Is PJM Costing Consumers $1.3 Billion By Ignoring Energy Efficiency?
New analysis says America’s largest grid operator ignores gigawatts of energy efficiency savings, overestimates power demand, and costs consumers billions.
New analysis says America’s largest grid operator ignores gigawatts of energy efficiency savings, overestimates power demand, and costs consumers billions.
California’s grid operator has released two roadmaps to strengthen its system by adding massive amounts of renewables and electric vehicles while cutting power use through demand response and energy efficiency.
California just set a record for solar power generation with 2GW on the state’s grid, 5% of last Friday’s peak demand, shining new light on the role renewables can play in our clean energy future.
Along with the recent burst of six new solar licenses granted by the California Energy Commission since late August, the California Independent System Operator is beginning to consider a variety of novel ways to integrate the record percentage of renewable resources into the grid. With the 20% Renewable Energy Standard … [continued]