Allison Wannop
@allisonwannop
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Mom of 5 | Lawyer | Energy Nerd | Born Pittsburgher | Chosen Vermonter | Adventurer | #xdissenter
Burlington, VT
Joined May 2011
Want to see how easy a battery #vpp can be? .The VPP proposed by @SonnenUSA and @RMP_Utah was approved by the Utah PSC in 4 weeks with 9 filings. Docket 20-035-T07. Like the UT Commissioner said at the @NARUC VPP workshop in Feb: "Make it simple."
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If youโre at #naruc people wearing green ties or scarves are signaling that they own EVs โก๏ธ.
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Thatโs my booooy.
Ian Abbey ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐. @VermontGreenFC levels it before halftime!
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๐capacity accreditation for a gas plant (80-90%) is comparable to DR performance.
Ambient Derate Curves: if anyone is talking to you about #natgas plant reliability w/o talking abt material derate conditions on gas capacity, question them, and learn how power plants work. Your green/brown politics don't matter. Learn the engineering. @SaltRiverProjct ๐ช๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐
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Register here to join the DOE's webinar:
energy.gov
Join distinguished leaders from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a deep dive into the new Virtual Power Plants report.
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Highly recommend taking 30 minutes to read the Exec Summary and skimming the examples, and then circling back to draw on the examples here as relevant in specific states.
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Finally, love the visuals on pages p. 68, 71-72, 75 showing VPP communications and IT/OT. Below are the diagrams for the @GreenMtnPower + @Tesla VPP in my state of #vermont, where #VPPs serve ~5-10% of peak.
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This doesn't have be hard: examine using VPPs to solve one problem, implement if cost-effective, and then expand to solve other problems.
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p. 24: Peak shaving VPPs: "can be deployed at scale within six months with less than $1M in upfront investment and can create a foundation for more sophisticated VPP models that deliver a broader range of benefits," as shown on p.33 chart:
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I've heard that "every utility is in a race to be second," and the examples here can be used for data-supported advocacy to expand/build cost-effective VPP programs. For example. .
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This report double clicks on the original liftoff report's 5 imperatives to scale VPPs, now discussing *75 examples* of actions to take and *60 complementary programs and resources.* This report can be used to expand the realm of the possible.
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Friday the DOE dropped an update to its #VPP liftoff report. ๐งตsummarizing report, how to use it. DOE is hosting a webinar 1/15 at 9 (link below), and the @DER_Task_Force is hosting a jam session with DOE + tech companies to discuss
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Good summary of the friction points between utilities/consumer groups vs. hyperscalers. Re: Data Center complaints about discrimination. The law only prohibits *undue* discrimination. Not all differential treatment is undue discrimination.
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AEP and the data centers collide in an expensive power fight.
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RT @duncan__c: Psyched to share something @stripe, @ScaleMicrogrids, and @paces_ai have been cooking for the past few months. A massive waโฆ.
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This one slide illustrates how energy prices are too low to make VPPs worth it in PJM relative to ERCOT.
Putting aside the well-worn debate of market design and whether ERCOT needs something other than rubber bands for reliability (it probably does?), one clear effect is that when you design your energy market to do the lifting here, you convey more significant incentives for
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My votes: Eli Manning, Adam Vinatieri, Hines Ward, James Harrison, Terrell Suggs, Rodney Harrison.
Twenty-five modern-era players were named today as semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025. Four to eight will be selected from this list:. ๐QB Eli Manning.๐LB Luke Kuechly.๐WR Steve Smith Sr. ๐S Earl Thomas.๐K Adam Vinatieri.๐DE Jared Allen.๐LB.
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I'm inventing a term: "status quo blindness," where we don't see the status quo, or its cost. We talk about batteries blowing up, but not gas pipelines blowing up or pollution. People complain solar arrays, but not the powerlines we see everywhere.
Friendly reminder that natural gas explodes and natural gas combustion appliance contributes to indoor and outdoor air pollution . Electricity isn't perfect but doesn't explode houses and heat pumps don't contribute to local pollution. โก๐บ๐ธ.
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The goal of parenting isn't to have your kid "accomplish" something or get into a great school. It's about having your 11 yo say "Mom. I like your jeans.".
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RT @venerable_bede: States w/high expectations of data center growth also happen to be in states with low use of energy efficiency, so therโฆ.
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I say this all the time! Other generations might have had 4-6 kids but drank and smoked while they were pregnant and there was no sunscreen or car seats.
if you are wondering how your nana had nine children and you are about to lose your mind having two, remind yourself that your nana never took nine children to target. your nana buckled zero children into car seats. your nana may have not even buckled *seatbelts.*.
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