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Congrats to United member companies Google & Voltus on partnering to create a grid-scale virtual power plant within PJM. Our webinar on 6/12, including executives from Google, Enel, Calibrant Energy, & Clearway Energy, will assess whether PJM’s proposals will meet the energy moment: buff.ly/AaqtzWU
Third-party demand response provider Voltus and nonprofit Mission:data say utility barriers to accessing smart meter data are blocking gigawatts of grid relief in PJM, the biggest U.S. energy market — and they're asking regulators to step in: www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti... #energysky
Utilities aren’t sharing smart meter data in PJM. That’s a problem.
Demand response companies say utilities in the biggest U.S. energy market are blocking gigawatts of grid relief by withholding data meant to help…
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New White Paper alert - Making Distributed Storage Work in Your State - The implementation challenge isn't distributed storage technology, it’s the regulatory and operational framework that surrounds it. www.center4ri.org/publications
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Minnesota utility Xcel Energy says it can build more effective virtual power plants by owning and controlling its own batteries. But solar groups, consumer advocates and state agencies think customer solar and batteries are a faster and cheaper path: www.canarymedia.com/articles/vir... #energysky
Why Xcel’s bid to reinvent the virtual power plant is so controversial
Most VPPs rely on customers’ solar and batteries. Xcel says its utility-owned alternative can do a better job in Minnesota — but critics question the cost.
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🚨The ban on aggregators of demand response participating in wholesale markets in Minnesota was reversed by the MN Court of Appeals. FERC could step in now and free the rest of MISO and SPP states by lifting the opt out in O719. mncourts.gov/_media/migrati…
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Can these senators save NEPA? – This Week in Cleantech
On this episode of the This Week in Cleantech podcast, Jael Holzman from Heatmap News discusses how several senators came out against the SPEED Act, a bill that would change the National Environmental...
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'Amid the ashes' of the 2025 LA wildfires – This Week in Cleantech
On this episode of the This Week in Cleantech podcast, Justin Worland from TIME Magazine discusses the fires that hit Los Angeles in January 2025, and how to prevent similar disasters in the future.
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Despite this announcement, the MPSC is still not allowing for meaningful intervention and review on these DTE data center contracts. michiganadvance.com/2025/11/18/m...
Michigan regulators to host public hearing on DTE contracts for Saline Township data center • Michigan Advance
Following up on a request by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, the regulatory body overseeing Michigan energy companies announced on Tuesday that it would hold a public hearing to take comments o...
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FERC should side with Voltus and Mission:data because residential demand response is blocked at PJM.
Voltus and Mission:data filed a complaint at FERC against eight PJM utilities for blocking residential demand response by not sharing interval data.
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Next time someone tells you renewables will beat gas on economics to justify deregulating everything, maybe consider that even wildly uneconomic coal plants continue to run and pollute, and coal pollution may well go up not down due to bonkers state intervention.
Jeff St John@jeffstjohn.bsky.social · 9mo agoThe Trump admin seems set to force two Colorado coal plants to stay open past their planned closure this year, even as the costs of keeping an aging, unnecessary Michigan coal plant running through the summer top $80M. Are more must-run orders coming? www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos... #energysky
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What does a pragmatic 'climate reset' look like? – This Week in Cleantech
On this episode of the This Week in Cleantech podcast, David Roberts, host of the Volts podcast, discusses recent calls for a "climate reset."
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This headline asks a question that makes investor-owned utilities squirm. Nice work from my colleague @blancabegert.bsky.social: insideclimatenews.org/news/0511202...
Why Are Rates Rising Faster at Investor-Owned Utilities Than at Public Utilities? - Inside Climate News
Case studies from California offer a look into the pros and cons of public and private utilities.
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Early signal that next year we are going to see a lot of legislation and campaign proposals around power sector regulation and policies #energysky
Michael Li (李之樸)@mcpli.bsky.social · 9mo agoThe fact that Democrats won both elections yesterday for the Georgia Public Service Commission is remarkable enough (no Democrat had won a non-federal statewide race in GA since 2006). But both won by a margin of 63% to 37%. In Georgia. results.sos.ga.gov/results/publ...
www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/t... The loan guarantee to AEP was among those conditionally approved under Biden, a fact Wright acknowledged to reporters. “Not all of the (Biden-era) projects were nonsense,” he said, adding that he was “happy to move forward” with the transmission upgrade.
Energy Department offers $1.6 billion loan guarantee to upgrade transmission lines across Midwest
AEP Transmission will upgrade power lines in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma and West Virginia to enhance enhance grid reliability and capacity, the Energy Department said.
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California steps in to fill the void in federal leadership on offshore wind: www.utilitydive.com/news/califor...
California to invest $226M in offshore wind ports amid federal cuts
State and industry leaders argued that the funds are needed to establish California as a hub for floating offshore wind.
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How Does a Virtual Power Plant in Texas Work? www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOGV...
How Does a Virtual Power Plant in Texas Work?
YouTube video by VPP Texas Home Backup Power - Houston
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Not surprisingly, the guy that heads the federal agency that's been issuing "stop work" orders against permitted offshore wind projects appears to be heavily conflicted, with ties to the oil and gas industries: www.eenews.net/articles/hou...
House Dems request ethics probe of acting BOEM director
They accused Matthew Giacona of improperly communicating with former clients.
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As the current national administration seeks to prop up coal -- a highly polluting and uneconomic technology of the past -- the global economy and investors are sending a very different signal about where the future of energy is headed: www.eenews.net/articles/ren...
Renewables overtake coal as global electricity leader
It's the first time sources like wind and solar generated more power than coal over a six-month period.
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Great @data.ft.com article on the good news story of the global build out of battery #energystorage -- a foundation technology of clean energy transition, and the asset class to manage ubiquitous and intensive computing loads. Civilizationally critical tech! #energysky ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution
Vast battery units are shoring up grids and extending the use of clean power
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Mission:data, Voltus to FERC: PJM’s smart meter data requirement is unjust and discriminatory — Mission:data
Today, Mission:data and virtual power plant (VPP) leader Voltus, Inc. filed a complaint against PJM at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), alleging that PJM’s Open Access Transmission Tar...
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In April, Spain and Portugal suffered Europe's worst blackout in 20 years. Now, 5 months later, an expert panel has released a report on the blackout. In the meantime, opportunists filled the information void, blaming renewables without evidence. The misinfo stuck, @juliaradio.bsky.social reports.
After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack
When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.
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While our federal government is dunking on renewables, they just became the world's largest source of electricity.
E&E News: Renewables overtake coal as global electricity leader
It's the first time sources like wind and solar generated more power than coal over a six-month period.
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State frameworks are critical to addressing PJM affordability
Affordability concerns have risen in the PJM sphere due to “tightening supply and demand,” writes Senior Vice President Asim Haque. Supply has left the system due primarily to state policy and federal...
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The Town of Carrboro and Duke Energy met in court last Thursday over Duke’s attempt to have the climate deception lawsuit thrown out. NC WARN is honored to be assisting in this powerful case alongside the Center for Biological Diversity. Read more here: suedukeenergy.org/resources/news/
