California calls state of emergency

Another example of limitation of utility model and failure of California to reimagine utilities. Based on immense interest in the topic, I thought it may be prudent to propose some actions. I don't think anyone has short term solution but Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom can pay attention and consider following to transform utility sector 1. Decouple utility planning from O&M - Utilities should not be the only one who decide what is the need for the system reliability. No utility led. 2. Make resiliency as a service for the utilities and anyone who wants to provide it. 3. Unbiased assessment of the real value delivered by Solar and wind to the grid 4. Provide participation of the Prosumers in the market - aggregation and settlement of services. 5. Break CALISO in more smaller regional/ distribution level operators for better planning and operations with Distributed resources 6. Communicate characteristics of clean energy and need for consumer Sacrifice in transition. Meaning need for flexibility of the load and incentives/ penalties for load behavior. People have lots of hope with #California to lead energy transition. If California fails we will have same outcome as we had for power markets. For 2 decades after Enron there is no credible power market in the World.

While not surprised with the blackouts, these outages show that #California needs to invest more in integrated #power infrastructures and digital technology to optimize and re-balance their energy portfolios to meet universal electrification and carbon emission reduction targets. Integrated power infrastructures take advantage of different generation, transmission and distribution technologies to help utilities overcome the pitfalls of aging infrastructure while meeting rising customer demand for energy that is sustainable and reliable. #Digital transformations including smart grid and battery storage, present opportunities to address core challenges of grid stabilization, peak load management, system flexibility and reliability in a holistic manner. #markets #cleanenergy #renewableenergysystems #renewables #electricity #utilities #climate #power #markets #bloomberg #linkedinfinance #linkedinforbusiness #california #utility #utilityteam #energy #energytransition #digitalinfrastructure #wirelesspower #wireless

“As we tran­si­tion off of fos­sil fu­els, we need to be very re­al­is­tic about what we’re ca­pa­ble of do­ing. This should raise more fo­cus on the re­ally dis­ap­point­ing progress we’ve made on de­mand re­sponse.” #energy #transition #power

“As we tran­si­tion off of fos­sil fu­els, we need to be very re­al­is­tic about what we’re ca­pa­ble of do­ing. This should raise more fo­cus on the re­ally dis­ap­point­ing progress we’ve made on de­mand re­sponse.” #energy #transition #power

I saw a bunch of Teslas semi-fast-charging in a Sacramento Walmart parking lot yesterday at 5:30 PM when it was 108 degrees and parts of California were experiencing rolling blackouts. The drivers didn't look happy and it certainly wasn't a good time to add load to the grid.

California imposes rolling electricity blackouts as power grid wavers under record breaking heat. This isn't just a California issue either .. our antiquated grid system is at risk in many areas (as we've known since 2003 east coast blackout) PS: if we believe electric cars are future ... electricity is kind of important I'm told. https://lnkd.in/gHchqtS

Another example of limitation of utility model and failure of California to reimagine utilities. Based on immense interest in the topic, I thought it may be prudent to propose some actions. I don't think anyone has short term solution but Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom can pay attention and consider following to transform utility sector 1. Decouple utility planning from O&M - Utilities should not be the only one who decide what is the need for the system reliability. No utility led. 2. Make resiliency as a service for the utilities and anyone who wants to provide it. 3. Unbiased assessment of the real value delivered by Solar and wind to the grid 4. Provide participation of the Prosumers in the market - aggregation and settlement of services. 5. Break CALISO in more smaller regional/ distribution level operators for better planning and operations with Distributed resources 6. Communicate characteristics of clean energy and need for consumer Sacrifice in transition. Meaning need for flexibility of the load and incentives/ penalties for load behavior. People have lots of hope with #California to lead energy transition. If California fails we will have same outcome as we had for power markets. For 2 decades after Enron there is no credible power market in the World.