Grateful. Yesterday’s SolarWakeup Live! event exceeded all expectations and by the look of the lobby, it seems that good networking was in the works. I want to thank everyone that attended and the sponsors for making the event possible. Look out for the conversations to make it onto the website and your favorite audio platform in the next few weeks. When looking at the podcasts, don’t forget to search for EnergyWakeup to subscribe.
Clean Peak. The new version of the RPS is the Clean Peak Standard, an RPS that moves with the peak demand of the grid. This aligns the clean energy needs with the grid’s needs, i.e. preemptively adjusts procurement with side effects of the duck curve. In many ways this could be called the storage RPS.
SMART Storage. As SMART rolls out, I want to hear from the market participants about the program. There is a nice oped in the rundown today. My question to you is what percentage of SMART projects will be built with storage? The economics seem to be clearly in the money with storage but surely there are other market obstacles that may stop you from moving ahead with storage, tell me what your thinking is.
Conference Call? If SolarWakeup were to host a conference call on an ongoing basis, would you be interested in that? What types of experts would you want to have on and is this interaction something worthy of the time investment, on your and my end?
Call For Next City. Boston, DC and New York are in the books. Where should we go next? Goal is to have markets which could drive 100 attendees or more.
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Have a great day!
Yann