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Heat Wave Could Leave Southern California Short of Natural Gas and Cause Blackouts

June 21, 2016September 1, 2022 by Ken Silverstein

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the California ISO, which orders up generation and schedules its delivery over the transition system, says that natural gas shortages could hit the Los Angeles area and perhaps cause two-weeks worth of electrical blackouts this summer.

Stem to Join CAISO

September 8, 2015September 1, 2022 by Carl Weinschenk

Stem, which describes itself as an intelligent energy storage firm, has bid into the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) real-time market via its aggregated customer storage systems. Stem’s predictive software is combined with Olivine’s platform to enable bidding and automatic dispatch of stored power to the energy market, according to ... Read more »

Hydro Strains Grid in California, But Natural Gas Fills Gap

May 15, 2014April 12, 2022 by Linda Hardesty

Even though California is experiencing one of the most severe droughts on record affecting the state’s hydroelectric generation, the state is projected to still have adequate electricity this summer, according to California ISO’s “2014 Summer Loads & Resource Assessments” report. As of April 29, 2014, the statewide hydrologic conditions ... Read more »

Lobbyists Challenge Renewable Feed-In Tariffs

December 5, 2013April 12, 2022 by Tamar Wilner

Distributed energy’s effect on the electrical grid – and on ratepayers – is coming under more scrutiny than ever. The past couple years have seen utilities becoming more vocal in pointing out the costs incurred when they pay owners of distributed renewables for feeding power into the grid. In a ... Read more »

California Avoids Blackouts Despite Heat Wave, Nuclear Outage

July 5, 2013September 1, 2022 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The California power grid avoided problems earlier this week despite a heat wave and a nuclear plant outage. The state’s biggest nuclear plant, PG&E’s 1,122- MW Diablo Canyon Power Plant (pictured), shut down on June 27 before the heat wave started, resuming activity just prior to peak load on July ... Read more »

Solar Roundup: California Sets 2,071 MW Record, Lisbon University Installs Solar

June 11, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

California ISO said solar power in California set an all-time high output of 2,071 MW on June 7. The new record doubles the amount of solar power in California since September 2012 when solar peaked at 1,000 MW. California is the largest producer of solar power in the nation. Conergy ... Read more »

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