David Kathan
@dkathan.bsky.social
Husband, father, son, grandfather, outdoor enthusiast, traveler, demand response and DER expert, former FERC economist, and President of Kathan Energy Consulting.
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No Kings protest in Chevy Chase Maryland
June 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
No Kings protest in Chevy Chase Maryland
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Just spoke at an event alongside a Duke Energy rep who said *this week* they started requiring new hyperscale loads to participate in demand response — a defined # hrs/yr of required load flex — and he expects it to grow. 🔌💡
March 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Just spoke at an event alongside a Duke Energy rep who said *this week* they started requiring new hyperscale loads to participate in demand response — a defined # hrs/yr of required load flex — and he expects it to grow. 🔌💡
Hot off the presses! The latest bi-monthly report on the Order 2222 and DER Policy developments was published yesterday. Oone key implementation issue is discussed and summarized each month. This month's issue is governance. ferc2222.org #energysky
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FERC Order 2222 and DER Policy Collaboration Collaborating for Successful DER Implementation in the U.S.A Webinar: Introduction to FERC Order 2222 and DER Policy Tracking…
ferc2222.org
February 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Hot off the presses! The latest bi-monthly report on the Order 2222 and DER Policy developments was published yesterday. Oone key implementation issue is discussed and summarized each month. This month's issue is governance. ferc2222.org #energysky
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Proposed Fourth Law of Robotics: “A robot or AI must not deceive a human by impersonating a human being.”
Read more in this IEEE Spectrum piece: spectrum.ieee.org/isaac-asimov...
#AI #Robotics #Asimov #Ethics
Read more in this IEEE Spectrum piece: spectrum.ieee.org/isaac-asimov...
#AI #Robotics #Asimov #Ethics
Isaac Asimov's Laws of Robotics Need an Update for AI
We need to add a 4th law of robotics
spectrum.ieee.org
January 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Proposed Fourth Law of Robotics: “A robot or AI must not deceive a human by impersonating a human being.”
Read more in this IEEE Spectrum piece: spectrum.ieee.org/isaac-asimov...
#AI #Robotics #Asimov #Ethics
Read more in this IEEE Spectrum piece: spectrum.ieee.org/isaac-asimov...
#AI #Robotics #Asimov #Ethics
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U.S. DOE's Loan Program Office just issued its updated commercial lift-off report on virtual power plants. #energysky liftoff.energy.gov/vpp/
Virtual Power Plants - Pathways to Commercial Liftoff
Learn more about the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pathways to Commercial Liftoff Report on Virtual Power Plants
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January 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
U.S. DOE's Loan Program Office just issued its updated commercial lift-off report on virtual power plants. #energysky liftoff.energy.gov/vpp/
FERC's January 2025 Open Meeting Sunshine Notice just got issued. A compliance order on MISO's Order 2222 DER aggregation proposal is E-2 on the agenda. I am curious how FERC will act on MISO's proposed 2029 implementation date for Order 2222. #energysky
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Sunshine Notice | January 2025 Commission Meeting
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January 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
FERC's January 2025 Open Meeting Sunshine Notice just got issued. A compliance order on MISO's Order 2222 DER aggregation proposal is E-2 on the agenda. I am curious how FERC will act on MISO's proposed 2029 implementation date for Order 2222. #energysky
www.ferc.gov/news-events/...
www.ferc.gov/news-events/...
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Annual reminder:
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
December 14, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Annual reminder:
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
🔌💡The Sunshine Notice for FERC's December Open meeting is out. RM25-3 is reliability rulemaking docket about required frequency and voltage protection settings for inverter based resources. I believe that this rulemaking will concern NERC's first phase response to FERC Order No. 901.
December 13, 2024 at 10:59 PM
🔌💡The Sunshine Notice for FERC's December Open meeting is out. RM25-3 is reliability rulemaking docket about required frequency and voltage protection settings for inverter based resources. I believe that this rulemaking will concern NERC's first phase response to FERC Order No. 901.
A new report on FERC Order 2222 and DER policy tracking has been released. Besides summarizing latest developments, the report also provides a status of RTO/ISO Order 2222 implementation and a summary of the issues associated with DER data access and privacy. Go to ferc2222.org to access. 🔌💡
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FERC Order 2222 and DER Policy Collaboration Collaborating for Successful DER Implementation in the U.S.A Webinar: Introduction to FERC Order 2222 and DER Policy Tracking Register now Latest Report FE...
ferc2222.org
December 13, 2024 at 10:40 PM
A new report on FERC Order 2222 and DER policy tracking has been released. Besides summarizing latest developments, the report also provides a status of RTO/ISO Order 2222 implementation and a summary of the issues associated with DER data access and privacy. Go to ferc2222.org to access. 🔌💡
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The Maine Governor’s Energy Office invites comments on how the state may best meet its energy system goals, including growth of distributed energy resources. The office is not pursuing a distribution system operator as a means to meet those goals.
Maine will not pursue a distribution system operator to advance distributed resources
The Maine Governor’s Energy Office has invited comments on how the state may best meet its energy system goals, including growth of distributed energy resources. The office is not pursuing a distri…
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November 29, 2024 at 1:09 PM
The Maine Governor’s Energy Office invites comments on how the state may best meet its energy system goals, including growth of distributed energy resources. The office is not pursuing a distribution system operator as a means to meet those goals.
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Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero.
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November 27, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero.
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🔌💡 Available Now! Full text of FERC Order 1920-A: the unanimous, bipartisan decision bolstering the role of States in the long-term transmission planning process.
🧰 We’ve created a home for all things 1920-A here: ferc.gov/news-events/news/ferc-strengthens-order-no-1920-expanded-state-provisions
🧰 We’ve created a home for all things 1920-A here: ferc.gov/news-events/news/ferc-strengthens-order-no-1920-expanded-state-provisions
FERC Strengthens Order No. 1920 with Expanded State Provisions
Order 1920-A | Presentation 1920-A | Chairman Phillips' Statement Concerning Order No. 1920 | Explainer on Order No.
ferc.gov
November 22, 2024 at 2:39 PM
🔌💡 Available Now! Full text of FERC Order 1920-A: the unanimous, bipartisan decision bolstering the role of States in the long-term transmission planning process.
🧰 We’ve created a home for all things 1920-A here: ferc.gov/news-events/news/ferc-strengthens-order-no-1920-expanded-state-provisions
🧰 We’ve created a home for all things 1920-A here: ferc.gov/news-events/news/ferc-strengthens-order-no-1920-expanded-state-provisions
Tried the new Familysearch full text search feature. Amazed at what I found by just checking a few ancestors. Examples include the full record of a petition of insolvency of my GG and court case involving the unruly daughter of one of my 2 GGs. Future plans are to be more systematic.
#genealogy
#genealogy
November 27, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Tried the new Familysearch full text search feature. Amazed at what I found by just checking a few ancestors. Examples include the full record of a petition of insolvency of my GG and court case involving the unruly daughter of one of my 2 GGs. Future plans are to be more systematic.
#genealogy
#genealogy
🔌💡Maryland passed the DRIVE Act this past year, which requires the creation of V2G programs. To implement the Act, the PSC's Interconnection WG drafted the nation's first V2G interconnection regulations. RM87 was created to review the draft regulations and the MD PSC is reviewing them on Dec 11.
November 27, 2024 at 5:26 PM
🔌💡Maryland passed the DRIVE Act this past year, which requires the creation of V2G programs. To implement the Act, the PSC's Interconnection WG drafted the nation's first V2G interconnection regulations. RM87 was created to review the draft regulations and the MD PSC is reviewing them on Dec 11.
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Today's PJM Load Analysis Subcommittee is one of those critically-important stakeholder meeting you likely never heard of. Main takeaway: the speed at which data center-driven load growth is showing up between now and 2030 is intense. www.pjm.com/committees-a... #energysky
November 25, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Today's PJM Load Analysis Subcommittee is one of those critically-important stakeholder meeting you likely never heard of. Main takeaway: the speed at which data center-driven load growth is showing up between now and 2030 is intense. www.pjm.com/committees-a... #energysky
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Utilities have decent data but they mostly aren't using it well. Integrating SCADA, GIS and AMI should not be a $200mm (set on fire by contracting a large vendor) pipe dream. It's only a medium-sized data problem at most.
November 18, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Utilities have decent data but they mostly aren't using it well. Integrating SCADA, GIS and AMI should not be a $200mm (set on fire by contracting a large vendor) pipe dream. It's only a medium-sized data problem at most.
Years researching: About 12
Hobbyist or pro: Hobbyist, but intermediate to advanced skills
Fun fact/Wildest discovery: Nothing amazing or fun, but Samuel F.B. Morse is my 1st cousin 6 times removed.
My niche/s: Colonial New England, Jewish genealogy, genetic genealogy.
#genealogy
Hobbyist or pro: Hobbyist, but intermediate to advanced skills
Fun fact/Wildest discovery: Nothing amazing or fun, but Samuel F.B. Morse is my 1st cousin 6 times removed.
My niche/s: Colonial New England, Jewish genealogy, genetic genealogy.
#genealogy
November 18, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Years researching: About 12
Hobbyist or pro: Hobbyist, but intermediate to advanced skills
Fun fact/Wildest discovery: Nothing amazing or fun, but Samuel F.B. Morse is my 1st cousin 6 times removed.
My niche/s: Colonial New England, Jewish genealogy, genetic genealogy.
#genealogy
Hobbyist or pro: Hobbyist, but intermediate to advanced skills
Fun fact/Wildest discovery: Nothing amazing or fun, but Samuel F.B. Morse is my 1st cousin 6 times removed.
My niche/s: Colonial New England, Jewish genealogy, genetic genealogy.
#genealogy
Announcing two upcoming webinars on Order No. 2222 and DER policy implementation. Please visit ferc2222.org to register -- The November 19 webinar will introduce Order No. 2222, and the December 12 will introduce the ferc2222.org website.
FERC Order 2222 and DER Policy Collaboration
ferc2222.org
November 15, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Announcing two upcoming webinars on Order No. 2222 and DER policy implementation. Please visit ferc2222.org to register -- The November 19 webinar will introduce Order No. 2222, and the December 12 will introduce the ferc2222.org website.
A new website tool for tracking the implementation of FERC Order No. 2222 on DER aggregation and DER policy is now available, and can be found at ferc2222.org. The website includes a database of state and federal developments/proceedings/reports and reports on key implementation issues.
#Energysky
#Energysky
FERC Order 2222 and DER Policy Collaboration
ferc2222.org
November 15, 2024 at 9:47 PM
A new website tool for tracking the implementation of FERC Order No. 2222 on DER aggregation and DER policy is now available, and can be found at ferc2222.org. The website includes a database of state and federal developments/proceedings/reports and reports on key implementation issues.
#Energysky
#Energysky
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Gonna be hard to top this one.
November 14, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Gonna be hard to top this one.