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California’s Road to Zero-Emission Energy Sources

On September 10, 2018, California’s then-Governor Jerry Brown approved and signed Senate Bill No. 100 (also known as ““The 100 Percent Clean Energy Act of 2018”). The bill mandates that utilities obtain 100 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by the…

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SPP Proposes Western Energy Imbalance Service Market

In June 2019, the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) announced that it intends to launch the Western Energy Imbalance Service (WEIS) market in December 2020. SPP currently oversees the electric grid and wholesale power market for utilities and transmission companies in 14 central U.S. states, and the new market is expected to generate significant cost savings for participants.
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FERC Summer Weather Highlights

On May 16, 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Officer of Electric Reliability and Enforcement published its Summer 2019 Reliability and Energy Market Assessment, which is the summary report of anticipated summer reliability challenges for U.S. electric and natural gas markets.
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ERCOT Summer Weather Outlook

On May 8, 2019, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) published its final Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) for the upcoming 2019 summer season, as well as a preliminary assessment for fall 2019 and an update to their Capacity, Demand, and Reserves (CDR) Report.
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CAISO Summer 2019 Weather Outlook

On May 8, 2019, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) published its 2019 Summer Loads & Resources Assessment, which is the assessment report of the upcoming summer supply and demand outlook within the CAISO balancing authority area. Highlights from the recently released report are provided below.
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Regional FERC Order 841 Implementations

In our previous blog post, introductory information about the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order 841 was addressed. This article describes the key features of how each region has preliminarily proposed to implement Order 841.
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Energy Storage on the Move: An Introduction to FERC Order 841

On February 15, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Order 841, which is designed to remove barriers to the participation of electric storage resources in the capacity, energy, and ancillary services markets operated by Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent System Operators (ISOs).
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