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There’s probably a hundred things to get “right” when performing simulations of VG integration. From transmission to reserve requirements to high-quality, spatially diverse VG profiles, each element of an integration study can radically impact estimates of curtailment and other important performance metrics. One key parameter for a good integration study is the minimum generation level…

So why is bulk solar PV different?  Should it be? I think many of us who have been attending UVIG meetings over the past ten or fifteen years were surprised by the explosion of solar PV in the US and around the world.  We shouldn’t have been, in my opinion, as we had front row…

UVIG might seem an odd outlet for a blog post on retail electricity pricing. But the growing disconnect between retail and wholesale prices has important implications for where we get our renewable power from in the future. Germany’s residential customers and my son in Southern California Edison’s service territory face the same marginal retail rate…

The electric utility industry is undergoing a transformation from the traditional utility model (operating large base load power stations and supplying electricity to a captive customer base) to one that faces challenges due to increasing customer choice, cheap natural gas, falling prices for renewables and energy storage, and the need for grid resiliency to withstand…