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Hawaii PUC Approves Special Electric Bus Rate Pilot

March 22, 2019November 15, 2019 by Alyssa Danigelis

The State of Hawaii Public Utilities Commission has approved a pilot program for special time-of-use rates for electric bus charging. Hawaiian Electric says the new rates encourage reliance on solar energy.

The Linux Foundation Forms Open Source Energy Coalition

July 13, 2018September 25, 2020 by Alyssa Danigelis

The Linux Foundation formed a new open source coalition with support from European transmission power systems provider RTE, Vanderbilt University, the European Network of Transmission System Operators, and the Electric Power Research Institute.

EPRI-SEPA Report: Challenges to Unlocking the Potential of Microgrids

January 30, 2017 by Cheryl Kaften

A report released collaboratively on January 25 by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) lays out three basic business models—third-party, utility, and hybrid—that are driving growth in the microgrid sector.

How Retail Customers Can Benefit from Energy Storage

May 6, 2015 by Josh Kessler

On April 30, Tesla CEO Elon Musk issued a ballyhooed announcement that the company will sell two battery storage systems that he believes will disrupt the energy industry. These systems, whether they run on distributed solar photovoltaic systems or are fed directly from the grid, can provide backup power that ... Read more »

Battery System Tested by PG&E

December 17, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

Eos Energy Storage will demonstrate its grid-scale battery system at Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E’s) Smart Grid Lab in San Ramon, Calif., with the support of a $2.1 million award from the California Energy Commission. For the project, the company is also partnering with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), ... Read more »

Solar Plus Battery Storage Tested in Georgia

December 9, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

Washington Gas Energy Systems is working with Southern Company and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to test and evaluate a battery storage system at a 1 MW solar array in Cedartown, Ga. The project will analyze a 1-MW/2-MWh lithium ion battery energy storage system to establish a technical and ... Read more »

Energy Executive Moves: GridPoint, GE, Honeywell, Comverge, Regen Energy, NY Green Bank, EPRI

April 21, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

Energy Management firm GridPoint announced that Senior Vice President of Marketing Mark Straton (pictured) will now also spearhead GridPoint’s sales force as SVP of sales and marketing. His senior leadership experience in sales and marketing at large organizations such as XEROX, ROLM, IBM and Siemens, and start-ups such as SocialExtract, supports ... Read more »

First Interstate Credits for Water Trading Sold

March 11, 2014March 11, 2014 by Bill Opalka

Duke Energy, Hoosier Energy, and American Electric Power are the first buyers in the interstate credits for water nutrients in the United States pilot program. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) today officially launched water quality pilot trades in the Ohio River Basin. The program tests water quality improvement strategies in ... Read more »

Platform Delivers Energy Intelligence

February 14, 2014February 14, 2014 by Bill Opalka

FirstFuel says its Remote Building Analytics (RBA) platform now delivers energy performance intelligence to support commercial segments of the energy efficiency lifecycle. The company unveiled its enhanced RBA platform, which it says includes portfolio screening, building auditing, customer engagement, and performance monitoring and verification. The technology monitors both interval and monthly ... Read more »

Is the Grid Ready for Distributed Resources?

February 11, 2014 by William Opalka

The utility industry’s research arm has started studies of the rapid rise of distributed energy resources (DER) and how best to integrate them into the grid. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is studying the transformation of the electric power grid brought about by large numbers of rooftop solar panels ... Read more »

DOE Funds Grid Monitoring Group, EPRI to Coordinate Meetings

October 22, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

The North American SynchroPhasor Initiative (NASPI), established in 2006, is working to improve power system reliability and visibility through wide-area measurement and control. DOE has invested almost $200 million in the deployment of phasor measurement units in North America, which has been matched by utilities and transmission operator investments. Many ... Read more »

Tools for Utilities to Comply with California’s Energy Storage Mandate

September 13, 2013 by Environmental Leader

Last week, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) proposed a mandate requiring 1.3 GW of energy storage statewide by 2020, and utilities are scrambling to submit plans by a January 2014 deadline that shows the energy storage resources they will tap to be compliant with the mandate. As energy storage ... Read more »

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