As Jon Wellinghoff steps down from his position as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) we read various articles summing up his accomplishments. In my estimation, Wellinghoff will be best remembered for establishing “dynamic pricing,” aligning consumer and …
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Jon Wellinghoff, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Pricing of Electricity
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Demand Response Is a Big Deal
It’s been only two years since FERC (The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) announced that it would allow DR (demand response) to be treated the same as any other dispatchable power source. But in those two years, a great deal …
Ron Wyden — Making Smart Grid a Reality in the U.S.
Here’s some good news: U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden is a huge supporter of smart grid. In fact, he recently promised today to do everything he can to move the government’s “clumsy … machinery” to make …
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Demand Response Will Be Key If We’re To Integrate a Large Percentage of Renewable Energy
Here’s a wonderful article that deals with a subject that is of significant concern: the intermittence of solar and wind energy. It provides an interesting case study of how demand response can figure into the equation, a phenomenon that will …
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Migration To Smart-Grid Requires New Thinking
EPRI, the Electric Power Resource Institute, is a non-profit organization that functions to perform research and provide assistance in the development of advanced systems in generation, delivery and use of electricity. I’m sure there was a time a few decades …
Rethinking the Sustainable Generation and Consumption of Electricity
As this article suggests, everywhere one looks in the new energy industry one finds references to disruptive technologies, not only in the various “flavors” of renewable energy, but in the basic ways in which electricity is delivered. Take DG (distributed …
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