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Duke Energy’s SC Net-Metering Replacement Won a Crucial Ally: Rooftop Solar Companies

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Few grid policy battles have been fought as bitterly as those surrounding replacements for net-metering, which determines how much rooftop solar customers get paid for power they export to the grid. Utility Duke Energy tossed out the conventional playbook when proposing a net-metering successor for its South Carolina territory.

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Balance-of-System Costs Falling for Non-Residential Storage

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Since 2014, non-residential storage system prices have declined by more than 15 percent in the U.S. non-residential storage segment. non-residential storage segment. non-residential storage market over those five years. WoodMac finds that battery prices for non-residential storage in the U.S. EPC changes.

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The Texas Polar Vortex Resurrects the Question of Fuel Diversity for the Decarbonized Grid

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The record gas demand would have been even higher without the rolling blackouts, because more homes with central heat would have run either gas-fired heaters or electric heat pumps, which would have been powered mostly by coal or gas-fired generators if those weren't on outage. decarbonization targets and policies.

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How Often Do People Drive Electric Vehicles?

Clean Energy Trust

Credit: Electrek The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) recently came out with an analysis that suggests that electric vehicles are being driven less than originally expected: “We provide the first at-scale estimate of electric vehicle (EV) home charging.

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California’s Plan to Crowdsource Distributed Energy to Replace Grid Upgrades

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California regulators are on the cusp of breaking open a long-awaited opportunity to enlist rooftop solar, behind-the-meter batteries and other distributed energy resources (DERs) to substitute for expensive grid upgrades. One clear opportunity is getting them to respond to utility signals to reduce peak loads on local grid circuits.

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Grid Edge M&A Alert: Sentient Acquires Varentec for Dynamic Grid Control

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The trend for Silicon Valley startups applying advanced technologies to solve utility grid problems is clear — go big, or stay home. After a decade of eking out a niche in the world of advanced distribution grid power controls, Silicon Valley startup Varentec has sold its key assets for an undisclosed sum.

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5 States Blazing the Trail for Integrating Distributed Energy Resources

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Distributed energy resources (DERs) is an expansive term, including everything from backup generators to microgrids. In some states with 100 percent clean energy mandates, like California and Hawaii, the focus is on solar — lots and lots of it — and the tools needed to integrate this massive new grid edge resource.