New grid-scale battery storage in Maine would be cheaper than new fossil peaker plants when accounting for societal costs of air pollution and carbon emissions, according to a new report.
Wind, storage, solar and hydrogen make advances and face challenges in New York state.
California could significantly cut power costs through increased use of VPPs, according to the study by The Brattle Group and GridLab.
Interconnection requests across the U.S. shot up by 30% in 2023, with close to 2,600 GW of solar, wind and storage waiting to land a spot on the grid.
ISO-NE continued work on resource capacity accreditation changes, outlining how changes to the overall resource mix could affect the reliability value of different resource types.
ERCOT has attracted a full house for its first Innovation Summit, featuring thought leaders in energy research and innovation exploring “solutions that use innovation to impact grid transformation.”
Grid operators reported zero issues managing the bulk electric system as Monday’s total eclipse briefly shaded solar panels across ISO-NE, NYISO, MISO, SPP and ERCOT.
The PJM Planning Committee is considering a change to an issue charge framing a discussion on how capacity interconnection rights can be transferred from a retiring generator to a planned resource in the interconnection queue.
The Market Implementation Committee voted to endorse a package to revise how capacity obligations associated with forecast large load additions are assigned to electric distribution companies.
New Mexico commissioners voted to accept PNM's 2023 integrated resource plan despite concerns about an escalation in costs and resources since the 2020 IRP.