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Making Energy Transmission Charges Fair To Solar Generators: A #CleanTechnica Q&A With Doug Karpa, Policy…

October 30, 20185 years ago Charles W. Thurston 0 Comments

CleanTechnica’s Charles W. Thurston recently talked with Doug Karpa, the policy director of the Menlo Park-based Clean Coalition about his organization’s efforts to convince CAISO, the California Independent System Operator of the grid, to treat wholesale distribution-connected solar generators and grid storage more fairly in terms of transmission charges that eventually trickle down to customers.

Healthcare Provider Kaiser Permanente Embraces Renewable Microgrids for More Resilient Operations

July 9, 20186 years ago Kyle Field 0 Comments

The road to renewables will not be paved by the environmentalists. Instead, the path is being cut by the accountants, and health care provider Kaiser Permanente is showing how to do it right.

What About Florida? Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy, & Regulatory Backwardness In The Sunshine State —…

January 29, 20186 years ago Danny Parker 0 Comments

For several years now, there have been increasing complaints from utilities about the resulting load shape from owners with solar systems. This is the so called “duck curve” which has gotten a lot of attention from utility alarmists. In some sense, it has been a way of claiming that rooftop solar is a profound problem for utilities. We will show here that this problem can be (and will be) solved.

California’s Rising Solar Generation Coincides With Negative Wholesale Electricity Prices

April 11, 20177 years ago US Energy Information Administration 0 Comments

The large and growing amount of solar generation has occasionally driven power prices on the CAISO power exchange during late winter and early spring daylight hours to very low, and sometimes negative, prices. However, consumers in California continue to pay average retail electricity prices that are among the highest in the nation.

California Weighs Fair Pricing For Distributed, Centralized Energy

February 6, 20177 years ago John Farrell 0 Comments

Everyone hates paying for something that they don’t use (how many cable channels do you have?). In California, local electricity customers may finally get satisfaction about paying for the transmission grid capacity that they don’t use.

California Breaks Solar Record (Again), Enough Electricity For 2 Million Homes

July 16, 20168 years ago Zachary Shahan 33 Comments

The California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the largest electricity grid in California, broke its own solar generation record on Tuesday of this week. The 8,030 megawatts put out at 1:06pm were approximately double the 2014 high, and ~2,000 megawatts (MW) higher than last year’s record. Naturally, as a lot more solar … [continued]

Californians Just Saved $192 Million via Rooftop Solar & Energy Efficiency

July 5, 20168 years ago Cynthia Shahan 1 Comment

The solar-friendly voices at CleanTechnica.com have been saying it; solar advocates everywhere have been saying it; Californians have been saying it — solar saves. Solar saves money, saves the environment, and saves lives in this way. Yes, Californians just saved $192 million via rooftop solar and energy efficiency. Why are so many others still so … [continued]

For Maximum Renewable Integration, Load Following Is King

July 5, 20168 years ago Christopher Arcus 48 Comments

A previous CleanTechnica article reviewed the basics of power generation. That article is a good primer for this follow-up article delving deeper into the subject. How do we most efficiently integrate the maximum amount of renewables into the grid? Let’s start with understanding how things work. As first-order simplification, we … [continued]

CAISO Begins Study Of Full Regional Electricity Market

February 22, 20168 years ago Glenn Meyers 3 Comments

CAISO will seek to understand how a regional system affects California’s transition to 50% renewables by 2030 According to Utility DIVE, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) will study the possibility of turning the entire West into a single electricity market. This study is predicated, in part, on California’s landmark … [continued]

eMotorWerks Now Involved In Demand Response With California Utilities

January 15, 20168 years ago James Ayre 0 Comments

Originally published on EV Obsession. All 3 major investor-owned utility companies in California have awarded demand response contracts to the electric vehicle charging solutions company eMotorWerks, according to a new press release. The contracts regard participation in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) Demand Response Auction Mechanism (DRAM) — which … [continued]