Certain states lead on microgrids when it comes to sorting out policies and regulation. Here we look at what California, Connecticut and Maryland are doing to move the microgrid market forward. This article series is based on EnergyEfficiencyMarkets.com’s report: Think Microgrid, available here. In the U.S., electricity is governed mostly at … [Read more...]
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States Lead on Microgrids…California, Connecticut, Maryland (Part 1)
June 26, 2014 By Elisa Wood
Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Abigail Hopper, California Public Utilities Commission Policy & Planning Division, Connecticut microgrid RFP, Genevieve Sherman, leading state microgrid, microgrid state policy, Microgrids: A Regulatory Perspective, Philip Barton, Resiliency Through the Microgrids Task Force, Schneider Electric, Weekly Newsletter Recent Articles
Microgrids, Money and the Utility ‘Death Plunge’
March 13, 2014 By Elisa Wood
This is the second part of our coverage on microgrids from last week’s Northeast Sustainable Energy Association BuildingEnergy 14 conference in Boston. Read Part I here. If distributed generation is accelerating the utility death spiral – as some say – will microgrids cause a total utility plunge? That’s the question Galen Nelson, director of … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Demand Response, Grid, Solar Plus Storage, Thermal Tagged With: Acuity Power Group, Anbaric Holding, Boston Innovation District, Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority, Ed Krapels, Galen Nelson, Genevieve Sherman, Leonard Loomans, Long Island Power Authority, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, microgrid, New York City Housing Authority, Niobrara Data Center Energy Park, Northeast Sustainable Energy Association BuildingEnergy 14, Superstorm Sandy, utility death spiral, Weekly Newsletter Recent Articles
Why Insiders are Bullish on Microgrid
March 10, 2014 By Elisa Wood
Microgrids are coming to the US, but they face some significant roadblocks. What’s driving the sudden upswing in their development? And what’s getting in the way? A panel of microgrid experts tackled these questions last week at the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) BuildingEnergy 14 conference in Boston. Ed Krapels, founder of … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Grid, Solar Plus Storage, Thermal Tagged With: Anbaric, BuildingEnergy 14, Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority, Connecticut microgrid RFP, Ed Krapels, Genevieve Sherman, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, microgrids, Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA), Northeast Utilities, Northern Pass, Weekly Newsletter Recent Articles
