[Lwvcnmtopics] Additional Information on the Electric Grid

[George Richmond]

I spend a large part of Wednesdays at the NM Public Regulation 
Commission Zoom meetings and also read material from a five day a week 
newsletter on Clean Energy and the Electric Utility Industry.

Here are some highlights as not all of the three to five articles in 
each newsletter are likely to be of interest.

I include the Title of the article and then the web link, so if the 
title does not get your interest, let it go.

George Richmond


  How US Grid Operators Plan To Tackle Energy Storage at Gigawatt Scale

Batteries and hybrid renewables-plus-storage projects will be a massive 
grid resource. Transmission grids and energy markets will need to adapt.

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/how-u.s-grid-operators-plan-to-tackle-energy-storage-at-gigawatt-scale?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Daily&utm_campaign=GTMDaily


  Hawaii’s Bold Step Into Utility Performance-Based Ratemaking

The first-of-its-kind structure will replace capex imperatives with a 
formula to hold customer bills in check — and reward HECO for beating 
renewable energy and other key targets.

*I STRONGLY SUGGEST READING THIS ARTICLE AS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN HAWAII 
SHOULD BE HAPPENING AT ALL PUC'S/
*


  Texas Energy System Faces a Winter Reckoning

Widespread power plant failures spur calls for better weatherization and 
an examination of bulk power market structures.

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/texas-energy-system-faces-a-winter-reckoning?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Daily&utm_campaign=GTMDaily


New Mexico does not have this problem as the Utilities learned from the 
2011 weather issue.


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

Climate-change-proofing the grid will require expanding and hardening 
natural gas networks or building redundancy into a renewables-rich grid.


https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/the-latest-polar-vortex-resurrects-the-fuel-diversity-question-as-the-us-pursues-decarbonization?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Daily&utm_cam

I hope that the TX natural gas producers weatherize their production of 
gas, but if not done, then the natural gas needed in NM will have to 
come from NM sources.



-- 
George M. Richmond
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Albuquerque, NM 87122-1913

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