Education Archives - Fix the Grid https://fix-the-grid.org/category/education/ Accelerating a just transition to a democratic, transparent and renewable electric grid Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:01:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://i0.wp.com/fix-the-grid.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/fix-the-grid-v5.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Education Archives - Fix the Grid https://fix-the-grid.org/category/education/ 32 32 220159544 Whither the NE Clean Energy Transition in the Aftermath of the Administration’s Assault https://fix-the-grid.org/2025/02/18/whither-the-ne-clean-energy-transition-in-the-aftermath-of-the-administrations-assault/ Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:30:33 +0000 https://fix-the-grid.org/?p=2806 On Friday, February 14, 2025, the Fix the Grid Technical Committee hosted a panel discussion on the impact of the Trump administration’s energy policies on renewable energy development. The panelists were Tyson Slocum, Energy Program Director, Public Citizen; Russ Aney, Parallel Products Solar Energy; and Joe LaRusso, Senior Advocate and Manager of the Clean Grid […]

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]]> On Friday, February 14, 2025, the Fix the Grid Technical Committee hosted a panel discussion on the impact of the Trump administration’s energy policies on renewable energy development. The panelists were Tyson Slocum, Energy Program Director, Public Citizen; Russ Aney, Parallel Products Solar Energy; and Joe LaRusso, Senior Advocate and Manager of the Clean Grid Program, Acadia Center.

Tyson Slocum highlighted the January 20 energy emergency declaration, which targets renewables and could hinder state policies promoting clean energy. Russ Aney noted the uncertainty and potential cuts to tax credits, particularly the 30% investment tax credit for solar, which could stall projects. Joe LaRusso mentioned the impact on offshore wind projects, with 2.5 GW already permitted and 6 GW unlikely to proceed. The tariffs on steel and aluminum could increase energy costs, hindering the transition to clean energy. Discussion followed.

An edited transcript of this meeting is available here.

Subsequent to the meeting, Tyson Slocum published a hard-hitting response to Trump’s emergency energy resolution that is available on the Public Citizen website here.


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]]> 2806 Talk by Lorenzo Kristov https://fix-the-grid.org/2024/11/13/talk-by-lorenzo-kristov/ Wed, 13 Nov 2024 22:02:12 +0000 https://fix-the-grid.org/?p=2741 On Friday, November 15 the Technical Committee hosted a talk by Lorenzo Kristov, a visionary on the potential of distributed energy resources (DER) to enable a democratized, decentralized, and just electricity system. We had a great turnout of 57 participants from around New England and elsewhere. Quite a few joined from California, where Lorenzo has […]

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]]> On Friday, November 15 the Technical Committee hosted a talk by Lorenzo Kristov, a visionary on the potential of distributed energy resources (DER) to enable a democratized, decentralized, and just electricity system. We had a great turnout of 57 participants from around New England and elsewhere. Quite a few joined from California, where Lorenzo has a big presence.

Abstract: A decentralized clean energy future is both necessary and inevitable. The centralized bulk power system, while still needed, is not capable by itself to meet today’s goals for decarbonization, resilience and energy justice. These goals all have local dimensions that require local solutions. Meanwhile DER technologies are rapidly improving in performance and cost just in time to enable cost-effective local energy solutions to be deployed for almost any type and scale of end-use need. This presentation will describe key elements of a decentralized, democratized future electricity system and offer practical strategies for building that future from the bottom up.

Speaker bio: Lorenzo Kristov is an independent consultant working on electric power system reform to integrate high levels of renewable generation and distributed energy resources (DER). With 18 years of experience as a Principal in market design and infrastructure policy at the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), Lorenzo’s areas of expertise include wholesale power market design, DER participation in wholesale markets, coordination of transmission and distribution operations, markets and planning, distribution system operator (DSO) models, distribution-level markets, local energy resilience and microgrids, and whole-system grid architecture.

Resources

  1. Speaker slides available here.
  2. Rough audio transcript available here.
  3. Video recording available on request to kentwitt@gmail.com.
  4. Announcement by Maine of availability of DSO study draft, webinar, and opportunities for comment.

Background

  1. Envisioning a More Democratic, Bottom-Up Energy System, VOLTS podcast, May 15, 2024.
  2. Testimony to Minnesota PUC re Xcel Minnesota rate case in 2022, provided by speaker.

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]]> 2741 Follow up from MA EJ Table event on energy siting reform: https://fix-the-grid.org/2024/02/13/follow-up-from-ma-ej-table-event-on-energy-siting-reform/ https://fix-the-grid.org/2024/02/13/follow-up-from-ma-ej-table-event-on-energy-siting-reform/#respond Tue, 13 Feb 2024 19:09:00 +0000 https://fix-the-grid.org/?p=2518 Nearly 250 people attended the EJ forum in person and online back in January! If you have not yet signed the petition to support the bill for siting improvement, please do so now. And if you have, thank you- please help spread the word. Here is the recording of the event if you would like to watch it again. […]

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]]> Nearly 250 people attended the EJ forum in person and online back in January! If you have not yet signed the petition to support the bill for siting improvement, please do so now. And if you have, thank you- please help spread the word.

Here is the recording of the event if you would like to watch it again.

Here are the slides and here is the forum handout.

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]]> https://fix-the-grid.org/2024/02/13/follow-up-from-ma-ej-table-event-on-energy-siting-reform/feed/ 0 2518 EPA’s proposed carbon rules omit both the peaker problem and the peaker solution https://fix-the-grid.org/2023/09/27/epas-proposed-carbon-rules-omit-both-the-peaker-problem-and-the-peaker-solution/ https://fix-the-grid.org/2023/09/27/epas-proposed-carbon-rules-omit-both-the-peaker-problem-and-the-peaker-solution/#respond Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:44:55 +0000 https://fix-the-grid.org/?p=2186 9/12/23 Utility Dive Opinion by Shelley Robbins, project director at Clean Energy Group. The Environmental Protection Administration excluded peaker plants from its proposed CCS (carbon capture and storage) and hydrogen co-firing rule for fossil-fired power plants, and hinted at – but omitted – a requirement for co-located BESS (battery energy storage systems). BESS can take […]

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]]> 9/12/23 Utility Dive Opinion by Shelley Robbins, project director at Clean Energy Group. The Environmental Protection Administration excluded peaker plants from its proposed CCS (carbon capture and storage) and hydrogen co-firing rule for fossil-fired power plants, and hinted at – but omitted – a requirement for co-located BESS (battery energy storage systems). BESS can take advantage of a peaker plant’s existing transmission and substation infrastructure and injection rights. “Co-located battery and combustion turbine combinations announced for four existing peakers in California are estimated to reduce emissions by 60%.”

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]]> https://fix-the-grid.org/2023/09/27/epas-proposed-carbon-rules-omit-both-the-peaker-problem-and-the-peaker-solution/feed/ 0 2186 FERC Equity and Environmental Justice Roundtable https://fix-the-grid.org/2023/03/22/ferc-equity-and-environmental-justice-roundtable/ https://fix-the-grid.org/2023/03/22/ferc-equity-and-environmental-justice-roundtable/#respond Wed, 22 Mar 2023 20:10:48 +0000 https://fix-the-grid.org/?p=421 On Wednesday, March 29th. See here for more details on speakers and schedule.

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On Wednesday, March 29th. See here for more details on speakers and schedule.

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]]> https://fix-the-grid.org/2023/03/22/ferc-equity-and-environmental-justice-roundtable/feed/ 0 421  FERC Winter Gas-Electric Forum in Portland, ME https://fix-the-grid.org/2023/03/22/ferc-winter-gas-electric-forum-in-portland-me/ https://fix-the-grid.org/2023/03/22/ferc-winter-gas-electric-forum-in-portland-me/#respond Wed, 22 Mar 2023 19:50:25 +0000 https://fix-the-grid.org/?p=407 FERC is coming back to our region for a follow up on their last forum. This time, they’ll be discussing solutions to winter gas-electric reliability concerns. The forum will be all day on June 20th in Portland, ME with virtual streaming available. As far as we know, there will be no opportunity for public comment […]

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]]> FERC is coming back to our region for a follow up on their last forum. This time, they’ll be discussing solutions to winter gas-electric reliability concerns. The forum will be all day on June 20th in Portland, ME with virtual streaming available. As far as we know, there will be no opportunity for public comment in person or virtually. We are planning to have a group of folks attend in person on behalf of Fix the Grid, likely wearing coordinated bright colors to signal our presence in the room. Stay tuned for more information as this plan develops – we’ll discuss more at our April meeting.

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