Duke doubles down on fossils in 2019 long-term plan updates
The power company’s 2019 IRP updates for its two North Carolina utilities include some solar and storage, but also 12 GW of new gas and plans to keep coal plants online for decades.
120 MW project goes on-line in North Carolina, solar industry documentary to release in 2020: pvMB 9/3/19
Hello one and all, hop you enjoyed Labor Day Weekend and welcome back to the pvMB. Today we’ll be taking a look at the health co-benefits of sub-national renewable energy policy in the US, the national solar tour 2019, California ISO data to date and more!
North Carolina regulators reject the dirty assumptions in Duke’s latest plan
The state’s public utilities commission is saying that Duke must model potential retirement of coal plants, major reductions in CO2 emissions, and integration of battery storage in its post-2020 plans.
SEIA proposes PURPA reform, Sunrun to bring Brightbox to Vermont: pvMB 08/29/19
In today’s brief we also bring you a job opportunity at DOE and Turning Point Energy coming to Maine.
Lawsuit against TVA’s discriminatory rate structure moves forward
A a district court judge has denied the utility’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit regarding a proposed grid access charge. The lawsuit claims the nature of the charge is discriminatory to low-income and solar-minded customers.
TVA recognizes the existence of solar in long-term plan
The company’s new integrated resource plan has solar projections as high as 15 GW by 2038 and storage projections of 5.3 Gw in that same timeframe. However what will get built is still uncertain.
Tesla pushes off warehouse, Green Source Advantage comes to N.C.: pvMB 8/21/19
Welcome to Wednesday’s wonderful pvMb. On this Hump Day we’ll be exploring CNN’s upcoming climate change “town hall,” Silicon Ranch’s promotions, Aubuchon Hardware and Relay Power’s community solar partnership. Let’s ride.
North Carolina looks nationwide for its “Clean Energy Plan” guidance
As required by Governor Roy Cooper’s Executive Order 80, the state has released a draft report of policy and action recommendations to help clean the electric grid – including a recommendation to decarbonize power by 2050.
Solar gets by with a little help from its friends
Hidden in a natural gas plant modification application, Duke Energy has released findings that constant ramping is causing solar to contributes increased emissions onto the grid. If only there was some way to cover solar’s shortfalls without fossil fuels.
When disaster strikes
In this guest post George Irwin of ReNew Petra explains the essential role of skilled operations and maintenance teams in both preparation for and recovery from hurricanes.
