{"id":545167,"date":"2010-04-27T20:38:04","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T00:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/knowledgeproblem.com\/?p=6743"},"modified":"2010-04-27T20:38:04","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T00:38:04","slug":"integrating-variable-energy-resources-to-the-electric-power-grid-cont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/545167","title":{"rendered":"Integrating variable energy resources to the electric power grid (cont.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Michael Giberson<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In January <a href=\"http:\/\/knowledgeproblem.com\/2010\/01\/26\/integrating-variable-energy-resources-to-the-electric-power-grid\/\">we noted<\/a> the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ferc.gov\/whats-new\/comm-meet\/2010\/012110\/E-4.pdf\">questions concerning the integration of &#8220;variable energy resources&#8221;<\/a> to the electric power grid. \u00a0FERC asked for comments; over 120 comments have been submitted in reply (so far). \u00a0Peter Behr, of <em>ClimateWire<\/em>, characterizes\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/cwire\/2010\/04\/27\/27climatewire-do-the-rules-of-the-nations-electric-grid-di-49343.html\">some of the positions submitted in the FERC inquiry<\/a> in an article available at NYTimes.com. \u00a0Behr said more than 2,800 pages worth of comments have been sent to FERC on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The fundamental issue is whether or not current industry practices unnecessarily discriminate against variable power sources such as wind and solar. \u00a0Behr said, &#8220;This debate opens another front in the continuing, behind-the-scenes  struggle between the renewable power sector and some of the electricity  industry&#8217;s old guard, whose historic ways of doing business are now  under challenge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/knowledgeproblem.wordpress.com\/6743\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/knowledgeproblem.wordpress.com\/6743\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/knowledgeproblem.wordpress.com\/6743\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/delicious\/knowledgeproblem.wordpress.com\/6743\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/knowledgeproblem.wordpress.com\/6743\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/stumble\/knowledgeproblem.wordpress.com\/6743\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/knowledgeproblem.wordpress.com\/6743\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/digg\/knowledgeproblem.wordpress.com\/6743\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/knowledgeproblem.wordpress.com\/6743\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/reddit\/knowledgeproblem.wordpress.com\/6743\/\" \/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=knowledgeproblem.com&#038;blog=5880275&#038;post=6743&#038;subd=knowledgeproblem&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Giberson In January we noted the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission&#8217;s questions concerning the integration of &#8220;variable energy resources&#8221; 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