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Is electricity pricing becoming even more misdirected with a formula of daily charge plus kWh cost? I've just updated the power contract at home that will charge almost 60p/day and 22p/kWh. But why charge like this? Renewables are increasingly the majority source of power. That seems to imply that the incremental cost of power generation may well be zero. if - and it's a big if - demand is lower than supply capability then the kWh price arguably is zero. Give energy away for free as there's no cost to generate. There are two ponderables: The major cost recovery required is the capital investment. Does the daily charge increase substantially according to a formula based on typical or peak use? And, what happens when demand outstrips supply? A price mechanism is needed to constrain demand to available supply if there's insufficient wind or sun. What would it mean to you if power was priced at a much higher fixed daily charge and zero cost for most consumption, but with a variable cost applied as demand exceeded supply? for example, £2 a day 0p/kWh for under 10kWh use 40p/kWh during high demand periods

For Duke Energy customers, "electric rates will increase by about 8.5% in 2024, 3.8% in 2025, and 3.5% in 2026." (Hicks, 2024) These increases come from investments in infrastructure for generation, transmission, and distribution that are being passed down to their customers. Limit the impact of these increases through a utility bill analysis. It is simple, just sign and save with UMS. #energy #utilitybills #inflation #risingcosts

⚡ As more people worldwide increase their electricity consumption, 🌍 Electricity distribution companies face significant challenges related to grid instability. ⚠️ Grid instability is when there are fluctuations in the balance between electricity supply and demand within an electrical grid. 🔌 This can cause disruptions, outages, or inefficiencies in energy distribution. 🌞 In a metropolitan area, the electricity demand significantly spikes during hot summer afternoons due to widespread use of air conditioning units. 🔥 As more people use electricity for cooling, the demand on the grid rises sharply. 🚧 If the existing infrastructure is not designed to handle these peaks, it can lead to overloading of transmission lines and substations. ⚡ This might cause power outages, where certain areas of the city lose power. 🌬️ If the grid relies heavily on renewable energy sources like solar or wind, which can be intermittent (not consistently available), this further complicates stability. ☁️ For instance, a sudden cloud cover could reduce solar energy output at the same time demand is peaking, amplifying the instability. 🔄 Rapid fluctuations in energy demand can lead to outages and the need for additional power generation, especially during peak usage times. 🔋 Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) provide effective solutions to enhance grid stability and manage these challenges. 🔍 Let’s dig in https://lnkd.in/gKNbQWNU #gridstability #energystorage #smartgrid #renewableenergy #poweroutages #energymanagement

⚡ As more people worldwide increase their electricity consumption, 🌍 Electricity distribution companies face significant challenges related to grid instability. ⚠️ Grid instability is when there are fluctuations in the balance between electricity supply and demand within an electrical grid. 🔌 This can cause disruptions, outages, or inefficiencies in energy distribution. 🌞 In a metropolitan area, the electricity demand significantly spikes during hot summer afternoons due to widespread use of air conditioning units. 🔥 As more people use electricity for cooling, the demand on the grid rises sharply. 🚧 If the existing infrastructure is not designed to handle these peaks, it can lead to overloading of transmission lines and substations. ⚡ This might cause power outages, where certain areas of the city lose power. 🌬️ If the grid relies heavily on renewable energy sources like solar or wind, which can be intermittent (not consistently available), this further complicates stability. ☁️ For instance, a sudden cloud cover could reduce solar energy output at the same time demand is peaking, amplifying the instability. 🔄 Rapid fluctuations in energy demand can lead to outages and the need for additional power generation, especially during peak usage times. 🔋 Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) provide effective solutions to enhance grid stability and manage these challenges. 🔍 Let’s dig in https://lnkd.in/gEafTfEz #gridstability #energystorage #smartgrid #renewableenergy #poweroutages #energymanagement

Have you ever gotten your energy bill and just stared at a bunch of letters and numbers, wondering what exactly everything means? To understand your bill more clearly look for the detail of energy usage in kWh. kWh is a unit of measurement that means the amount of energy used with a power rating of one kilowatt. When you have solar panels they turn sunlight into electricity to help power your home. For a full look into the explanation of electricity usage and a state-by-state breakdown, check out the full blog on our website. #SolarPanels #SolarforAll #SolarPower #PosiGen

Behind-the-meter – WHAT IS IT? Electricity generators need to be connected to electricity users. The electrical grid is great because it connects all generators with all users, creating a market where anyone can buy and sell electricity. Traditional electricity distribution meant sticking one great big power station in the middle of each county, and using the electricity grid to distribute that electricity out to users who were all very spread out. The design of the grid supported that, and its not really proved suitable for the new model of lots of small and distributed generation. The grid has become quite limiting, In fact its now the main blocker in the energy transition. There are also costs to it; in today’s generators sell their power at 11pence/kWh, and users buy it at 30pence/kWh. It’s a big margin. Finally, transmission losses are around 10%. So how can we do it differently? The co-location of electrical generation capacity with electrical users offers some big advantages. Co-locating generators with electrical users allow us to connect them with a private wire and sell power directly. The generator achieves a higher sale price, the user a lower purchase price. Everyone wins. This setup could be entirely off-grid, but is more likely grid-augmented. “Behind-the-meter” refers to an electricity transaction that happens on this private wire, without ever going onto the grid. This type of installation, selling power directly, behind-the-meter, via a private wire, will be a growing trend in the future energy industry. #renewableenergy #behindthemeter #privatewire Renewable Charging

PJM news that will have massive impacts for 13 U.S. States: "Today, the largest U.S. power grid operator, PJM, announced a 9-fold increase in capacity price for electricity across its 13-state footprint, with costs jumping from $28.92 per megawatt-day to $269.92 per megawatt-day." Just think how this impacts (negatively) the Return on Investments of Electric Vehicles but also (positively) that of Solar Panels and Batteries. That's why the way to go if you have an EV is to also have Solar and even paired with Energy Storage in many cases. #electricity #solar #EV #EVcharging

Is there a way to deal with the #duck #curve? It refers to the way #solar energy production tapers off towards the end of the day and power generation needs to ramp up quickly to compensate. Now that curve is getting sharper — and we need new tools to address it. In the past, writes journalist Christopher Arcus, “daily load curve was smoother and generation ramping was slower, so gas generators and fast ramping generation was confined mostly to sudden system outage needs and relatively infrequent occurrences like storms.” > https://lnkd.in/ee7ZYn28 [CleanTechnica] With California producing more solar energy than it knows how to deal with — a problem that could afflict other states in the near future — there’s more of a need for fast response that makes use of battery storage instead of gas generators. > https://lnkd.in/gZWdHPjJ [Institute for Energy Research] But current energy management systems aren't well equipped to deal with it. They still overwhelmingly rely on anachronistic demand-response mechanisms based on SMS or email notifications, usually sent 24 hours in advance, that urge customers to use less energy at specific times.   Arcus is disappointed by this. “I envisioned a system where smart devices were under voluntary control via direct means via the internet,” he writes. “The system would allow users to control how much and if they chose to participate via an app that they control. That way, signals could be broadcast rapidly, responses would be automatic and not require manual intervention or nags via snail mail and text, and in general would require less user-required interaction.”   The key here is that demand and supply need to interact in real time — or at least with minimal delay. And that’s exactly what dcbel’s Home Energy System is meant to do. It can evaluate grid conditions, energy prices and other factors every five minutes, offering exactly the kind of automatic energy management we need to handle the energy transition in a way that benefits everyone.

Leveraging the flexibility of distributed energy resources (batteries, smart thermostats, backup generators, pumps, compressors, you name it!) is a cost-effective and impactful way of balancing energy supply and demand! https://lnkd.in/eiZTfs7m

If you had any idea the strain electricity companies are under, especially rural co-ops, especially as more storage-less renewables are added to the grid, especially as EV's and their nearly 12,000 watt level two chargers are installed in garages across the land, especially as AI data centers are about to explode, especially when heavy manufacturing is returning to America, especially as the BTC network scales up in power, especially, especially, especially...if you really understood the strain the grid is under--you would be terrified. Luckily for you, all you need to do is put your electricity bill on autopay and hope it doesn't fall apart. What you can do to make a difference is choosing to be a Grid Guardian. The technology is currently available and affordable that will allow you to turn your property into a clean energy + storage power plant capable of dispatching power to the grid when it's needed most. This is a far, far different conversation than 99% of the solar industry is having with folks. There's the "lower your monthly bill", "batteries aren't there yet", "batteries are expensive" solar salespeople who do not know that watts = volts * amps. There's the "Keep your solar working in the event of an outage and be able to run a few things at night" crowd that offers "battery backup" that don't understand what AC-continuous output means or why it's relevant. Then there are the Grid Guardians. People and companies installing Tesla Powerwall 3's, Sol-Ark 15k's, or EG4 Electronics 18kPV hyrid-inverters combined with enough storage not just for your facility, but to support the grid. We stopped offering solar without batteries almost two years ago. What we have learned and what has opened up for us in the process of becoming storage professionals has far, far, far exceeded any sales that were "lost" during that time. People want storage. Utilities NEED storage. If you're a solar company, you can offer storage. All you have to do is choose to make the leap. If you don't, you'll be out of business soon anyway. If you do, you can play a key role in securing our nation's energy grid.