EarlyBird News

On April 15, ISO-NE introduced a new proposal to the federal regulators of the Energy Security Improvements authority for improving reliability during shortages and winter months. Some of these initiatives include: Day-Ahead Replacement Energy Reserve (RER); Day-Ahead Energy Imbalance Reserve (EIR); Day-Ahead Generation Contingency Reserve (GCR). As mentioned, the main goal is of improving energy […]

Found in South Australia is what many claim to be the “world’s biggest battery,” or the Hornsdale Battery, built by Tesla and Neoen, originally built with a 100MW/129MWh capacity. Recently, Tesla completed the construction of an additional 50MW/64.5MWh component. Together this brings the capacity to a total of 150MW/193.5MWh. The Hornsdale Battery works in the […]

How COVID-19 is Affecting Peaks The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has changed the course of how businesses of all sizes operate, most directly reflected by changes in their energy consumption patterns. Measures being implemented to flatten the hospitalization capacity curve, have also flattened peak energy consumption times as seen below, shaving off the peaks. This indicates […]

On February 26, 2020, Eversource announced a deal to purchase all $1.1B of Columbia Gas assets from their parent company NiSource, setting the stage for their operations to be managed by the largest energy player in the New England area. This means electric customers who also received Columbia Gas service will be controlled by a […]

During the Winter season gas prices typically skyrocket as people begin making use of heating, yet this has not been the case recently. Weather phenomenons this winter have proven to be very mild when compared to prior years, leading to a surplus of natural gas supply, and falling of prices. This past Tuesday natural gas […]

Last month Brookline approved legislation banning natural gas hookups for new buildings, giving the idea for other cities consider this. Recently the towns of Cambridge, Newton, Lexington, Arlington and 12 others have held meetings to discuss implementation of the same.  Proponents for the initiative argue that a shift in technology is needed at the face […]

On December 5, 2019 Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection picked Vineyard Wind to develop an 804MW offshore wind energy project called “Park City.” This is a follow to new state legislation calling for 2,000MW of this type of generation available. Connecticut legislators and citizens are strongly pushing for the state to adopt more […]

Teton Gravity Research (TGR) is celebrating its 10 year of carbon neutrality through EarlyBird Power. This years carbon offsets account for the entire carbon output emitted during the film production process, which includes global commercial travel, helicopter and snow machine use. Earlybird Power and TGR are members of the Plastic Impact Alliance and Protect Our […]

PG&E has become infamous for causing wildfires of large proportions because of faulty equipment, to the extent of having filed for bankruptcy this past January. This past Wednesday a broken PG&E transmission tower started another fire in the Sonoma County, known as the Kincade Fire. This happened as PG&E began to cut power in the […]

In the past year there have been monumental advances towards building a renewable energy portfolio in the U.S. The reputation of renewables has been at stake given the lack of proper storage means, and premature technology, however recent developments in battery, and panel efficiency have allowed for California East Bay Community Energy to sign Power […]