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Author Archives: Enerdynamics
Solar and Distributed Generation: Utility Business Model Threat or Rate Design Problem?
By Bill Malcolm, Guest Author* During the last two years, the utility industry has awoken to the role of solar and other forms of distributed generation and their impact on the utility business model. At an Indiana Utilities Regulatory Commission forum, … Continue reading
A Look at PJM’s Capacity Auction Results
By Matthew Rose, Enerdynamics Instructor Each year, the PJM Interconnection administers the Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) auction to ensure forecast electricity requirements for the PJM system three years in the future with prices established through competitive bidding. The auction reflects pricing from … Continue reading
Gas Industry Must Make Changes to Reliably Serve the Electric Industry
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor The natural gas industry is on a long run of increasing sales to electric generators. Beginning with a wave of gas combined-cycle power plants built in the mid-1990s, gas usage by electric generators … Continue reading
Distributed Energy and Shale Gas Among Key Topics of New Energy Seminars
by Enerdynamics Staff Enerdynamics’ 2014 fall seminars are a good example of how we continually monitor industry change and adapt our product offerings to reflect such change. This year we have added two all-new seminars to our calendar, each of which … Continue reading
Electric Vehicle Conference Highlights Automakers’ Newest Offerings
by Bill Malcolm*, guest author Nationwide, growth of electric vehicles (EVs) is taking off. By 2025 it’s predicted there will be 3.5 million registered plug-in EVs (compared to the 215,000 on the road today). The Electric Drive Transportation Association’s (EDTA) annual conference was May 19-21 … Continue reading
Utility Commissions Speak on the Future of the Utility: Microgrids in California, Part II
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Last week’s post on Energy Currents introduced discussion of a whitepaper written by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Policy and Planning Division titled Microgrids: A Regulatory Policy. In that post we examined … Continue reading
Utility Commissions Speak on the Future of the Utility: Microgrids in California, Part I
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor In May, we began exploring what state regulators are thinking about the future of the utility. We started by discussing the vision laid out by the Public Utilities Commission of Hawaii.[1] This month … Continue reading
What Exactly Will the EPA’s Clean Power Plan Do to Regulate Carbon Emissions?
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor On June 2, 2014, the EPA released its Clean Power Plan proposal that, if implemented, will for the first time regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing power plants at the U.S. federal … Continue reading
Posted in Electricity, Energy Training
Tagged Carbon Emissions, Clean Air Act, Clean Power Plan, EPA
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Overcoming the Barriers to Rooftop Solar
The following post is courtesy of Clean Energy Collective By Emily Hois, Clean Energy Collective The dramatic decline in the cost of solar energy, combined with a greater understanding of its financial benefits have made rooftop solar more appealing to homeowners … Continue reading
Posted in Renewables
Tagged community solar, Renewable Energy, Renewables, Solar, Solar Investment, Solar panel, Solar Power
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The Cold Winter of 2014 Shows Weaknesses in Midwest Pipeline Infrastructure
by Bill Malcolm*, guest author At the Illinois Commerce Commission forum held in Chicago on May 14, People Gas/North Shore Gas, Ameren, Nicor, and other local distribution companies (LDCs) described how the unusually cold winter challenged their operations. For Nicor (the … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Gas
Tagged Natural Gas, Natural Gas Pipelines, Natural Gas Storage
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