During the 2 p.m. hour, renewables served more than 70% of power demand, setting another record in California.
Source: CAISO: Renewables served 42% of California demand on May 16, setting record | Utility Dive
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Push comes to shove on whether electricity markets are functioning
Over the last year, various states have introduced subsidies and preferences for different electricity resources that have circumvented the independent system operator (ISO) markets that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved in the 1990s. 185 more words
Wind and Solar Inflict Pain
Actual costs show that wind and solar are more costly than natural gas or coal for generating electricity.
Equally important is that wind and solar create problems for utilities and grid operators. 634 more words
Electricity Will Bypass Any Border Walls
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator
In recent years, U.S. imports of electricity from Mexico have grown significantly, mostly through bilateral energy sales into California. 554 more words
What lessons should we take from the last wave of California utility reform?
We’re now in the midst of the “third wave” of electricity industry reform in California. The first was in the early 1980s with the rise of independently-owned cogeneration and renewable resources. 109 more words
GHG Emissions Reporting in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) Energy Imbalance Market (EIM)
On Monday, the CAISO hosted a call to review the Draft GHG Emission Tracking Report and methodology paper that explains the draft’s preliminary results. The report shows estimated GHG emissions for dispatch of internal CAISO resources, net imports (including dynamic resources that are an interchange schedule energy transfer between the CAISO and an outside balancing authority area (BAA) or EIM BAA and another BAA if in the real-time market), and transfers from western EIM entities into the CAISO BAA. 799 more words
