by Nick Sorokin
How does the grid work? What are the barriers to making it cleaner? And who has the power to decide? Tune in each week to hear about tech, markets, and policy related to the U.S. electricity sector.
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October 26, 2024
<p>Is Demand Response a wholesale electricity sale? Not really under the FPA. But should it allowed to bid into wholesale markets? This week we'll explore EPSA, a supreme court case that decided federal authority over DR participating in wholesale electricity markets.</p> <p>Background to start, but for juicy parts on EPSA, skip to Scalia's dissent around 5 mins into this episode. Market manipulation discussed at 14 mins. Bigger summary at 16:30. Timestamps below.</p> <p>Topics covered include: legal no man's land for fed vs state authority, should DR receive full LMP, and how can companies manipulate their demand response payments? Also covers FERC Orders 719 and 745.</p> <p>Timestamps:</p> <ul> <li>00:00-Intro</li> <li>03:00-Wholesale Markets as Drug Dealers</li> <li>04:30-Who is EPSA?</li> <li>5:00-EPSA Dissent from Scalia</li> <li>07:25-Legal Precedents</li> <li>12:15-EPSA Summary</li> <li>12:50-LMP minus G (doesn't make sense!)</li> <li>14:00-DR Market Manipulation Example</li> <li>16:30-Wholesale DR the last 20 Years</li> </ul> <p>Sources:</p> <ol> <li>Demand Response Market Manipulation Case in MISO (2024): <a href="https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nipsco-linde-ferc-miso-demand-response-settlement/703888/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nipsco-linde-ferc-miso-demand-response-settlement/703888/</a></li> <li>EPSA Supreme Court Case full PDF (2016) <a href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/577/14-840/case.pdf" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/577/14-840/case.pdf</a></li> <li>Shoutout to the random bus that drove by during the opening seconds of my intro</li> </ol>
October 9, 2024
<p><strong>Should power plants be allowed to retire whenever they want? And what the heck is demand response--wholesale, retail, or something else?</strong></p> <p>This episode will start exploring reliability must run (RMR) power plant designations and touch on the Sierra Club's lawsuit focused on two coal power plants receiving RMR payments while not having their supply included in PJM's capacity market. Also, is the grid just a big sandwich shop when it comes to demand response? Tune in for a day ahead market vs real time showdown.</p> <p>Sources:</p> <p>(1) <a href="https://www.utilitydive.com/news/pjm-reliability-must-run-rmr-capacity-auction-ferc-complaint/728398/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.utilitydive.com/news/pjm-reliability-must-run-rmr-capacity-auction-ferc-complaint/728398/</a></p> <p>(2) <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/energy-primer-2020_0.pdf " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/energy-primer-2020_0.pdf </a></p> <p><br /></p> <p>Timestamps:</p> <ul> <li>00:30-Reliability Must Run (RMR) Power Plants</li> <li>09:15-Demand Response (DR)</li> <li>10:30-Electricity Markets as a sandwich shop</li> <li>15:00-Futures vs Spot Market for DR</li> </ul>
September 25, 2024
<p>If the grid was Goldilocks, what type of battery would it want? This episode is a bit denser than usual and explores some basic differences between flow, iron-air, and lithium ion batteries; plus the basics of how batteries participate in markets. Also covers some technical stuff towards the end. Listen at your own peril--you may become a flow stan.</p> <p>Timestamps:</p> <ul> <li>00:00-Intro</li> <li>01:00-What Type of Energy Storage is Best?</li> <li>02:23-Long Duration Storage vs Short Duration Storage</li> <li>04:00-Flow Batteries</li> <li>05:50-Issues with Flow Batteries</li> <li>08:00-What is Grid Scale Storage Used For?</li> <li>10:25-How are batteries regulated? Who knows!</li> <li>11:30-Lithium Ion Batteries for the Grid</li> <li>12:31-Technical Notes</li> <li>15:00-Salton Sea</li> <li>15:50-Future BESS</li> </ul> <p>References:</p> <ul> <li>CAISO Report on Battery Storage Market Participation <a href="https://www.caiso.com/documents/2023-special-report-on-battery-storage-jul-16-2024.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.caiso.com/documents/2023-special-report-on-battery-storage-jul-16-2024.pdf</a></li> <li>Redox Flow vs Li-ion Batteries <a href="https://energy.sandia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/6_Wittman_Reed_SNL_WIPSC_Session5_6-23-21.pdf " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://energy.sandia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/6_Wittman_Reed_SNL_WIPSC_Session5_6-23-21.pdf </a></li> <li>2024 EIA Update On Grid-Scale Battery Use <a href="https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=62405 " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=62405 </a></li> <li>Nanoparticle Flow Batteries - <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/flow-battery-2666672335 " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://spectrum.ieee.org/flow-battery-2666672335 </a></li> <li>Form Energy Specs - <a href="https://formenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Form-Energy-Navigating-the-Pacific-Northwest-Energy-Challenges-06.26.2024-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://formenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Form-Energy-Navigating-the-Pacific-Northwest-Energy-Challenges-06.26.2024-1.pdf</a></li> </ul>
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