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William Driscoll
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Author of "Your Arteries-An Owner's Manual." Reporter for PV Magazine USA on developments that speed or slow deployment of solar and storage.
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · 2d
California required new hardware for dynamic pricing, and manufacturers built it: As California works to launch opt-in dynamic pricing of electricity that favors low-cost renewables, three manufacturers now offer 73 models of a type of price-responsive device. (My latest story for PV Magazine USA)
California required new hardware for dynamic pricing, and manufacturers built it
As California works to launch opt-in dynamic pricing of electricity that favors low-cost renewables, three manufacturers now offer 73 models of a type of price-responsive device.
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · 6d
As bidirectional EV charging grows, a utility group suggests requiring interconnection of bidirectional chargers to enable grid compensation for EV owners while enhancing safety.
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As bidirectional EV charging grows, utility group suggests requiring interconnection
Interconnection of bidirectional EV chargers can enable grid compensation for EV owners while enhancing safety, says a report that offers comprehensive guidance for regulators.
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · 9d
California is the first state to enable distributed solar or storage projects to use flexible interconnection, but the hardware required to flexibly control output may not yet be available.
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California allows flexible interconnection for distributed solar, storage to avoid grid upgrades
California is the first state to enable distributed solar or storage projects to use flexible interconnection, but the hardware required to flexibly control output may not yet be available.
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · 20d
Deploy grid-forming batteries now to avoid costly infrastructure later, says ESIG: Large-scale batteries with grid-forming software can sustain grid reliability as renewables replace synchronous fossil generators, says an ESIG report. (My latest story for PV Magazine USA)
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Deploy grid-forming batteries now to avoid costly infrastructure later, says ESIG
Large-scale batteries with grid-forming software can sustain grid reliability as renewables replace synchronous fossil generators, says an ESIG report. The report focuses on test procedures to validat...
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · 27d
California requires utilities to offer dynamic pricing that favors low-cost renewables: Solar trade group SEIA said dynamic pricing would reduce renewable curtailment and could in the long term reduce costs for all customers. (My latest for PV Magazine)
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California requires utilities to offer dynamic pricing that favors low-cost renewables
Solar trade group SEIA said that dynamic pricing of electricity in California would reduce renewable curtailment and could in the long term reduce costs for all customers.
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · Aug 27
Dynamic pricing is superior to virtual power plants, says dynamic pricing pioneer Edward Cazalet. California is pursuing dynamic pricing of electricity to help integrate renewable generation and reduce customer costs. (My interview story for PV Magazine USA)
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Dynamic pricing is superior to virtual power plants, says dynamic pricing pioneer
As California pursues dynamic pricing of electricity to help integrate renewable generation, industry pioneer Edward Cazalet says dynamic pricing can meet California’s demand flexibility needs better ...
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · Aug 26
PJM could fast-track 102 GW of solar and 24 GW of storage at underused points of interconnection, with deployments within 1-2 years, found researchers Umed Paliwal and Amol Phadke.
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PJM could fast-track 102 GW solar, 24 GW storage at underused points of interconnection
The nation’s largest grid operator could enable deployment of much-needed renewable capacity in the next 1-2 years, researchers found.
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · Aug 20
New Jersey utilities must now explain their votes on matters decided by grid operator PJM. The practical effect may be merely informational, given that most other utilities served by PJM are not subject to such a law, and utilities collectively have only a 20% voting share in PJM votes.
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New Jersey utilities must explain their votes on matters decided by grid operator PJM
When members of the nation’s largest grid operator PJM vote on matters affecting the speed of PJM’s interconnection studies and other issues, utilities in New Jersey and Maryland must now report on ho...
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · Aug 14
Data center firms could buy utilities and add renewables, says Simon Mahan, executive director of the Southern Renewable Energy Association. We interviewed him to learn more; here are his condensed remarks.
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Data center firms could buy utilities and add renewables, says trade group executive
Simon Mahan, executive director of the Southern Renewable Energy Association, has talked about the possibility that data center firms could buy electric utilities and then add the fastest, least-cost ...
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · Aug 13
Five cardiologists have recommended that doctors screen patients for artery clogging that leads to heart attacks and strokes, and offer statin therapy to those whose arteries are getting clogged: nonprofitquarterly.org/low-income-a... . I wrote a book on this: YourArteries.com.
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · Aug 5
California could move quickly to enable 23 GW of renewables near existing thermal generators, in time for the projects to qualify for tax credits before they expire, says a think tank policy director. Quoted in my latest story for PV Magazine USA is an LA Times opinion piece by @oboylemm.bsky.social
An ambitious proposal to quickly add 23 GW of renewables in California
California could move quickly to enable 23 GW of renewables near existing thermal generators, in time for the projects to qualify for tax credits before they expire, says a think tank policy director.
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · Aug 2
Starving Gazans Need the US Navy’s Help, says retired US Navy admiral James Stavridis in a Bloomberg Opinion piece at lnkd.in/eusXdxum
#LetFoodIntoGaza
#StopTheHolocaust
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · Aug 2
A song from long ago about the Millstone nukes, to the tune of Three Blind Mice:
Three safe nukes, three safe nukes
See how they leak, see how they leak
Their breakdowns and accidents never abate
Did you ever think you would meet such a fate
From three safe nukes, three safe nukes
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · Jul 30
Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Israel's Gaza policy "Genocide," per New York Times.
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Greene Calls Gaza Crisis a ‘Genocide,’ Hinting at Rift on the Right Over Israel
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · Jul 28
A low-cost high-renewables grid will require much more high-capacity transmission, but the pace of transmission development is not keeping up, says a report from Americans for a Clean Energy Grid prepared by Grid Strategies. (Reconductoring of existing transmission was not considered.)
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Transmission build last year was at one-fifth the pace needed, clean energy group finds
Reaching a low-cost high-renewables grid will require much more high-capacity transmission, but the pace of transmission development is not keeping up.
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · Jul 21
A GridLab and Telos Energy study suggests that building and connecting clean energy projects now awaiting interconnection could serve near-term demand growth--so keeping old coal and adding new gas aren't needed. (My latest story for PV Magazine USA)
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Clean energy could meet growing electricity demand, study suggests
While a government report suggests keeping coal units online and adding gas units to meet electricity demand, a GridLab and Telos Energy study suggests that building and connecting clean energy projec...
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · Jul 15
Low-cost alternatives to solar-stalling "direct transfer trip" requirements:
A utility requirement to use “direct transfer trip” often makes solar projects uneconomical, while the hazards targeted by DTT can be met effectively with far less costly options. (My latest for PV Magazine USA)
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Low-cost alternatives to solar-stalling “direct transfer trip” requirements
The solar trade group Coalition for Community Solar Access reports that a utility requirement to use “direct transfer trip” often makes solar projects uneconomical, while both CCSA and the renewable e...
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · Jul 8
Grid operators plan billions for transmission to meet load and connect renewables. Industry experts discussed the forces driving regional transmission planning, the net benefits of transmission, and the impact of high-capacity transmission projects.
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Grid operators plan billions for transmission to meet load and connect renewables
Industry experts discussed the forces driving regional transmission planning, the net benefits of transmission, and the impact of high-capacity transmission projects.
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · Jul 7
@repauchincloss.bsky.social Offer free #ArteryScreening to people over 40 every five years to ID early-stage artery clogging, so it may be treated to prevent (costly) heart attacks, strokes and vascular dementia years later. More at YourArteries.com
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · Jul 2
Speeding interconnection through automation: A major U.S. grid operator has shown that interconnection automation is feasible, but there is “much more to do,” said a software executive. Another said that eight transmission planners using his firm’s software can do the work of 80.
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Speeding interconnection through automation is a proven technology, says software executive
A major U.S. grid operator has shown that interconnection automation is feasible, but there is “much more to do,” said one software executive. Another said that eight transmission planners using his f...
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · Jun 30
Google aims to boost transmission capacity with advanced conductor upgrades (my latest story for PV Magazine USA).

Google seeks to help deliver more power to areas where it has data centers. Large solar projects near reconductored lines could benefit.
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Google aims to boost transmission capacity with advanced conductor upgrades
Google aims to help deliver more power to areas where it has data centers, by funding projects that increase the capacity of existing transmission lines using advanced conductors made by CTC Global. L...
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · Jun 14
US Army: Fighting kings and fascists since 1775--my favorite "No Kings" sign in my hometown.
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · Jun 10
Flexible transmission allocation would allow Western solar projects to proceed, helping states reduce electricity costs and meet renewables targets, suggests a report. (My latest story for PV Magazine USA)
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Flexible transmission allocation would allow Western solar projects to proceed
Enabling renewable projects in the Pacific Northwest to obtain flexible transmission rights could help states reduce electricity costs and meet renewables targets, suggests a report. The approach coul...
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · Jun 9
Grid operator SPP partners with Hitachi to reduce interconnection study times by 80%, addressing SPP’s portion of a national bottleneck of 2,500 GW of solar, wind and storage projects awaiting interconnection. (My latest story for PV Magazine USA)
Grid operator SPP partners with Hitachi to speed interconnection studies
The partnership aims to reduce interconnection study times by 80%, to address SPP's portion of a national bottleneck of 2,500 GW of solar, wind and storage projects awaiting interconnection.
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · May 13
Tiny solar-plus-battery kits in rural Ghana yield annual savings exceeding one-time hardware cost (My latest story for PV Magazine)
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Tiny solar-plus-battery kits yield annual savings exceeding hardware cost
Researchers found multiple benefits after distributing free solar panels and battery systems with USB ports to 800 rural households in Ghana.
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