Driven by Heat, CA Grid Hits New Record, Narrowly Avoids Outages

The UK suffers serious impacts from energy crisis; California weathers record heat wave w/o rolling outages; Sunnova files w/CAPUC to establish micro-grid and be regulated as a micro utility; CA bill promotes community solar, which will likely be paired w/storage; Liquid metal battery company Ambri to demonstrate batteries at Xcel Energy demonstration project in CO; MISO OKs storage resources for participation in energy and operating reserve markets; New Hampshire Electric Co-op to offer members transactive energy rate by the end of 2023, facilitating bi-directional power flows at different rates.

1) the energy crisis and attendant price spikes are crippling UK civil society, from schools to pubs.

2) California suffers through record heat wave w/CAISO calling Level 3 Energy Emergency Alert as peak demand hits record 52,061 MW on Sept 6. Millions notified on cell phones, leading to nearly 2,000 MW load cuts over following 20-30 minutes.

3) Sunnova files w/CA Public Utilities Commission to own and operate microgrids w/in new planned residential communities and to be regulated as a "micro utility."

4) CA Assembly Bill 2316 passes, promoting community solar based on the actual value of the energy produced. Batteries likely with all new systems.

5) Liquid metal battery company Ambri will install batteries in pilot at Xcel Energy’s Solar Technology Acceleration Center in Aurora, CO. Ambri plans on 5 similar pilot projects in 2023.

6) MISO says storage resources can participate in energy and operating reserve markets. Queue stands at 150+ storage projects totaling over 13,000 MW.

7) New Hampshire Electric Co-op to offer members Day-Ahead transactive energy rates by the end of 2023, stimulating bi-directional power flows from batteries and EVs.