As straightforward as the concept of taking battery packs out of an old electric or hybrid car and reusing them for home power storage sounds, this thought process skips a …read more

An executive order in Massachusetts and a regulatory commission action in Minnesota are among the big moves this year that highlight the growing role of virtual power plants in grid management. A virtual power plant, or VPP, is a network of resources that a central controller can call upon to send power to the grid […]

For a year now, in press releases, letters, speeches and interviews, Gov. Wes Moore has had stern words for PJM Interconnection, the electric grid operator serving the state. But Monday, he took his gripes straight to PJM, which held its annual meeting in Baltimore.

SAN FRANCISCO—As families settled into their evening routines in late March, cooking dinner on electric stoves and flipping on their TV for the newest binge watch, the state’s energy grid was working hard. For the first time, California discharged just over 12,000 megawatts, equivalent to 12 large nuclear plants, of energy from its battery arrays. […]

SACRAMENTO—Not long into Ellie Cohen’s opening remarks at the California Climate Policy Summit this week, the crowd erupted in boos—at her request. The CEO of the Santa Rosa-based Climate Center had been noting widening climate threats and thanked the state and Gov. Gavin Newsom for lawsuits against the Trump administration, then shifted her tone. Taking […]

On a recent evening, batteries were the broad shoulders propping up California’s electricity grid. The state got 43 percent of its power from batteries as of 7 p.m. on Sunday, more than double the next power source, natural gas. It was record-setting output for batteries in the California grid, said Nicolas Fulghum, senior data analyst […]

As solar and offshore wind projects stall, New Jersey just awarded its biggest incentives to battery storage projects to help reach its climate goals and stabilize electricity prices for consumers. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) earlier this month announced incentives for three large battery storage projects totaling 355 megawatts under the Garden […]

Maryland househ0lds will see at least $150 a year in utility bill savings from a package of bills unveiled late this week, the governor and legislative leaders promised Friday.

Standing inside the New Jersey Statehouse last month, Claudia Mutzus wore a T-shirt from the Service Employees International Union and held a banner emblazoned with the words, “Built by New Jersey workers for New Jersey families.” She’d gathered with other union members to mark the start of a new organized labor coalition, Climate Jobs New […]

Sen. Kevin Harris is not sure his bill letting investor-owned utilities get back in the power-generation business — and using ratepayer dollars to do so — is the answer to high energy prices and constrained supply. But he knows something has to be done.

Colorado’s largest power provider is rushing to start before federal tax credits expire that could shave up to 50% from building expenses