California Demands 3.3GW of New Resources as Grid Shortfall Looms

Procurement is a boon for solar-storage, demand response and other clean resources, and could forestall last-ditch option of keeping [...]

Looming Grid Shortfall Prompts 2.5GW California Procurement Proposal

‘All-source’ reliability procurement for Southern California could open massive new market for renewables, batteries and demand response. State regulators [...]

Wanted in California: A Healthy Market for Microgrids

California pioneered state policies for deploying solar and energy storage. Now it’s turning its attention to microgrids. The state’s [...]

PJM’s Market Changes: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly for Green Energy and Demand Response

The Mid-Atlantic grid operator just won a court case to keep capacity performance rules that hurt clean energy. Will [...]

California’s Flood of Green Energy Could Drive a Record 8GW of Curtailment This Spring

Sun, wind and now water are flooding the grid with energy when nobody needs it—and grid operator CAISO has [...]

US Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Demand Response

“I think it will be a very positive thing for all types of resources,” says former FERC Chairman Jon [...]