

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How To Keep The Lights On In Extreme Winter Weather

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2022 02:54:44 +0000

extreme winter weather snowClean energy and demand-side resources have proven track records of both reducing peak demand and keeping the lights on during extreme conditions.

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California Declares Stage 3 Emergency Alert, Warns Rotating Outages Possible

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2022 03:30:15 +0000

California’s grid operator issued a Stage 3 energy emergency alert (EEA) at 5:17 p.m. PST on Sept. 6, warning it would order rotating power outages to lower soaring power demand and stabilize its grid, if necessary. The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) cautiously raised the emergency alert from Stage 2, which it had declared earlier […]

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Transitioning the World to 100% Renewable Energy — Part 2

Credit to Author: Winter Wilson| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 03:51:47 +0000

In the second half of this special two-part episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc. and CleanTechnica contributor, take’s Zach Shahan’s place as host to talk with Mark Z. Jacobson, professor at Stanford University and cofounder of The Solutions Project, about transitioning the world to 100% renewable energy

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