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Category Archives: Electricity
Energy Prices Aren’t Always Predictable
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator Not an energy trader? You might be grateful for that. Predicting price behavior is seemingly harder and harder. History would tell us that in regions with high penetrations of renewables, an event that … Continue reading
Posted in Electricity, Renewables
Tagged Electric Markets, Energy Prices, Renewable Energy
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The Solar Eclipse Showed Us How Power Grids Effectively Handle Renewables
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator In the weeks leading up to the Aug. 21 solar eclipse, numerous articles appeared questioning whether U.S. power grids could handle the expected loss of solar power. This map from the Energy … Continue reading
ISO Markets Continue to Expand, Part II
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator Last week’s Energy Currents article discussed how organized competitive markets run by an Independent System Operator (ISO) are winning out over less-competitive unorganized markets centered around vertically integrated utilities, bilateral trading, and transmission … Continue reading
ISO Markets Continue to Expand, Part I
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator For the last 20 years, it appeared North America was locked into two paradigms on wholesale market design: Less competitive unorganized markets centered around vertically integrated utilities, bilateral trading, and transmission wheeling services … Continue reading
Is the Value of Demand Response Growing or Declining? Depends on Where You Look
by Matthew Rose, Enerdynamics Facilitator and Director at EMI Consulting The value and business rationale for demand response (DR) varies depending on where you look. In certain parts of the country, there seems to be a growing focus on DR; in others, … Continue reading
Is Solar Plus Batteries Cheaper than Natural Gas Generation?
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator Tucson Electric Power (TEP) recently announced a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) from NextEra Energy Resources for a 100 MW solar project combined with a 30 MW/120 MWh battery storage system. The all-in price is … Continue reading
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Tagged Battery Systems, Renewable Energy, Solar Power, Solar PV
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Will States, Cities, and Corporations Negate Trump’s Decision to Quit Paris Agreement?
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator President Trump’s June 1 announcement that the U.S. will pull out of the Paris Agreement on climate change action[1] was greeted by predictable comments from the agreement’s supporters and opponents. But more … Continue reading
Posted in Electricity, Energy Training
Tagged Climate Change, Paris Agreement, Renewable Energy
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Storage Changing Paradigms in Electric System Design and Operations
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator “Building networks to accommodate peak demand – or lulls in supply – requires overbuilding of infrastructure that leads to extra costs and system inefficiencies.” ~ Sam Wilkinson, IHS [1] As we explored … Continue reading
Storage in Design of Gas and Electric Systems
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator “Building networks to accommodate peak demand — or lulls in supply — requires overbuilding of infrastructure that leads to extra costs and system inefficiencies.” ~ Sam Wilkinson, IHS [1] A key to efficient … Continue reading
Demand Side Management Key to California’s Changing Grid
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator The role of demand side management (DSM) programs traditionally has been three-fold: reduce overall usage through energy efficiency (EE) efforts (for example, weatherization or more efficient light bulbs) reduce usage at times of system … Continue reading
Posted in Electricity, Renewables
Tagged demand response, Demand Side Management, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy
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