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Check out how Beta Engineering and San Diego Gas & Electric used innovation, ingenuity, and teamwork to serve the San Juan Capistrano community in southern California! Way to #WinToghether and #QuestionTheStatusQuo💡

Happy to see my team's work being recognized by Jeff St. John and Canary Media Inc.! This is exactly what we were going for when we designed the program: [Demand Side Grid Support] is available across the state, and it’s also relatively simple to take part in, according to Sunrun's Chris Rauscher, J.D.. That’s because it avoids the complexities of traditional demand-response programs, such as the “baseline” methods that estimate how much power customers would have used to determine how much they get paid for reducing consumption beyond that point — a counterfactual approach that’s led to all manner of disputes and challenges between utilities, grid operators and demand-response providers. Instead, the DSGS program’s approach to batteries is to simply measure how much power they actually inject back into the grid. Rauscher credits this type of structure with opening up the market for solar-battery systems in other markets such as Massachusetts and Hawaii. “Those simple programs are the ones that achieve the greatest success and reach the largest number of customers,” he said. That provides “a level of predictability that can allow us to offer our customers a clear value proposition at scale.” https://lnkd.in/gMwg9QR3

The Utility Undergrounding Life-Cycle Cost Guide identifies multiple investor-owned utilities, electric cooperatives, and municipal system operators embracing strategic undergrounding in every part of North America.   High-profile examples include Dominion Energy’s Strategic Undergrounding Program, Florida Power & Light’s two programs including Storm Secure Underground Program and municipality/community-initiated underground conversions, Georgia Power Company’s Grid Investment Program, San Diego Gas & Electric’s Strategic Undergrounding Program, and Pepco’s DC PLUG, among others.   The Utility Undergrounding Life-Cycle Cost Guide was developed by the Power Delivery Intelligence Initiative and Continuum Capital. It helps utilities assess and choose narrowly defined line segments where strategic undergrounding provides the lowest life-cycle cost and will achieve resiliency and reliability targets.   Get the guide at pdi2.org #powerdelivery #undergrounding #powerlines #gridmodernization #gridhardening #gridresilience #gridreliability #criticalinfrastructure #damageprevention #underground #power #electricity #totalcostofownership #costanalysis #researchreport #powergrid #PDi2

At Solar Pros we are the big leagues of residential solar — the most advanced solar panels designed for residential solar — operating in 28 states — the most competitive pay (we don't encourage predatory pricing) — 90% install percentage with vivint attachment — rep hands off experience with full-service project management Our Mission: Our reps are the industry leaders. Because of our partnerships with vivint and freedom forever, our reps hold the keys to help as many people as possible and build an incredible business with integrity and without limits. We have a vision of disruption. Disruption of long standing ties to local utilities. Disruption of years of predatory pricing and handcuffing sales reps. Disruption of leaving customers holding the bag. We’re here to rise above it and form a new way! So what are you waiting for, be the change, create freedom, and set your self up for financial freedom! https://lnkd.in/dPAu_8xk

🔌 Building for the Future: The Northern Reliability Project Exciting news for those following energy developments in Minnesota! 💡 Great River Energy and Minnesota Prospecting are on course with the Northern Reliability project - an innovative $1 billion transmission line expected to bolster the state's power infrastructure. Spanning 180 miles, the preferred corridor for this 345-kV line connects Grand Rapids to Monticello alongside existing routes, ensuring minimal environmental disruption. The project, due for construction from 2025 to 2030, promises to be a sustaining force in Minnesota's energy shift from fossil fuels towards distributed renewable generation. 🍃 The strategic collaborations with landowners and the recent work to streamline the permitting process highlight the meticulous planning invested in. The transmission upgrades don't just power homes; a UMD study anticipates a $2 billion economic spark, fueling jobs and community growth. 💼 This isn't just a power line; it is a lifeline for a sustainable and thriving Minnesota. 🌱 #EnergyFuture #SustainableDevelopment #MinnesotaPower

The Public EV Charging Infrastructure Playbook from the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation recently released and it's an incredible resource. It breaks down the process for planning and building community-level EV infrastructure in modules that are easy to digest and full of supplementary resources. There’s even a section on engagement and building community support! Check out the playbook here: https://lnkd.in/g8cTS4bk

"But to address rapid load growth and meet the flexibility demands of the future, we need to stop trying to define VPPs as a monolith and embrace their broad potential use cases across the utility." Very true! Use cases are key 🔑 https://lnkd.in/gGYBU-6F "According to market analysts, there are currently over 500 VPP projects in North America. Within these projects, you’ll find everything from thermostat-based VPPs like Arizona Public Service’s Cool Rewards program, which leverages over 90,000 DERs to keep power supply reliable in the face of extreme heat, to the multi-state ConnectedSolutions VPP program, which dynamically dispatches over 200 megawatts of batteries, thermostats, and EVs to support a range of bulk and distribution grid needs."

I love this! Happening today, 2 pm in Framingham, Mass.: The 1-mile loop will be switched on! #NetworkedGeothermal As Jeff St. John writes, "If scaled up across the country, ground source heat pumps could dramatically reduce the amount of electricity needed to convert buildings from fossil fuels to electric heating and cooling" -- but -- "costs and complexities . . . are out of reach for most building owners." Enter the gas utility companies. St. John explains, "utilities are in the business of financing large-scale energy projects and paying them off over decades" -- a model that "should allow utilities to build the infrastructure for ground-source heat pumps at a much lower cost than individual building owners would pay." #GasToGeo https://lnkd.in/dakP_mRv

This 15 minute podcast provides great insight into how we monitor and maintain our facilites. It’s definitely worth a listen #EnergyForWhatMattersMost