FERC Opens Wholesale Markets to Distributed Resources: Landmark Action Breaks Down Barriers to Emerging Technologies, Boosts Market Competition The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today approved a historic final rule, Order 2222, enabling distributed energy resource (DER) aggregators to compete in all regional organized wholesale electric markets. This bold action empowers new technologies to come […]
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Why we keep building a bigger church for Easter Sunday
Utility Classroom was founded in Oregon, supposedly the most “un-churched” state in the US. But even here in Oregon it’s apparent that the two days a year when many people go to church are on Christmas and Easter Sunday. Those are the days of the year when the church has to plan for a large […]
Rainbows and Unicorns in the Smart Grid
Ken Nichols took this May 10.
May 5 Webinar
Webinar Recording: EQL May 5 Webinar – PNW DER Business Opportunities Slides: 2016 5 5 webinar share Agenda for May 5, 2pm webinar on DER Business Opportunities in Pacific Northwest. EQL May 5 Webinar – PNW DER Business Opportunities
Oregon’s 50% Renewable Portfolio Standard SB 1547
My favorite testimony in Oregon Senate hearing on SB 1547, 50% renewables, was Roy Hemmingway. hemmingway testimony 4036
July 2015 EQL at PNWER Summit, Big Sky
Mr. Nichols discussed the technical and regulatory steps to focusing DSM on capacity and flexible capacity for the Pacific Northwest. PNWER representatives focused on Net Energy Metering, Value of Solar, Demand Response, and asked questions about storage. 2015 EQL Nichols PNWER Summit
Ken Nichols presents at Northwest Future Energy 4/16/2015
Ken Nichols presented the opportunity and capabilities of demand response and distributed energy resources in the Pacific Northwest. His presentation summarized a project to defer transmission & distribution investments and integrate renewable energy resources.