Daily edition | Oct. 21, 2019
Note from the editor Electric vehicles promise significant opportunities and challenges for utilities.
Last week, Utility Dive and Smart Cities Dive published a two-part special report on how utilities and cities are preparing for the expected rise of EVs over the the next decade, examining the issue from an urban planning and power sector perspective.
Today we go deeper into the prospects for utilities to tap into EVs for demand response.
Current modest EV penetrations may be more of a challenge than a benefit for utilities, but that affords them good management practice, Herman Trabish writes.
 Larry Pearl
Senior Editor, Utility Dive
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"More resiliency will not and should never translate to Californians being willing to put up with inadequate execution of measures that are supposed to keep them safe," the head utility regulator said on Friday. |
Deep Dive Aggregated flexible load of high EV penetrations will be lucrative in demand response markets, but for now smaller EV demand gives utilities management practice. |
The utility will deliver the energy from a 75 MW wind project and four proposed solar projects, totaling 345 MW over the next three years. |
Julia Hamm reflects on 20 years with SEPA and the ways in which the sector and organization have changed.
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The $5 million Green Cab Madison project is backed by tech firm Zerology, which also plans to build a 600-kilowatt solar array for daytime charging and to offset night charging. |
UPDATED Trump on Friday said he plans to nominate Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette as DOE Secretary following Perry's departure, expected "later this year." |
Opinion A singular focus on environmental issues for utility resource plans, without concern for the impact on affordability and reliability, is a recipe for failure, a former Michigan public service commissioner writes. |
How the utility will manage its gas assets in a 2040 scenario is "an accounting question ... not a technological question," and one of many perceived risks as the utility heads toward 2050, according to its Vice President of State Policy. |
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