Peaker Plant
topic on 2 shows · 4 statements across 3 episodes
4 statements about Peaker Plant, every show
Frader-Thompson: VPPs need roughly 50 MW to interest utility control rooms
“I think scale is the other thing, right? I mean, I think Stacy talks about there being a threshold like somewhere around 50 megawatts where, you know, you are actually at the scale of a, an individual beaker plant, and that's kind of the that's kind of the hur…”
EnergyHub CEO: Level 2 thermostat VPPs provide peaker plant value
“Like, the smart thermostat programs are at a strong level two in general. And at level two, like I said before, they are clearly already providing the value that a peaker plant would provide.”
Downing: Gas peakers and grid lines operate at 5% to 25% utilization
“You know, that peaker plant may turn on for five percent, maybe 10% of hours of the year, and you're increasing the capacity of your transmission distribution lines to serve that higher peak, but then on average across the year, they're running at maybe 20, 25…”
Shah: Battery storage will relegate natural gas peakers strictly to emergencies
“The role of peaker plants is going to be moved increasingly to emergency situations, right? That you've got battery storage and lots of other technologies that are being used inside the Intermountain West. To be able to provide these sort of services. And so p…”