Robert Walton

The aggregated DER pilot, which currently includes Tesla and Bandera as participants, aims to harness 80 MW of flexible resources on the Texas grid, but has not reached that goal due to various imitations.

California has about 152,000 public and shared private chargers installed today, and it expects that number to reach 250,000 in the next few years.

The energy storage sector is having its best year but “it will be difficult to keep this pace,” said Nina Rangel, senior research analyst at Wood Mackenzie.

The board also adopted three standards modifications to bolster critical infrastructure protection and energy assurance.

The Biden administration is considering federal support for transmission development in certain areas, but many landowners have opposed the plan, including in Oklahoma and Kansas.

“Simply put, our infrastructure is not being built fast enough to keep up with the rising demand,” said John Moura, NERC’s director of reliability assessments and planning analysis.

Increasing natural gas exports “exposes a triple-cost increase to U.S. consumers,” Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said.

“Even though the Trump administration may not lift a finger to deliver on this plan, it sets a north star for what the U.S. should be aiming for,” said World Resources Institute's Debbie Weyl.

"We’ve spent countless hours evaluating the PCM — up until, literally, my last open meeting,” Commissioner Lori Cobos said Thursday. She announced her retirement in December.

“Even though the Trump administration may not lift a finger to deliver on this plan, it sets a north star for what the U.S. should be aiming for,” said World Resources Institute’s Debbie Weyl.