Sentences with phrase «on electric reliability»

Zimmet advises on federal regulation and restructuring of the electric utility industry, with a particular focus on electric reliability matters.
Wind set its latest record in February, when it accounted for a third of generation on the Electric Reliability Council of Texas grid.
Cuomo said the state's only clear option to intervene in Entergy's decision about FitzPatrick would be to assess the impact on electric reliability if Entergy files a formal notice of closure.

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Scott Segal, executive director of the Electric Reliability Coordinating Council, which represents utility interests in Washington, said Bloomberg's findings about the effect of the new EPA rule on coal plants are «very consistent» with what his group concluded in its own review of the regulation.
«Geomagnetically - induced currents on system infrastructure have the potential to result in widespread tripping of key transmission lines and irreversible physical damage to large transformers,» a 2009 report by the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) and the Energy Department says.
«If the solar storm of 1921, which has been termed a one - in -100-year event, were to occur today, well over 300 extra-high-voltage transformers could be damaged or destroyed, thereby interrupting power to 130 million people for a period of years,» Joseph McClelland, director of the Office of Electric Reliability at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, said at a May 31 House Energy subcommittee hearing on the issue.
As adoption increases, utilities will have to figure out the best way to have enough electricity on the grid to charge more and more cars without affecting rates and reliability for those with and without electric cars, he said.
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Very poor reliability with the following faults occurring during the first 2 years: Excessive noise from door mirrors - poor aerodynamics Chipped front offside window after repair Cracked door trim Loose door seal Passenger front seat stuck - unable to adjust Warped lower front windscreen mouldings - had to be replaced Faulty electric motor connection on drivers window Recall - emergency braking sensors Faulty front sensors - triggered by water ingress Add to this poor customer service from local dealer who supplied the car, delays to repairs and incorrect diagnostics.
Based on the Outlander PHEV's performance in the last two years, it's proved its reliability, capability and that its electric powertrain is durable even in the harshest conditions.
in 3 months went to fix 2 times, don't start, the towing guy show me receipts for 7 prius daily, very bad sign, never go to west kendall toyota, very bad customer service, got my new plate after 7 days the temporary expire, fast service department but don't know what happen with my prius v 4, they only have 1 master technician for prius to resolve starting problems and reset software and he is on vacations, keep driving but scare about reliability, good on gas, smooth ride but paying $ 37.560 for a prius???? its ridiculous, same price that any lexus, no government incentives, just for all electric cars or plug - in, after my last visit now my car don't recognize the key, need to press to open doors and use the key just in front of the start bottom to start the car, even doing that, some times don't start, is amazing, don't recommend to buy a prius, price to high, if you use your car for daily commute you will get your money back on saving gas in 10 years, time to change the car, I driving with Uber and Lyft and only one thing is great» «45 mpg» combined, that's it.
Electric cars and plug - in hybrids took a beating on reliability, testing, and sales over the winter: $ 40,000 Tesla batteries bricking, a Fisker dying at the hands of Consumer Reports testers, a bit player going under, production suspended for five weeks on the Chevrolet Volt.
Environmentalists will rejoice at this, but the trend is so swift that owners and operators of electric power systems are legitimately worrying about whether the decline of coal will undermine reliability of the electric grid and also make the nation too dependent on natural gas.
The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) standard on physical security — known as Critical Infrastructure Protection - 014 (CIP - 014)-- includes six basic requirements, but perhaps the most
Cheap oil, higher reliability and an electrical starter for the combustion engine got in the way of the electric cars from then on.
«It really has a significant impact on grid reliability and also on people's ability to pay their electric bills,» said urban planner Nick Rajkovich at the University of Buffalo.
Concerns about these retirements are founded on a widely touted premise that the collective loss of this baseload power could affect electric reliability and resiliency.
«If you were too comprehensively regulate greenhouse gases under the existing Clean Air Act, that would impose a substantial cost and insufficient flexibility for the regulated community,» said Scott Segal, director of the Electric Reliability Coordinating Council, which lobbies on behalf of power companies like Southern Co. and Duke Energy Corp..
The construction of new generation to comply with the Clean Power Plan may necessitate upgrades to, and expansion of, electric power transmission systems; however, NEMS does not include transfer limits on intraregional power trade, nor does it contain a power - flow model or assess the reliability of bulk power transmission systems in detail.
As mentioned earlier, California is considering renewable and energy storage alternatives to three gas plants (the Metcalf Energy Center, Feather River Energy Center, and Yuba City Energy Center) on the Pacific Gas and Electric system that are needed for reliability.
The latest all - time instantaneous peak of 12,238 megawatts (MW) reached on October 22 replaced the short - lived records of 11,467 MW on September 13 and 11,950 MW on October 21, based on data from the grid's operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
Wind generation in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas on Thursday set a record for power production at one time for the second time this month.
«They are not compensated for the high reliability that is created because they have many months of fuel on site, something that contributes greatly to the resilience of the electric grid.»
Electric system reliability will always be defined by the ability to turn on the lights during the black swan events.
So it turns out, if you diversify renewables by type so they're not all affected by weather the same way, you diversify them by location, so they don't all see the same weather at the same time, and you integrate them with the resources on the grid, both power plants and ways to save or shift electric use, then you can have a largely, or wholly renewable electric supply system at very reasonable cost, with greater reliability and resilience than we have right now.
«As we look to the future, DOE will focus new solar R&D on the Secretary's priorities, which include strengthening the reliability and resilience of the electric grid while integrating solar energy.»
Limits on the ability to import power into these areas require that threshold amounts of capacity be located in these areas to meet reliability standards imposed by the North American Electric Reliability Creliability standards imposed by the North American Electric Reliability CReliability Corporation.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on April 30 updated its summer 2018 planning reserve margin to 11 % based on resource updates, but it warned that the regional grid serving most of Texas could still suffer rotating outages under extreme conditions.
U.S. grid managers raised concerns that relying on wind, solar and gas alone could stress the grid, according to a November report from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
We will examine how public utility regulation and environmental law have traditionally balanced cost, reliability and environmental performance in the electric generation mix, and how that balance is changing as (i) wholesale electricity markets (and some retail markets) have come to rely more on competition and market pricing of electricity, and (ii) renewable generation replaces more traditional, dispatchable resources.
With that in mind, the main Texas grid operator ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) reported that it had achieved an instantaneous output of 10,296 MW for wind power at 8:48 on the night of March 26.
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Indicated Shippers, Energy Producers and Users Coalition Comments on Aliso Canyon Gas and Electric Reliability Winter Plan TN - 213603 Submitted 9/9/2016.
The first unexpected moment (in advocacy, not the unexpected black eye for coal and gas units) came in late April on a panel discussing the reliability contributions of electric generation.
Letters on June 25, 2009, from the president of the California Public Utilities Commission to Pacific Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison reiterated the requirement for each utility to complete the AB 1632 Report's recommended studies, including the seismic / tsunami hazard and vulnerability studies, and report on the findings and the implications of the studies for the long - term seismic vulnerability and reliability of the plants.
This post focuses on power outage costs and the monetary value of electric reliability.
May 11, 2009 Committee Workshop on Options for Maintaining Electric System Reliability When Eliminating Once - Through Cooling Power Plants
Committee Workshop on Options for Maintaining Electric System Reliability When Eliminating Once - Through Cooling Power Plants
Holmstead's client list on climate issues includes Southern Company, Duke Energy, Progress Energy and the Electric Reliability Coordinating Council on climate matters.
Currently, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards focus on the bulk grid and provide inadequate security requirements at the distribution level, he said.
They run on long - life batteries (similar to those found in electric vehicles), so their their upkeep should be fairly minimal, assuming the robots themselves won't have the reliability of a 1972 Ford Pinto.
Indeed, last month the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said that the latest data on wind turbine performance and costs suggests that wind power is likely to be more cost - effective than natural gas over the next 20 years, and it could account for the majority of new generating capacity added over that that time in Texas.
Hawaiian Electric had committed to clearing its queue by the end of the year, which included approving solar PV systems on circuits with high solar penetrations as long as they met requirements dealing with grid reliability and safety while incorporating approved inverters and other equipment.
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