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| Lights out? New England grapples with issues brought on by the energy transition |
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| A FERC forum in Vermont laid out the stark situation facing New England. The region has been unable (or unwilling) to build new energy infrastructure for at least a decade while at the same time it has become over reliant on natural gas for electricity and heat. Like the situation in Europe, if the winter is harsh and gas is constrained or simply spikes in price, New Englanders are in for a shock. |
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| | | | | Price signals triggered batteries to begin discharging even though other resources, such as solar, were in adequate supply. | | |
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| | | As of the morning of September 12, PGE said that restoration to all customers impacted by the company’s proactive PSPS and preventive power shutoffs implemented on Sept. 9 and 10 was complete. | | |
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| | | On the Factor This! podcast, FERC Commissioner Allison Clements says it's past time that the U.S. invest in a grid that is prepared for more frequent and extreme weather events. | | |
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| | | The first vehicle-to-grid (V2G) bidirectional charging stations in western Massachusetts have been installed at the 1,168 MW Northfield Mountain Pumped Hydro Storage Station. |
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| | | Mexico and the United States plan to take advantage of the Biden administration's massive investment in semiconductor production to push the integration of their supply chains and cooperate on expanding the production of electric vehicles through Mexico's nationalized lithium industry. |
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| | | ComEd is building a new substation that includes new Siemens 100MVA transformers to accommodate the 225 MW of power that a new data center will need. |
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