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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Portfolio Modeling & Electricity Price Forecast
Abstract: This case study delves into the application and the use of ZGlobal eGrid Analytical process to conduct energy portfolio modeling, optimization, and the computation…
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Tied Up in Nots
Time to Get Real. With the CAISO past the quarter century mark, it is time to assess the progress made toward regional expansion. Although I…
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Part II: Reflecting on CAISO’s 25th Anniversary
Soon will be the silver anniversary of the California ISO. It was 25 years ago, on March 31, 1998, that the ISO ushered in a…
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Reflecting on CAISO’s 25th Anniversary
Soon will be the silver anniversary of the California ISO. It was 25 years ago, on March 31, 1998, that the ISO ushered in a…
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Don’t count on batteries to be available when they are most needed!
Hybrid and Co-Located Resources The CAISO has two options for representing resources that combine variable energy resources (VERs) with battery energy storage systems (BESS), which…
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The deck is stacked
With California’s heathy appetite for renewables and the shortage of energy and capacity, as demonstrated last August, one might ask why generation development is not…
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