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Expanding Virtual Power Plants Across the U.S.

Posted by Webinar on Sep 18, 2024 9:35:48 AM

Recorded on September 16, 2024

Virtual power plants (VPPs) — collections of customer-sited energy resources aggregated together and coordinated with grid operations — can provide the same or even superior reliability and value to the grid as traditional power plants. As utilities face rising peak load, energy affordability concerns, and increasingly complex reliability needs, VPPs offer a solution by leveraging customer-facing distributed energy resources (DERs) – including smart thermostats, battery storage, EV charging, smart water heaters, and others – to address key grid challenges.
 
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Topics: Webinar, Virtual Power Plants

Accelerating Interconnection Reforms for a Stronger, More Affordable Grid

Posted by Webinar on Sep 5, 2024 1:50:34 PM

Recorded on September 4, 2024

Proposals for new energy projects across the country are stuck waiting for a long and cumbersome process known as “generator interconnection” to play out so they can connect to the power grid and start delivering electricity to homes and businesses. Unfortunately, despite recent reform efforts, the current interconnection process remains unnecessarily slow and expensive, ultimately jeopardizing reliability and costing consumers more money.
 
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Topics: Wholesale Markets, Webinar, FERC

Reforming State and Local Policies to Accelerate Clean Energy Deployment

Posted by Webinar on Aug 28, 2024 2:08:51 PM

Recorded on August 27, 2024

Across the country, there is increasing pressure to accelerate the building of new clean energy resources driven by increased domestic manufacturing, more electrification of both transportation and buildings, new data centers, retiring power plants, and bold clean energy goals. However, despite the availability of incentives and demand to do so, many large-scale wind, solar, and battery storage projects are being stalled or blocked by red tape, and in several states, localities are banning the building of new clean energy projects altogether. Where states should be encouraging new construction to ensure grid reliability and spur economic growth, we see outdated, inconsistent, or unnecessarily complex laws and regulations standing in the way.
 
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Topics: Webinar, Permitting and Siting

Navigating State Dynamics of FERC's Transmission Order (Part 2)

Posted by Webinar on Jun 21, 2024 8:46:16 AM

Recorded on June 20, 2024

On May 13, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released a long-awaited ruling aimed at improving transmission planning processes. As the Order takes effect, states will see a transition from local, short-term projects to more comprehensive, regionally coordinated transmission investments, potentially optimizing grid reliability and facilitating clean energy integration.

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Topics: Wholesale Markets, Webinar, Transmission

Solar for All: How Regulators Can Support Solar Equity

Posted by Webinar on Jun 14, 2024 3:04:26 PM

Recorded on June 13, 2024

The $7 billion federal Solar for All competition is set to make an unprecedented investment in improving access to solar and associated energy storage and efficiency for low-to-moderate income (LMI) and disadvantaged communities across the United States. Considering the average income of solar adopters was $117,000 in 2022, Solar for All's emphasis on reaching LMI and disadvantaged homeowners and renters is a significant step towards democratizing the benefits of the nation's growing deployment of distributed and community-based solar, aiming to bridge the gap for hundreds of thousands of households previously excluded from the benefits of solar adoption. 

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Topics: Federal Policy, Webinar

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