Contingency Reserve (ECRS) prices

Contingency Reserve (ECRS) prices have relaxed a bit from the levels seen in June. Thus far in July we are seeing less than a $50/MWh “premium” to RRS prices during the peak demand hours. That’s a substantial reduction from June when ECRS was first introduced in ERCOT.

The Hidden Cost of Large Loads on the Electric System

Over the past several decades, electric demand growth was relatively modest, gradual, and broadly distributed across customer classes Electricity demand...

The Expanding Economics of Battery Storage

What may be changing even more significantly is the way organizations are beginning to think about the role storage can...

The Clean Peak Standard and DER Value Stack in Massachusetts

Massachusetts’ Clean Peak Standard, or CPS, is a central part of the distributed energy conversation....

Distributed Energy Clearinghouse™ Re-Elects David Roylance to the Board of Directors

Distributed Energy Clearinghouse™ has announced that energy industry veteran David Roylance has been re-elected to its Board of Directors....

GIS WebTech and DECH Announce Strategic Partnership to Enhance Energy Intelligence for Site Selection and Economic Development

GIS WebTech LLC announced today that it has partnered with DECH to integrate energy data and energy intelligence into its...

Technological Advances in Water Treatment for Sustainable, Energy-Efficient Systems

Water infrastructure in the U.S. was built on a simple assumption: that grid power would always be available and that...