Faced with a critical shortfall in voltage support after the loss of the San Onofre nuclear plant, the California Independent System Operator called on AES to convert two retired units…
Smart Grid
Implications of smart grid development, projects, and policies for the power industry
You’ve no doubt heard that U.S. power plant emissions have been dropping overall and that one of the reasons has been decreased thermal generation resulting from essentially flat demand. As…
Approximately 150,000 plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) are already on the road in the United States, according to various reports. These vehicles include relatively wallet-friendly PEV options like the all-electric Nissan…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)—which notes that geomagnetic disturbances (GMD) can have potentially severe, widespread impact on the bulk electric power system—has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR)…
An array of federal regulation is coming down the pipe in 2014, but whether any of this represents real change remains to be seen. A tidal wave of pent-up federal…
Pundits, journalists, and researchers can opine about what the future holds for power generation, while engineering, equipment, and service companies can comment on how their businesses are building for the…
The Obama administration recently changed its nomenclature on a topic of much interest to readers of this publication and those in the power industry. The administration has said it prefers…
In recent years, the potential popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles has had utility executives up nights worrying about spikes in demand at the end of every…
Former state and federal regulatory chair Pat Wood talks about his revised views of energy market structures. Pat Wood III —former head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…
A technology developed by the University of Delaware (UD) and NRG Energy that provides a two-way interface between electric vehicles and the power grid earlier this year became an official…