AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoVirtual Power Plants: PG&E, Rewiring America and Google launched a Bay Area VPP proof-of-concept that coordinates home batteries and battery-enabled heat pumps to add capacity, support reliability, and help lower rates for participating households. Grid Governance & Trust: BC Hydro is accused of “bait and switch” tactics over a planned 500 kV North Coast Transmission Line route through Thornhill, with critics saying key discussions weren’t handled transparently. Rates Under Strain: Puerto Rico’s residential power rate jumped about 18% to a record 33.86 cents/kWh as outages persist and costs rise, including reliance on more expensive generation when plants fall short. Data Centers & Power Delivery: Wärtsilä, Schneider Electric and Stanley Consultants unveiled a “Generator-to-Chip” approach to data center power delivery that designs generation, distribution, automation and permitting together to reduce grid-connection bottlenecks. Renewables Momentum: ContourGlobal’s 324 MW Black Hollow Sun solar PV complex is now fully operational in Colorado under a long-term PPA with Platte River. Storm & Outage Watch: A powerful Nor’easter is driving flooding and power outages across the US Northeast, while thousands in Ramona, California, faced an unplanned outage amid extreme heat risk.
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