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From the author: This Article examines specific aspects of the new grid As we move more to wind and solar power, these technologies are intermittent resources, which on an hourly basis ebb and flow in only partly predictable manners. What does this do to the grid? This decentralize and alter the balance of resources and responsibilities in the electric network vertically, horizontally, and virtually. The heretofore largely hidden issue of whether the grid has the backup quick-start power resources to deal with this intermittency is examined--it doesn't. Fights are already brewing on the financial value of Intermittent renewable resources--some wanting to pay more for them, and others noting that they have less value for providing reliable power. The answers to this debate have profound social and financial consequences on the power future, and their legal issues are analyzed herein. How we physically extend the grid to accommodate new renewable power resources is examined. The role of distributed generation and cogeneration, as new active elements with environmental advantages, is analyzed Welcome to the new "smart" grid with its pending legal and regulatory issues.
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Title: Restructuring a green grid: legal challenges to accommodate new renewable energy infrastructure. (Greening the Grid Building a Legal Framework for Carbon Neutrality)
Author: Steven Ferrey
Publication:Environmental Law (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2009
Publisher: Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law
Volume: 39 Issue: 4 Page: 977(38)
Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
From the author: This Article examines specific aspects of the new grid As we move more to wind and solar power, these technologies are intermittent resources, which on an hourly basis ebb and flow in only partly predictable manners. What does this do to the grid? This decentralize and alter the balance of resources and responsibilities in the electric network vertically, horizontally, and virtually. The heretofore largely hidden issue of whether the grid has the backup quick-start power resources to deal with this intermittency is examined--it doesn't. Fights are already brewing on the financial value of Intermittent renewable resources--some wanting to pay more for them, and others noting that they have less value for providing reliable power. The answers to this debate have profound social and financial consequences on the power future, and their legal issues are analyzed herein. How we physically extend the grid to accommodate new renewable power resources is examined. The role of distributed generation and cogeneration, as new active elements with environmental advantages, is analyzed Welcome to the new "smart" grid with its pending legal and regulatory issues.
Citation Details
Title: Restructuring a green grid: legal challenges to accommodate new renewable energy infrastructure. (Greening the Grid Building a Legal Framework for Carbon Neutrality)
Author: Steven Ferrey
Publication:Environmental Law (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2009
Publisher: Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law
Volume: 39 Issue: 4 Page: 977(38)
Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
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