Chattanooga Airport and Partners Plan “Dynamic Boundaries” Microgrid

March 26, 2018 By 1 Comment
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Already a pioneer in municipal broadband and smart grid, Chattanooga, Tennessee, is now setting its sights on developing an airport microgrid that will employ an innovative, open-source controller. The city's utility, the Chattanooga Electric Power Board (EPB), and partners are working on a microgrid for the Chattanooga Airport that will … [Read more...]

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Microgrid Controllers and the Management of Distributed Energy Resources

November 23, 2015 By 1 Comment

This white paper from EPRI  provides an in depth analysis of  the relationship of microgrid controller with Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) and Utility Distributed Management System (DMS). Over the past few years, industry activities to create standards for distributed energy resources (DER) management systems have … [Read more...]

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NY Okays Consolidated Edison Microgrid and Other Unconventional Grid Fixes

December 16, 2014 By 1 Comment

New York regulators have okayed a Consolidated Edison microgrid plan and other non-traditional resources to solve problems typically fixed by more conventional means. The utility, one of the nation’s largest, needs to ward off a 69-MW shortfall brought on by new electric demand in Brooklyn and Queens. The Public Service Commission called the … [Read more...]

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Don’t Wait. Get Going Now on Microgrids and Distributed Energy, say NY Regulators

December 15, 2014 By 5 Comments

Yes, the wheels of government turn slowly. But not in New York. Not this time. State regulators called on utilities and other stakeholders late last week to get to work now on microgrids and distributed energy demonstrations, rather than wait for final rules in its Reforming the Energy Vision, or REV process. REV promises to decentralize the … [Read more...]

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DOE Awards $8M for Microgrid Projects in Seven States

September 8, 2014 By 3 Comments

Seven microgrid projects will receive more than $8 million in federal funding to help cities and towns better prepare for extreme weather, the Department of Energy announced today. The money will go to projects in Alaska, California, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Tennessee and Washington. The projects are being developed by Alstom Grid, Burr … [Read more...]

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