FERC Order 745, issued in 2011, attempted to put demand response on the same playing field as
conventional generation resources.
Not exact matches
Conventional agriculture may have its downsides in terms of land usage and CO2
generation, but at least it has the possibility of being carbon neutral and of not squandering
resources our descendants need.
Steve has particular expertise in evaluating the economics of
conventional and renewable energy
resources — both central station and distributed
generation — within the context of developing technologies, market design and environmental regulations.
To get around this alternative
resources are given huge amounts of credit for clean air impacts,
conventional technologies are punished, all concurrent with low availability and high projections for natural gas prices (or gas
generation is ignored as an option).
The debate over APS's RFP is one example of how clean energy advocates are pressuring utilities to alter their procurement practices and open them up to more public scrutiny as renewable
resources and storage become increasingly competitive with
conventional generation.
Embedded
resources pose some unique operational challenges to the IESO in that the magnitude and timing of their energy output is less visible and less predictable than that of
conventional generation.