Musical Chairs!! Resource Adequacy Slice of Day REgime
An unintended consequence of the transition to a supply portfolio dominated by solar has been an oversupply of energy in hours when solar energy is…
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Key Considerations in Choosing Between AC-and DC-Coupling Solar and Battery Energy Storage Solutions
Prepared by Ziad Alaywan P.E, Zaher Harkous P.E., & Nicole Ramos Executive Summary The decision between DC-coupled and AC-coupled storage offers distinct advantages and considerations…
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Resource Adequacy Slice of Day
Prepared byKevin Coffee, P.E. & Nicole Ramos Introduction The 2000-2001 California Energy Crisis led the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the California Independent System…
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ZGlobal and Silicon Valley Clean Energy – Building a data community with CONNECT
ZGlobal and SVCE work together in the Silicon Valley as an energy consulting firm and an energy provider respectively. They knew there had to be…
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California’s Summer is Knocking!!
As we move into the summer, the spring has experienced abundant resources, record curtailments and negative pricing. The CAISO 2024 Summer Loads and Resources Assessment…
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The Elephant in the Room!!
At the expense of making some readers feel uncomfortable, I think it is time to bring up an issue no one seems to want to…
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Getting Green: What Logjam Takes Priority? Distribution or Transmission?
I must admit I was a little baffled when new legislation was passed into law six months ago to clear the customer interconnection backups at…
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Fact Not Fiction!
As a former PG&E employee living in PG&E territory, I frequently get asked the same question from friends, colleagues, and neighbors, “What is going on…
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Methods of Conducting Project Revenue
In this case study, we will delve into our advanced techniques, focusing particularly on the intricacies of generation optimization, which holds a central role in…
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Fatal Flaws Assessment of Utility-Scale Renewables
The development of renewable energy generation impacts the reliability of the power grid while affecting the price of energy paid by end users, the retail…
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