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Author Archives: Enerdynamics
Update on the Clean Power Plan – What Happens Now?
by Matthew Rose, Director EMI Consulting and Enerdynamics Instructor On Aug. 3, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revised and released its Clean Power Plan. The 1,560-page document lays out reduction targets for power plant carbon emissions. The Plan revision … Continue reading
Posted in Electricity
Tagged Carbon Emissions, Clean Power Plan, Electric regulation, EPA, GHG
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Southern Company/AGL Merger Reflects Trends in the Utility Business
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor On August 24, 2015, Southern Company and AGL Resources announced a planned merger whereby AGL will become a new wholly owned subsidiary of Southern. The merger, if approved by regulators, will create … Continue reading
Distribution Automation: The Hidden Revolution
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor While electric storage, renewables, and the Clean Power Plan have received lots of press lately, a fourth revolutionary change has gone widely unnoticed. At the recent IEEE Power and Energy Society General … Continue reading
Posted in Electricity
Tagged Clean Power Plan, Distribution automation, Electric distribution, Electric utility
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State of Maine Proposes Alternative to Net Metering of Rooftop Solar
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Suppose you decide to install a solar photovoltaic (PV) system on your home. Unless you decide to also put in a big battery system and maybe a backup generator, you will want … Continue reading
Posted in Electricity, Renewables
Tagged electric generation, Net metering, PV, Rooftop Solar, Solar
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Recent EPA Study Examines Fracking’s Potential Impacts on Water Supplies
by Christina Nagy-McKenna, Enerdynamics Instructor, and Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor On June 3, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its draft “Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas on Drinking … Continue reading
The Home of the Future: A Profit Center for Residents?
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor As the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) states in its report titled The Integrated Grid: “The role and operation of the U.S. electric power system are undergoing profound changes driven by the spread of distributed … Continue reading
Posted in Electricity, Energy Training
Tagged Distributed Energy, Electric Grid, Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Smart Meter
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A Quick Look at Services Bought and Sold in an ISO
by Enerdynamics staff Many who are new to the electric industry share a common question about Independent System Operators (ISOs): What type of services are bought and sold in an ISO? A thorough and easy-to-follow answer to this question is contained … Continue reading
Posted in Electricity, Energy Training
Tagged Electric Services, FTRs, Independent System Operator, ISO, MISO
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Why Would a Commercial or Industrial Electric Customer Want a Battery?
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor In a recent two-part series of blog posts, we looked at reasons a residential electric consumer would want a home battery. We concluded that in almost all cases, home battery systems don’t currently make sense for … Continue reading
Posted in Electricity, Renewables
Tagged Battery Systems, Electric Storage, Electric Utilities, Rooftop Solar, Solar Power
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Are Capacity Auctions Ensuring Reliability or Just Ensuring Generator Revenues?
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Enerdynamics recently developed a course titled ISO Market Basics that teaches electric industry newcomers the basics of the various services bought and sold in ISO markets. One of the key questions addressed … Continue reading
Why Would Consumers Want a Home Battery? Part II
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Our last post, Part I of Why Would Consumers Want a Home Battery?, we identified four “value adds” that homeowners may find compelling enough to buy and install a cool new battery system like the new Powerwall … Continue reading
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