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Navigating battery energy storage augmentation

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Joshua Crawford Engineers Facility Managers Building Technology Energy As renewable energy sources continue to dramatically influence the electric grid, energy storage is playing a pivotal role in achieving grid resiliency. DC augmentation adds battery modules to existing inverters.

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Demand Response Needs a Mulligan

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Circuit Court of Appeals has nullified the retail electric market Demand Response programs governed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, putting a chink in the armor of the new EPA carbon curbs. Specifically, on May 23, 2014, in Electric Power Supply Association v. And we know they won’t be run from Washington DC.

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Demand Response Needs to a Mulligan

Green Building Law Update

Circuit Court of Appeals has nullified the retail electric market Demand Response programs governed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, putting a chink in the armor of the new EPA carbon curbs. Specifically, on May 23, 2014, in Electric Power Supply Association v. And we know they won’t be run from Washington DC.

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Nevada Stops Subsidizing Net Metering

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In the final days of 2015, Nevada became the front line in the looming nationwide fight over energy policy when the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada altered rates for net metering impacting homeowners with rooftop photovoltaic panels.

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COVID-19 workplace updates: financial & environmental impact

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We used EnergyPlus software to create a whole building energy model of an office space in San Francisco assuming baseline features that are consistent with an office building built in the last five to 10 years: • All-electric fuel with a variable air volume (VAV) reheat system with economizer. Energy recovery system. MERV 8 filtration. •

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When office-to-residential conversion works

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In most cases, these office-to-residential incentives are necessary to offset the other economic forces at play, DC Managing Principal Barbara Mullenex says. A residential building also requires bathrooms, kitchens, and thermostats in each unit—all of which demand a massive overhaul to the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Maryland — SSA’s New Data Hub Moves Forward In Urbana

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Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) is seeking approval to construct a state-of-the-art natural gas fueled electric generation facility in Cecil County, MD. It would be powered by natural gas, a clean and domestically plentiful form of energy used to create electricity. Old Dominion Plans Generator in Cecil County.