Commission Chat 12: Baseload and Renewable Interaction
In this video, we discuss baseload and how renewables and solar interact with the baseload, and why it’s becoming a real problem.
In this video, we discuss baseload and how renewables and solar interact with the baseload, and why it’s becoming a real problem.
How to give effective public comment before the commission, and likely other regulatory or government bodies. This is not an authority on the subject, but following these steps will help you stand out amongst most other commenters. Don’t forget to like and share this video with your friends!
We recap the Open Meeting this week, including the very hot topic of Community Solar and how the votes fell. We also welcome our new Executive Director, Doug Clark.
SRP is releasing a bunch of water from Bartlett dam, Commissioner Thompson kicked off his newsletter updates (sign up https://azcc.us21.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e9a3c20d7e5eeddfd26568ad7&id=2cac1d2d3b), and we discuss the upcoming agenda.
We recap the open meeting this week. I forgot to mention the acronym DDSR which is Distributed Demand Side Resources. To get email updates on upcoming Commission Chat videos, go to www.nickmyers.us and sign up!
We have three commission meetings this week. We go over all three agendas and throw in a bit of discussion about legislator tours.
In this video, we take a very brief tour of the parts of the Arizona Corporation Commission that I work with on a daily basis. This is not a complete look but gives you some of the things that may not be seen every day.
Lots of updates today, including changes the City of Tucson is imposing on the TEP Franchise agreement, an update on the Rio Verde Foothills water issue, some updates on legislative efforts, what the Feds are trying to impose with PFOS chemicals, and some good news on the El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline reopening!
Lots of discussion at the open meeting this week about something called “regulatory lag”. We discuss what it is and how it affects the ratepayers.
We talk a little about the swearing-in ceremony from yesterday, our first Open Meeting next week, and our first Staff Meeting. The big item on this agenda is the Southwest Gas Rate Case which has been highly discussed.