Apparently this delightful thing is now circulating around to folks like me, who have led in one capacity or another, the policy reforms needed for #DER value to drive investment in Texas. Packy McCormick 's thinkpiece has excellent insights about where we are heading in

Y'all remember when AEMO working with Tesla managed to commission the #Hornsdale battery energy storage reserve in 100 days? And then it saved the grid 3 years running during major grid separation events? And now, it operates in #virtualmachine mode, and provides system

That’s awesome! Meanwhile we are about 6 years into talking about finally leveraging just a few home batteries for VPPs in Arizona….

The upshot is that even if the project proposal for an 800 MW #battery project was realistic in every other respect (timelines, PJM integration, cost, etc.) the lack of timely #transmissionupgrades makes the whole effort categorically unviable, thus the #coalplant needs to stay

The PJM letter to @maryland explains that there is a hodgepodge of problems, not just the elemental fact of a battery not being able to prop up the system at this critical junction on the #BGE system, including the unavailability of the necessary #transmission upgrades needed to

While headlines will blare something or the other about batteries not doing the job and Maryland consumers having to pay more through electricity charges collected to prop up the coal plant, there are actually a host of intermingled factors hinging on general unpreparedness of a

Today, I will speaking at PJM Interconnection in a couple hours on the criticality of innovation, including storage
technology. Just yesterday, PJM issued a letter to #Maryland Energy Department stating that a 4-hour battery proposal sized at 800 MWs would not be technically

Memorize that: new power is more scarce than new demand. That is the problem that we need to solve to make everything else happen that we want to happen for economic progress and electrification. H/t 👇

Whats happening today? #energysystems students everywhere are filling me with hope for a better future. And I'm telling them how to navigate their way there.
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One of my career lectures on filling the energy transition talent gap, now available via

Yep.

...'the basic reality' is that noncompete contracts were 'robbing people of their economic liberty also robs them of all sorts of other freedoms'. Isn't that what this country is founded on, in principle? Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and prosperity. For everyone.

'We have the ability in ERCOT to connect dispatchable resources faster than any place else in the country. Batteries, I believe, are going to respond and start to fill in a lot of that,' [ERCOT CEO Pablo] Vegas said.'
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ERCOT Board meeting happening this morning, and ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas is making a presentation about rapid load growth. I wrote about it here. #txlege #txenergy 1/
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NOGGR 245 was remanded back to TAC for more input and consideration to address ERCOT concerns. Board did approve important Brazos Electric's South Texas Reliability 2 project that will boost transmission in South Texas south of San Antonio. Badly needed transmission!

Arushi Sharma Frank Tesla Energy ERCOT Greg's paving the way! ⚡️🔥

Arushi Sharma Frank PUC of Texas When the power goes out, just follow the beacon 🌟

Annnnnd ... #SYNCHRONICITY

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