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A Community Solar Gold Standard: Episode 9 of Local Energy Rules Podcast

Submitted by Anonymous on May 17, 2013 - 10:40am

Joy Hughes was living in the San Luis Valley of Colorado, a place with a “tremendous amount of solar potential,” so good that the valley’s residents were being overwhelmed by proposals for large scale solar power plants. One had a “field of things like radar dishes” and another included a “600 foot tower.” The influx of outside companies seeking solar profit led Joy to ask, “Why not just set up solar arrays that can provide power for people in the local community and offset their electric bills?”

A Community Solar Gold Standard: Episode 9 of Local Energy Rules Podcast

Submitted by Anonymous on May 16, 2013 - 4:44pm

Joy Hughes was living in the San Luis Valley of Colorado, a place with a “tremendous amount of solar potential,” so good that the valley’s residents were being overwhelmed by proposals for large scale solar power plants. One had a “field of things like radar dishes” and another included a “600 foot tower.” The influx of outside companies seeking solar profit led Joy to ask, “Why not just set up solar arrays that can provide power for people in the local community and offset their electric bills?”

Half of Germany’s 63,000 Megawatts of Renewable Energy is Locally Owned

Submitted by Anonymous on May 15, 2013 - 3:30pm

placeholderCourtesy of Craig Morris and the Germany Renewable Energy industry, evidence that Germany’s renewable energy program remains people powered.  Total megawatts represent wind and solar only.

FirstEnergy Still Can’t Find Source of Goldfish in Perry Nuke

Submitted by Anonymous on May 15, 2013 - 1:10pm

Still looking for the person who left the goldfish in the tunnel at the Perry nuke plant.  FirstEnergy has serious security issues.  Perry’s problems continue.

Load Growth Continues to Slow in PJM, “It’s the Efficiency, Stupid”

Submitted by Anonymous on May 15, 2013 - 7:25am

Every year about this time, PJM Interconnection does a press release on its projected summer peak load.  Here’s the link to this year’s projection.

8 Vivid Charts – 8 Reasons for a Solar Energy Standard in Minnesota

Submitted by Anonymous on May 13, 2013 - 5:29pm

placeholderA conference committee is resolving differences between House and (much weaker) Senate versions of a solar energy standard in Minnesota today.  Here’s 8 graphic reasons why the state should go for solar as aggressively as it can.

No Advantage from Importing Land Based Wind Power into PJM

Submitted by Anonymous on May 12, 2013 - 10:54am

Last week, several Web sites publicized a report that Synapse Energy Economics just published.  The report was the result of a study that PJM Interconnection commissioned to study the impacts of several different levels and sources of wind power on electricity prices in PJM, through 2026 when most state renewable portfolio standa

Solar Power Missing from FirstEnegy & AEP Coal Plant Cases

Submitted by Anonymous on May 9, 2013 - 9:47am

I have read FirstEnergy’s bogus “resource plan” and everything else that has been filed in the Harrison scheme at the WV PSC, and I have never seen solar power capacity in WV mentioned by anyone.

FirstEnergy Has No Problem Purchasing Power, Except for Mon Power/Potomac Edison

Submitted by Anonymous on May 8, 2013 - 7:33am

When FirstEnergy first proposed its Harrison scheme in WV, they had to deal with a big problem.  Electricity prices on PJM’s wholesale markets are currently very low, and are projected to remain low for at least the next five years.  But FirstEnergy wanted to sell an expensive coal-burner to WV rate payers and that electricity would be much more expensive than PJM’s market prices.

FirstEnergy Spin – A Closer Look

Submitted by Anonymous on May 7, 2013 - 6:06pm

FirstEnergy’s first quarter investor call transcript is now on line here.  If you can get through all the “timeframes” and “glide paths” without gagging, take a look for yourself.

The big reveal is that FirstEnergy seems to be implementing Plan B after reading expert testimony in the WV PSC’s Harrison case.

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