Prime:
prime
Subtitle:
The duck curve is throwing a monkey wrench into utility operations
Images:
The world of electricity is changing quickly. With all the photovoltaic(PV) Generation of electricity directly from sunlight. A photovoltaic cell has no moving parts; electrons are energized by sunlight and result in current flow. modules out there generating solar power and the advent of the smart meter, there's a revolution going on within the electric utility industry.
I wrote a little bit about this revolution recently when I discussed the duck curve. Near the end of that article, I mentioned that Matt Golden said something about the "new world where EE [energy efficiency] is dead." So I spoke with Matt last week, and here's some of what he said.