Procurement & Energy Risk
June 11, 2020
How COVID-19 is Impacting the Renewables Industry
The EIA projects that the U.S. is on track to produce more electricity this year from renewables than coal for first time on record. While 2019 total energy consumption saw renewables surpass coal, 2020 is the first time the electricity…
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Procurement & Energy Risk
May 13, 2020
ISO-NE Electricity Supply Rate Components: What You Need to Know
What are the component percentages in the ISO-NE? The component percentages in the ISO-NE are: 44% Energy, 24% RPS, 23% Capacity, 6% Ancillaries, 2% Line Losses, 1% CES. How much is the energy rate a customer pays? The energy rate…
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Benchmarking & Sustainability Reporting
May 4, 2020
Investor-Focused Sustainability Reporting Frameworks
What makes companies sustainable? One of the most powerful drivers behind major corporations’ sustainability disclosure and action has been investor pressure. Modern institutional investors are demanding more data into companies’ sustainability practices as a prerequisite for investment. What is GRESB?…
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Benchmarking & Sustainability Reporting
April 22, 2020
Sustainability Reporting for Commercial Real Estate
This “Sustainability Reporting for Asset-Level Commercial Real Estate” blog post is part of a series on sustainability reporting. Be sure to sign up for EnergyWatch’s newsletter to be notified of future postings in this series. There are many factors that…
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Procurement & Energy Risk
April 9, 2020
How Policy Impacts a Clean Energy Transition in the U.S.
In the United States, successfully transitioning to a clean energy future is not without its challenges. It is dependent on interworking regulations and policies at every level, from federal and state governments to ISOs and RTOs. In November 2019, the…
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Procurement & Energy Risk
April 6, 2020
PJM’s MOPR Impact on the Capacity Market
PJM is an electric grid operator that covers thirteen states, plus the District of Columbia, making it the United States’ largest regional transmission organization (RTO). At the end of 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ordered PJM to make…
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Peak Load Management
April 1, 2020
New ICAP Tags Released – What the Weekend Peak Means for You
For most of us across the United States, summer weather still seems far away. From the perspective of a NYISO grid operator, the summer of 2019 was an interesting one and one they’ve been discussing for the past 6 months. …
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Utilities Expense & Data Management
March 27, 2020
eGRID Explained – What it is, How it’s Used, and What’s New in the 2020 Released Data
In 2020, there are many ways for businesses to measure and report their environmental and sustainability performance. With electricity generation being the dominant source of emissions in the United States, it is also the most important for businesses to monitor…
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Procurement & Energy Risk
March 20, 2020
NYISO Capacity Market Buyer-Side Mitigation Impact
On February 20, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved four market rules in order to protect competition and electricity generation supply in NYISO. The decision makes it more difficult for renewable energy resources, energy storage, and demand resource responses…
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