Voltage Regulation: Tapping Distributed Energy Resources
Voltage Regulation
Voltage Regulation
Reactive power is the key to an efficient and reliable grid.
DER
Frontlines
The blackout could doom deregulation, but why treat reliability and reform as either-or?
Frontlines
The blackout could doom deregulation, but why treat reliability and reform as either-or?
Driving west near Cleveland on the Ohio Turnpike back in August, a few days after the big blackout, I saw what looked like a small helicopter hovering up ahead, about 25 feet from the top of a transmission tower.
Was this a prank? Had terrorists struck? Or was it the local TV news station, just trying to get a closer look?
Technology Corridor
How software controls can bridge the gap between wholesale market prices and consumer behavior.
How software controls can bridge the gap between wholesale market prices and consumer behavior.
As ideas go, a microgrid is nothing new. Think of steam pipes for district heating in older urban cores. But add a few software controls, and the possibilities grow.
Neptune and the Northeast
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Neptune and the Northeast
Off Peak
There's no getting around it—price caps aren't for everyone.<b> </b>
Off Peak
July 1, 2001
L.A. Loves a Loophole
There's no getting around itprice caps aren't for everyone.
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
MAY 25, 2001
Off Peak
There's nothing quite like a consumer scorned..<b> </b>
Off Peak
March 15, 2001
'I See Now I Was Naive'
There's nothing quite like a consumer scorned..
Excerpts from letters sent by private citizens to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and made a part of the official in RDocket No. EL00-95-000.
News Digest
Dynegy says California ISO grants sweetheart deals to out-of-state plants.
News Digest
Dynegy's David Francis, vice president for western power trading, testified on Dec. 21 on why he thought the ISO was bending the rules:
News Digest
Key to the Citygate
Have gas prices fallen victim to speculation?
On Thursday, Dec. 8, as natural gas hit $40 at the citygate for Southern California (prices hit $60 that Friday), I found myself in Colonial Williamsburg, a guest of Michigan State University's Institute of Public Utilities, at the group's annual conference, watching a panel of industry experts try in vain to explain what was happening.
Perspective
April 1, 2000