Duke VP likens gas plant buildout strategy to 15-year home mortgage on path to zero carbon; FERC OKs PJM, SPP storage plans, sets separate proceedings for minimum run-time requirements; New York advances toward 3 GW storage goal with 2.5 GWh project to replace gas peakers; Michigan joins spate of state grid modernization initiatives
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DOE Secretary Rick Perry denied rumors earlier this month that he would step down. "One of these days [the media] will probably get it right, but it’s not today, it’s not tomorrow, it’s not next month," he said at the time.
How the utility will manage its gas assets in a 2040 scenario is "an accounting question ... not a technological question," and one of many perceived risks as the utility heads toward 2050, according to its Vice President of State Policy.
PJM must implement Order 841 by Dec. 3 while SPP has nine months, although FERC opened separate dockets with the grid operators relating to their storage duration requirements.
The MI Power Grid program will focus on three areas: customer engagement, integrating emerging technologies, and optimizing grid performance and investments.
Regulators established minimum requirements for third parties to access customer data through utility IT systems, but rejected a proposal to require a $5 million insurance policy for damages that could arise from a cybersecurity breach.
The capabilities of DOE's National Laboratories are being combined with regulatory expertise at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in order to accelerate the development and licensing of advanced reactors.
Utilities are increasingly helping cities prepare for transportation electrification, while confronting increased power generation and delivery needs — often to areas already experiencing high demand.
The U.S. ESA, with The Brattle Group's Roger Lueken, Judy Chang, and Ryan Hledick, will provide a 1.5-day seminar on topics that every system planner needs to know about energy storage, in Atlanta in November, Minneapolis in December. Learn more.
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