DOE draft report - Renewables no threat to the base load and grid

[ButchDeal]

Right - still legal. (As are, apparently, battery based self consumption systems.)

Right. That's how they implement grid tie nowadays.

I mentioned battery option in the second sentence.

they seem to be opening up CGS capacity now and then in limited areas thus all the maps.
https://www.hawaiianelectric.com/haw...-solar-program

What they did is cancel old residential contracts that were approved but never built.

[J.P.M.]

I agree that some POCO's are using the excuse that RE hurts the grid reliability which is not always the truth. But in some cases the grid is limited even with fossil fuel power generation which results in a lot of blackouts. That happens a lot in remote places of states like Maine.

Pushing the installation of an RE power generating source that is not always there or can be quickly interrupted is a stupid plan for any power supplier since for most the first priority is keeping the grid up and customers happy. Recklessly adding variables to the power generating system, which cannot have a solid forecast on availability, is IMO similar to adding a round to the chamber for Russian Roulette. You are increasing the chances for failure.

Each POCO needs to examine how much it can introduce RE into the mix as well as make sure they improve the grid for both natural and human disasters. There is no one or two answers that will work for everyone.

Agreed. Keeping the lights on in the safest and most reliable ways is job and priority #1. Doing that while still looking to the future and the POCO's place and role in that future while still being mindful of the fiduciary and very real responsibility to provide a return to investors is always a balancing act and where some of the divergence of opinion causes discussion.