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Post - Grid Professionals Group - Mar 27, 2020

EVSE 2.0 – STANDARDS-BASED TECHNICAL AND BUSINESS INTEGRATION WITH THE UTILITY GRID

A key emerging trend is how central the role of electric utilities has become for a new generation of Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) companies, which might be called EVSE 2.0

Director of Market Facilitation, OpenADR Alliance

Post - Grid Professionals Group - Mar 27, 2020

Harnessing the Power of Voltage Analytics to Stop Electricity Theft and Create a Safer, More Efficient Grid

Voltage analytics has been proven to quickly and efficiently stop power diversion by comparing the difference in the relationship between voltage and kilowatts per hours (kWh) in a properly functioning meter to that in a meter with a diversion or..

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Interesting to hear about the electricity theft issues, which you more often associated with areas of the world with less developed grids. Can you speak to the prevalence of these theft occurrences? On what scale are they a problem?

Post - Grid Professionals Group - Mar 27, 2020

Grid Reliability With Increased Renewable Energy

States re-evaluating RPS, federal government evaluating renewable energy tax credits, brings a key question of the right level of renewables in the US. Increasing solar energy's low cost is causing change with energy curtailments.

Principal, Reliant Energy Solutions LLC

Post - Grid Professionals Group - Mar 26, 2020

Spinning Reserve Displacement with Batteries: Saving fuel, reducing emissions, lowering costs

Backups for energy systems traditionally are provided in the form of fossil fuel-based generators that run all the time at a reduced capacity. Battery storage systems, however, can replace spinning reserve generators with so-called “synthetic..

Vice President of Operations, Aggreko Microgrid and Storage Solutions

Post - Grid Professionals Group - Mar 26, 2020

Backbone of a Modern Electric Power Grid

Not all conductors are created equal. Learn why and what matters.

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Post - Grid Professionals Group - Mar 26, 2020

How to treat batteries in the grid - who can own and who can sell the power

As batteries become more popular and common, it raises regulatory questions over who can own and operate such systems, especially when they are tied to the grid (in front of the meter). The industry needs more regulatory clarity.

Project manager PV& Battery, E.ON Energie Deutschland

For the sake of the industry and the consumers, we need political solutions, ideally before the next legislative break. I worry that the nuance of this part of energy storage isn't going to get enough attention from political leaders. Do you have reason for optimism here? Or is it more likely that the market continues to push forward and try to develop in the absence of political...

Matt, of course the industry will keep pushing ahead, as you said, technology waits for no one, and neither will the market. Yet it would open up the market and give players more certainty if politicians would find clear regualation in such markets where it's needed. And certainty leads to lower required return-on-investment, thus to lower cost of electricity for consumers. Industry...

Post - Grid Professionals Group - Mar 25, 2020

Will Renewable Microgrids Improve Grid Resiliency?

Despite utilities best efforts, outages occur. Traditionally, diesel backup generators have often been used for backup, but these systems have limitations. In response, a new generation of microgrid solutions, mainly based on renewables, are..

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Mar 27, 2020

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Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Returns to Service from Scheduled Refueling Outage

AKRON, Ohio, March 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Energy Harbor's Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, returned to service at 5:34 a.m. today following a February 29 shutdown for scheduled refueling and preventive...

Mar 27, 2020

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Itron Networked Solutions Assigned Patent for Distributed Smart Grid Processing

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 -- Itron Networked Solutions, Liberty Lake, Washington, has been assigned a patent (No. 10,598,709, initially filed March 10, 2015) developed by two co-inventors for "distributed smart grid...

Mar 27, 2020

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Ariz. Gov. Ducey Announces Electric Utility Relief Package

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 27 -- Gov. Doug Ducey, R-Arizona, issued the following news release:Governor Doug Ducey announced a cooperative agreement with the state's largest electric utilities to continue to provide reliable...

Mar 27, 2020

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FERC, NARUC Join Efforts to Help Ensure Essential Services During Pandemic

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners issued the following news release:The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the National Association of Regulatory Utility...

Mar 27, 2020

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Eversource pulls Westmoreland project planned to help during outages

Mar. 26--WESTMORELAND -- Eversource has withdrawn its proposal for a $7 million battery-storage project that the company had hoped would improve service reliability for customers in town. The company says it's re-evaluating...

Mar 27, 2020

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Reducing consumption may be the only effective way to reduce carbon emissions #NY (letter)

To the Editor: Your March 19 editorial ends with the opinion that large-scale wind projects should be sited “in locations where they won’t hurt human health or the local economy,” an idea nobody should dispute. Adding new...

Mar 27, 2020

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Vestas secures fourth intertidal wind project and first 20-year service contract in Vietnam

News release from Vestas Asia PacificSingapore, 27 March 2020Maintaining its successful momentum with 200 MW order intake in Vietnam last year, Vestas has now secured its fourth intertidal project in the country with a 29 MW...

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