10 Minutes
Getting Comfortable with DER Level Merchant Risk: Part 1
“Getting Comfortable with DER Level Merchant Risk” is the title of both 1) a Panel Session and 2) a Poster to be presented at RE+ 2022 September 19-22, 2022 at the Anaheim Convention Center in ...
8 Minutes
MA Energy and Climate Bills shake things up for Clean Peak Standard Market
In this blog, we focus on the Massachusetts energy omnibus bill and its effects on the Massachusetts Clean Peak Energy Standard (CPS) ...
6 Minutes
NYSERDA’s Proposed Modification of Index REC Price Formula due to Capacity Accreditation Reforms
This blog post focuses on the RFI related to the proposed changes to the Index REC/OREC pricing structure that are designed to accommodate the upcoming NYISO capacity accreditation rule changes ...
5 Minutes
5 Key Takeaways from New York’s 2022 RES Solicitation RFI
Since its first solicitation in 2017 (RESRFP 17-1), the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has continued to evolve its annual RES solicitations for RECs from Tier 1 large-scale renewables (LSR) to ...
5 Minutes
Barriers, Tariffs, and Gaps
On June 10, 2022, in Docket 21-08-05, the annual Electric Storage Program review proceeding, the Connecticut Green Bank (CGB) submitted its Report on barriers, opportunities, and benefit cost analysis (BCA) for Connecticut located front-of-the-meter (FTM) ...
6 Minutes
Capacity Accreditation, Part 2: Relevance of Capacity Revenues and Updates from the Northeast
In our first blog in our capacity accreditation blog series (see Capacity Accreditation Part 1), we provided an overview of common capacity accreditation methodologies with an emphasis on effective load carrying capacity (ELCC) including a discussion ...
3 Minutes
Where Did the Sun Go? A Quick Look at Solar Panel Degradation in Massachusetts
It is an unfortunate inevitability that the production from solar projects degrades with time. This does, however, provide a most fortunate opportunity to write another blog ...
7 Minutes
New York Approves $1.47 Billion of New Incentives for 3,393 MW of New Distributed Solar Projects
On April 14, 2022, the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) issued an Order approving the Distributed Solar Roadmap: Policy Options for Continued Growth in Distributed Solar submitted by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) ...
7 Minutes
Capacity Accreditation: An Introduction
As states in the northeastern United States aim to decarbonize their electrical grids in the coming decades, grid operators are faced with the challenge of efficiently integrating variable, renewable resources into the electricity mix ...
6 minutes
Wave Hello to Interconnection Cost Waivers
On March 11, 2022, the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued a Notice of Inquiry in Docket 2022-00071, containing a Report prepared for the PUC by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) and Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, LLP ...
