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Microberg

This post covers three subjects related to using microgrids to mitigate Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS): (1) a bill on its way through California’s Senate that hopes to help achieve this, (2) a recent ruling by the California PUC that “facilitates commercialization of microgrids across California, and strategies for procurement of backup power in advance of the wildfire season…”, and (3) how microgrids and distributed power might operate cost-effectively.
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Papers Directory, Fourth Quarter 2022 Update
This document contains links to all of the major / educational papers I have written and posted to Energy Central. I originally posted this document at the end of 2018. This quarterly update is at the end of the fourth quarter (December) of 2022.
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