How Regulation Creates Markets for Distributed Energy — And Why it Must
Regulators sometimes open up a piece of the utility monopoly’s business to competition from distributed energy providers.
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After We Ditch the Gas Pipes, What Then?
How non-pipeline alternatives create opportunities for distributed energy resources
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Maine Issues RFP in Next Step Toward Distribution System Operator (DSO)
If Maine goes forward with the DSO, it will be the first US state to do so.
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An Energy Wonk Comes Face-to-Face with the Real World. It isn’t Pretty
Well known energy analyst and writer, Peter Asmus, faced red tape and confusion when he tried to install solar plus storage on his home. If it was hard for him, what’s it like for the rest of the world?
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Is There an Easier Way to Create Public Power Utilities?
Does public power’s defeat in Maine mean it’s a fool’s errand? Or is there another way to create community-owned utilities? Take a look at what’s happening in California with targeted public power.
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What if We Decarbonized the Grid from the Bottom Up?
A coalition of clean energy groups argue that adding solar to rooftops would move California more quickly to 100% renewables than building large land-based projects.
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Will Maine Show the Rest of the US How to Open the Door to Distributed Energy?
Distributed energy supporters have floated the DSO concept for years, but no state has yet to brave its complexity. Enter Maine.
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Five Big Ideas Out of Dervos 2023
Dervos 2023 stimulated some of the most thought-provoking discussion about distributed energy I’ve heard at a conference. Here are a few (of many) big ideas floated at the event hosted by the DER Task Force last week in Brooklyn, NY.
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Virtual Power Plants: The Taylor Swift of Modern Energy
When I first wrote about virtual power plants in 2014, it was a mystery term applied to an energy efficiency project in my town. Now it’s the big start on the platform.
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Distributed Energy Conferences for Your Calendar
Here’s my take on five energy conferences that I believe offer value to those working in distributed energy resources. Let me know of others you’d suggest I add to this list.