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Utility officials noted that building a gas-fired plant with the same capacity could cost about $240 million while wind + storage "could cost several billion dollars and still not provide equivalent capacity."
While PG&E did not cause another catastrophic wildfire in Northern California this year, it still has to deal with risky infrastructure, the likelihood of prolonged power shut-offs and the specter of municipalization.
The "bleeding edge" company is taking a multi-faceted approach to tackling key challenges in the utility sector, using a range of tools to achieve its objectives.
Wind and natural gas dominate market-based dispatches in SPP, while coal was the main culprit distorting the market, consistent with clean energy groups' findings in other power markets.
"We're eager to see how Voltus' technology and services will unlock not only the value of various types of demand response, but all types of distributed energy resources in the SPP footprint," the grid operator's COO said.
The changes proposed by the staff of the New York Department of Public Service show a potential path forward for residential and small business rooftop solar users.
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