Puerto Rico’s energy commission has opened a docket to investigate ways to encourage microgrids and distributed generation to build an energy system with more fortitude against hurricanes. Island officials described the docket this week in testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Half of the island’s … [Read more...]
Puerto Rico Energy Commission Opens Docket on Microgrids and Distributed Generation
November 17, 2017 By 5 Comments
UCS: Senate Energy Bill Better than Doing Nothing
April 19, 2016 By 2 Comments
Rob Cowin, of the Union of Concerned Scientists, explains the good and bad of the Senate energy bill as lawmakers ready it for approval. Today the Senate is expected to pass the Energy Policy and Modernization Act. From a clean energy standpoint the bill still falls far short of what is needed to promote more clean energy deployment. But there’s … [Read more...]
Major U.S. Senate Energy Bill Pushes Microgrids, Grid Modernization
July 23, 2015 By 6 Comments
Microgrids get a federal push under a broad Congressional energy bill unveiled yesterday by U.S. Senate energy committee leaders after months of hearings. The bipartisan Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 elevates many of the issues that have already been spurring microgrid development in the United States -- the need for resiliency, … [Read more...]
Murkowski Introduces Remote Microgrid Bill in the Senate; Angus Pushes Local Energy
May 10, 2015 By 2 Comments
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has championed use of remote microgrids in her own state of Alaska. And now she wants their value brought to the nation. The Republican recently introduced a bill into the Senate that instructs the Secretary of Energy to create a national strategy to promote hybrid microgrids, including renewables, for isolated … [Read more...]
