Not required by regulation, but required by solar and wind tech in order for utilities to meet their regulatory requirement to provide uninterrupted and sufficient power on-demand. So the

Spot on Mark! Dharma.

A concerning article from the Epoch Times (one of my favorite news sources, dedicated to unbiased, investigative news

Long Run Analysis is that Net-Metering must end? Not like today or next week -- but long-term -- at whatever level saturation becomes the thing -- at 40% or 60% or 80% (?) market Solar will saturate

Considering the makeup of the FERC Commission, all four of the current commissioners have been appointed by Trump, the outcome will be no surprise to anyone when the New England Ratepayers

Wait a minute. You are saying that Utility Connected Solar PV is REQUIRED to have storage to meet Interconnection Agreements? Any documentation or specifications for that? Thanks!

Jack and Dan – most of the states need regulatory reform forced on them, if we are to avoid the most serious consequences of global warming. But our dilemma is, we can’t trust the federal

EVs are about 80% efficient vs. 20% efficient for ICE cars. Most people would take a much more serious look at buying an EV, if they understood the implications of those efficiency percentages. Spent

New study: Every electric car brings $10,000 in life-saving benefits - Electrek New study: Every electric car brings $10,000 in life-saving benefits - E... Bradley Berman Converting all cars in the

Hi Dan, Color me skeptical. It seems to me the large power producers have already installed their toddies into key positions within the nexus of private and government regulation. Most of the

Hello Jack, The American Solar Energy Society, the American Solar Energy Industries Association and other credible sources indicate the effort to overturn net metering is driven by large power

Hi James I have been following this issue for the last few weeks on

Good (although technical) explanation of Distributed Generation (DG) and Demand Response (DR) from the transmission grid operator (ERCOT) point of view. Note that most DG is actually connected to the

Generally, intermittent energy sources like wind and solar are considered to require storage in order to meet utility requirements to provide uninterrupted electricity on-demand. Certainly, coal and

I agree that financial considerations are very important, and that's what is leading to consideration of battery storage by solar and wind providers, distribution utilities, and consumers. But I

So in terms of cash flow, there are a multitude of revenue streams for battery assets... Yes, as suggested, they can charge at night (when electricity is traditionally least expensive) and produce

Yes, absolutely! Help them sign up with the lowest cost solar energy provider (I specify solar energy providers because wind energy has become so large, it no longer needs the same level of support as

Thanks for sending this out. There are several validation cases including one in the northern mid-west where a church allowed the panels on their church grounds. This is clearly economic and by

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 10:57 AM, Mark Witte wrote: ...we should also use the opportunity to educate and instruct people in those disadvantages neighborhoods how to make their homes much more energy