Duke’s IRP. Duke filed their IRP and gave regulators a menu of options to choose from but in many ways is telling the story that they want to tell. The way it reads to me is this, let us build more gas, stop our coal plants when we want and we’ll do some solar and storage along the way. Less gas and closed coal means big expensive options for consumers is the headline that the utility wants to see in the news. Good thing for consumers and the solar market is that solar advocates are becoming experts in IRP dockets. This is the opening salvo, watch this space for more updates along the way. I even heard rumors that advocates are doing a special website to cover this.
A Regulators View On CA. Former FERC commissioner, Cheryl LaFleur, breaks down the energy situation in California in 5 categories. This is a macro view of the problem without delving into some of the micro issues that have riled up energy twitter or when Trump talks about the topic. The counterpoint comes from Sunrun’s Lynn Jurich on the impact resi solar can have.
The Fallout. This is the decision we have to make in this decade. Solve the problems on our grid with more resilient infrastructure close to the demand or leave generation in place that has already reached the end of its useful life. Microgrids versus capacity contract extensions, that’s the argument in a nutshell.
Benefits Of Retail Energy. Here is what happens when you combine Peter Thiel, bitcoin, data center, heat wave, no wind and competitive power markets. A bitcoin mine back by Thiel in Texas had a clause in their retail energy contract that let it sell back their energy by powering down their consumption and reap the benefits from the trade. Funny story of the day.
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- Solar Builder: What the SunPower, Maxeon split means for U.S. solar installers and EPCs
- Greentech Media: Duke Energy Lays Out Its Long-Term Clean Energy Pathways — and Price Tags
- Columbia: What’s Ailing California’s Electric System?
- PV-Magazine: Can community microgrids fill the gap in California’s plans for 100% renewable energy?
- Los Angeles Times: California to let gas plants stay open as time runs low for climate action
- Utility Dive: Alabama increase of residential solar charges will slow installations, advocates say
- Bloomberg: Bitcoin Miner Is Scoring 700% Profits Selling Energy to Grid
- NPR: Community solar proposal getting bipartisan support in legislature
- Axios: The energy jobs that Gen Z wants
- Reuters: Tesla tests the circuits for German energy market push
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Best, Yann