ABSTRACT
This chapter briefly discusses the topics and issues that will be discussed in the remaining Chapters 10–14 of Part II of this book. These topics/issues include: (i) how many MW of new resources will our utility need to add to serve 100% of its GWh energy load by the target year goal, (ii) the trend of photovoltaic (PV) costs and how the firm capacity value of PV declines as more PV MW are added, (iii) battery storage cost projections and how to determine the needed duration of batteries (including the finding that battery durations must increase as more battery MW are added by the utility), (iv) the relative impacts of new federal tax credits introduced in 2022 on the overall utility costs for PV and batteries, (v) why utilities will need to change how they operate both their existing conventional generating units and new resources as more PV MW are added by the utility, and (vi) challenges related to transmission system stability that will need to be addressed as more inverter-based resources (IBRs), such as PV, are added by the utility. The list of topics/issues that will be addressed in Part II of this book also includes a summary of Parts I and II, followed by opinions of the author in a question-and-answer (Q & A) format.
