Tag: electric grid

April 19, 2022

Scientists have created a battery designed for the electric grid that locks in energy for months without losing much storage capacity. The development of the “freeze-thaw battery,” which freezes its energy for use later, is a step toward batteries that […]

October 22, 2021

The grid must accommodate more inverter-based generation and adequately handle the bi-directional flow of electricity, but it must also apply alternative grid configurations and coordinate planning and operations across multiple participants and jurisdictions. That’s the vision Michael Pesin, deputy assistant […]

September 21, 2018

California governor Jerry Brown just signed a bill (Senate Bill 100) that would eliminate fossil fuels from the state’s electric grid entirely by 2045. That’s a tall order for a state that consumes 206 billion kilowatt hours (bn kWh) of […]

October 3, 2016

Look to the East and you’ll see a major initiative to transform New York’s electric grid into a cleaner, more efficient system. Look to the West and you’ll find ambitious clean energy legislation in California. Yet utility executives and federal […]

August 18, 2016

Each year, dozens of utilities across the U.S. embark on a complicated process called a “rate case.” Presented to a state public utility commission (PUC), a rate case is a utility’s pitch for higher electricity prices for customers. For most […]

May 16, 2016

Three of the top five fastest growing cities in the country are here in Texas, and explosive population growth puts a lot of pressure on our electric grid to keep up with demand. Fortunately, the state’s main grid operator, Electric […]

April 6, 2016

Wholesale natural gas and power prices in the Northeast US remained relatively low this winter, absent the large spikes that have occurred during recent winters. A combination of increased deliveries of LNG into the region, a fuel adequacy winter reliability […]