Strategy & Planning

“We have improved the reliability of the system by 35% in the first two years of operations. It’s quite a record in the U.S. for any utility. It would be hard to find any that have improved by 35% in two years in frequency of outages, and 20% of duration of outages in comparison to the previous year.”

“Reliability and affordability will be center stage this next year, and I have encouraged committee chairs to address these issues in meetings. I look forward to healthy debates about different approaches to decarbonization, new methods for resource planning, permitting, and construction challenges, workforce shortages or proposed EPA regulations.”

“We’ve seen the cost declines often lag for customers in ways that they may see technology as being ready, but it’s not showing up as a meaningful bill impact. Where are some gaps between perception and reality?”

A tour of the the Blue Lab Green Lab and Fabrication Lab with Jim McNelis, plus the Materials Testing Lab with Tony Kosari.

“We are an applied research and technology development non-profit organization. We have a long list of customers who we call when an opportunity presents itself. Now, about 50% percent of our work is done in the lab, and the other 50% is at company sites.”

“ We do component research on vehicles, from hydrogen-powered cars to heavy duty trucks like the class eight trucks. We collaborate with the Port of Los Angeles to test class eight trucks running on 100% hydrogen fuel. They work well, and are not just R&D trucks, they are running through a real-life cycle.”

“The next frontier for us is hydrogen natural gas blending systems. We’re going to be working with partners in Europe where there are burners designed for hydrogen that we can work with and help bring to this market where appropriate.”

“All the equipment we’re working with is commercially available. The goal of testing it in a microgrid is to achieve annual efficiencies well over 100% on or off grid at GHG emission levels no more than 50% of the current average grid.”

“We can determine which of these microbes might be in the sample and if that could potentially be a part of the root cause of a failure. GTI Energy is one of the labs that the energy industry uses for that, and it’s the only lab that’s accredited.”

“Our view at GTI Energy is that when we’re changing energy systems, it’s important we’re approaching the change from a systems perspective. It is important that we are collaborating.”