Tag Archives: Demand

Water and energy, rain and drought….

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Dr. Nilmini Silva-Send

At this time (2018-2019), the region has experienced extremely high rainfall, with reservoirs filled to the brim. But just last year, we were concerned about the lack of rain, how much water we can save, and in that context, how … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Greenhouse Gas, Water | Tagged California, Climate Action Plans, climate planning, Demand, Electricity, Energy, GHGs, Greenhouse Gas, methodology, Water-Energy Nexus | 5 Comments

Water Reliability and Renewable Energy Overgeneration

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Joe Kaatz

The issue of renewable energy integration and overgeneration is square and center in California. The California System Operator (CAISO) along with other state regulators have studied or commissioned third-party studies to evaluate both the scope of overgeneration and means to … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Legislation, Renewable Energy, Water | Tagged California, Demand, Electricity, Greenhouse Gas, Legislation, rates, Renewable | 2 Comments

What is Business-As-Usual? Projecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions at the Regional Level

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Dr. Nilmini Silva-Send

Projecting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is important because it helps us to assess how much the energy and GHG policies in place help to achieve targets set by law. For example, if we apply California’s AB32 target to the San … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Energy Efficiency, Greenhouse Gas, Transportation | Tagged AB 32, BAU, Business-As-Usual, CAFE, CO2, CO2e, Demand | 2 Comments

Half-Empty Planes: Utilization Rates for California’s Electric Grid Part II

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Scott Anders

In Part I of this post, we discussed the concept of asset utilization — or load factor — and looked at recent trends for California’s investor-owned utilities (IOU). The trend over the past two decades for IOU load factors has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged California, Carbon Dioxide, Demand, Electricity, Greenhouse Gas, Load, Load Factor, Policy, SDG&E | 3 Comments

Half-Empty Planes: Utilization Rates for California’s Electric Grid Part I

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Scott Anders

The electric grid is designed to handle the highest demand expected in a given period, commonly referred to as peak demand. Depending on many factors, the time needed for peak demand and period of high demand approaching peak can be … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Greenhouse Gas | Tagged Asset Utilization, California, Demand, Demand Reponse, Load, Load Factor, SDG&E, Time-of-Use | 3 Comments

How can Demand Response (DR) resources be compensated at the retail level in light of the D.C. Circuit Ruling on FERC Order No. 745?

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Joe Kaatz

On a January 21, 2015, former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chair Jon Wellinghoff participated in a webinar produced by the Advanced Energy Economy entitled Order 745 and the Future of Demand Response: An Interview with former FERC Chairman Jon … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Litigation | Tagged Callifornia, Demand, Demand Reponse, Distribution Planning, Energy Markets, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC, Order No. 745 | Leave a comment

Load Factor

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Clark Gordon

Load factor is the ratio of average demand to peak demand, typically measured in megawatts (MW) on a system wide level. It is a useful metric to show how much of the entire electric delivery system capacity is being used … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Energy Efficiency, Legislation | Tagged Demand, Electricity, Load, Load Factor, Peak, SDG&E | Leave a comment