Zach Pollock

Energy policy @xcelenergy, formerly @PA_Energy, BD @SmrtrGridSols, @gtmresearch. Cornell/Columbia Alum, Clean Tech Optimist, Sub 2:40 Marathoner, Views my own.

[Mid America Regulatory Conference @MARCRegulatory]

What better topic for a deep dive than load growth. ⚡️

Today, attendees spent the afternoon learning alongside diverse experts as they explored topics like load forecasting and flexibility and right-sizing the grid.

Thanks to @AdvEnergyUnited for hosting this intensive! #MARC25

[Zach Pollock @ZDPollock]

Pretty fun developing and testifying on this program. Looking to expand this to more vendors via DRMS/DERMS in the near future.

SolarEdge joins Xcel Energy’s virtual power plant incentive program in Colorado https://t.co/xt5jDg6AnQ

[Zach Pollock @ZDPollock]

Unpopular opinion alert: Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) are nothing more than a use case for a DERMS and some advanced DRMS platforms (could be utility or third-party-owned/operated). Nothing new here, despite the recent headlines. #VPP #DERMS

[Will Toor @WillToor]

Colorado green justice groups hail Xcel Energy's community solar plan. https://t.co/zfeSwqlyvm via @coloradosun

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Exciting day seeing @GovofCO sign into law Colorado’s microgrid roadmap and resilience bill (HB 1249). Great leadership and collaboration to make this happen. @XcelEnergyCO @COEnergyOffice @TraceyBernett

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@nicole_j_green @EltaKo7 If you don’t have to kick at least one group of protestors out, can you even call it a GTM event?

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@BSmithwood This legacy vintage was ok, but inconsistent and only good for 3 years. At least the 2019 vintage will be good for 10 years.

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https://t.co/QE4iNRf26A

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@ewesoff Energy Future Media...or alternatively Highway out of the carbon danger zone (is Kenny Logins available for the jingle?)

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Emergency PUCT meeting last night. Interesting to see what will happen with the consolidation of retailers + POLR https://t.co/whPIs8jBTy

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@JesseJenkins @nytimes Great article, Jesse. Especially appreciate the point about solar and wind being "reliably, unreliable" and those attributes already considered from a system planning context. Inversely, you could argue gas, in this context has proven to be "unreliably, reliable".

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@solarmj @greentechmedia Incredibly well said, MJ. Doesn’t help how deep this cuts, but at least people know what a shameless loss this decision was.

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@RaviManghani I have a joke about Effective Load Carrying Capacity, but it has been getting less funny over time.

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We got this Denver.

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@sclavennaGTM @greentechmedia Congrats and thanks, Scott! I still remember my first seat in the Williamsburg office next to the bathroom and @BenKellison!

[Zach Pollock @ZDPollock]

@RaviManghani @DanFinnFoley This is amazing. I would pay for a subscription to these types of insights. Can we get a railcar energy storage bonus round comparison? I would have gone maybe Solar roadways
on Sanders.

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Orange & Rockland Implements REV Demonstration Project - https://t.co/QVaepUHqdD via @Shareaholic

[Orange & Rockland @ORUConnect]

We're partnering with Smarter Grid Solutions, Inc., one of the leading providers of distributed energy resource management software, to help developers interconnect solar energy projects to the power grid and drive greater export of renewable energy. ☀️ https://t.co/c5l6Xi1M3t

[Zach Pollock @ZDPollock]

@realDonaldTrump has "ended the war on clean coal." Well, he's not wrong - defeat counts as an end state. FERC decision was nail in the coffin.

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Big potential shakeup: DOE proposes cost recovery for baseload generators in new FERC rule https://t.co/DI50sBb2mG via @UtilityDive