Jason Fordney

4 days ago | newsdata.com | Jason Fordney

With two major day-ahead wholesale energy markets developing across the West, which seams will exist in the future is a major concern for market participants. Seams between markets lead to less efficient dispatch and differences in pricing and power scheduling that must be managed. They also tend to increase congestion and make integration of renewables more difficult. kAm(:E9 E96 r2=:7@C?:2 x?56A6?56?E $JDE6> ~A6C2E@C D:8?:?8 FA A2CE:4:A2?ED E@ :ED 6IE6?565 52J\29625 >2C<6E[ 5F6 E@ 368:?

4 days ago | newsdata.com | Jason Fordney

With two major day-ahead wholesale energy markets developing across the West, which seams will exist in the future is a major concern for market participants. Seams between markets lead to less efficient dispatch and differences in pricing and power scheduling that must be managed. They also tend to increase congestion and make integration of renewables more difficult. kAm(:E9 E96 r2=:7@C?:2 x?56A6?56?E $JDE6> ~A6C2E@C D:8?:?8 FA A2CE:4:A2?ED E@ :ED 6IE6?565 52J\29625 >2C<6E[ 5F6 E@ 368:?

1 week ago | newsdata.com | Jason Fordney

Solar-module manufacturing in the U.S. grew by 8.6 GW in the first quarter, making it the third-largest quarter on record for new solar manufacturing, according to a new report from a solar industry group. Eight new or expanded factories in Texas, Ohio and Arizona drove the surge in manufacturing capacity, the Solar Energy Industries Association said in its U.S. Solar Market Insight Q2 2025 report issued June 9. The group conducted the research in conjunction with Wood Mackenzie.

2 weeks ago | newsdata.com | Jason Fordney

The U.S. bulk electricity grid functioned in a reliable way in 2024, but there is a growing list of emerging risks to grid operations, including more extreme weather, national reliability officials said in a new report. "By objective measures, conventional risk to the system has been reduced considerably, and trends continue in a positive direction," the North American Electric Reliability Corporation said in a news release on its 2025 State of Reliability report.

2 weeks ago | newsdata.com | Jason Fordney

The U.S. bulk electricity grid functioned in a reliable way in 2024, but there is a growing list of emerging risks to grid operations, including more extreme weather, national reliability officials said in a new report. "By objective measures, conventional risk to the system has been reduced considerably, and trends continue in a positive direction," the North American Electric Reliability Corporation said in a news release on its 2025 State of Reliability report.