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Can “The Grid” Handle America’s Switch to EVs? We Ask An Expert
If you spend any amount of time talking about electric vehicles, without fail one of the first things you'll hear from naysayers is, “The grid can’t handle it.” The specifics are of course vague as to why not,
California lawmakers approved a sweeping energy package at the end of the legislative session that does not include funding to continue two grid reliability programs, including a virtual power plant advocates believe is the largest in the world.
The Calistoga Resiliency Center offers long-duration emergency microgrid services during service interruption from wildfires and severe weather events with a combination of hydrogen fuel and lithium-ion batteries.
By 2030, the centers could consume the equivalent of adding another city the size of L.A. to the state’s power grid.
The governor said the bill does not align with the state’s existing resource adequacy framework. Clean energy advocates called it a missed opportunity.
Cuts to 223 projects across 16 states will mean job losses, higher energy costs and weaker grid reliability, experts and state agencies warn.
California has an environmental problem. Companies have built so many solar farms across the state that on many days — particularly in the spring months when sunshine is abundant but demand for air conditioning isn’t very high — they are producing more solar electricity than the state needs.
Temperatures across the Southland are expected to push well above the triple digit mark for most locations over the next three days. Consequently, California's Independent System Operator has declared a Flex Alert starting Saturday at 3 p.m. Cal-ISO said ...
California is the first state to enable distributed solar or storage projects to use flexible interconnection, but the hardware required to flexibly control output may not yet be available.
Artificial intelligence figures to impact virtually every aspect of the global economy and now it’s making a foray onto California’s electric grid. Opinion: Why AI is our best defense against invasive species Nvidia says all customers will be ...
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The manager of California's power grid declared a statewide Flex Alert for Thursday and Friday, asking residents and businesses to cut back on power usage to prevent strain on the system. The California Independent System Operator is ...
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California’s Soaring Power Costs Signal a National Grid Reckoning
Would the same forces making California electricity bills skyrocket in the near future strike the rest of the nation? The state’s recent energy price spike increasing almost 96% in the last decade provides a microcosm of how climate pressures,