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Ascend’s PowerSIMM and IRP Expertise to Enable Flexible Optimization of Supply and Risk Management as Load Growth Increases.

Elevate Renewables just acquired a major energy storage project near Virginia’s ​“Data Center Alley” and plans to get it running by this summer.

New England ISO is restructuring its capacity auction to deal with forecast uncertainty. For PJM, the path forward is less clear.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with CEO of optimization platform provider Ascend Analytics, Dr. Gary Dorris, PhD, about navigating ERCOT’s revenue opportunities and the implementation of RTC+B.

Ascend’s ERCOT Market Report Release 5.3 describes ERCOT’s revenues as a ‘roller coaster’, but highlights this as a feature, not a bug of its design.

Lone Star State's upcoming real time clearing of grid services aims will offer opportunities for solar and wind with storage.

The "massive wealth transfer" PJM's market monitor is warning of is actually just the cost of new generation.

The $9 billion loan program has become largely ineffective in spurring new energy projects.

Gas power M&A valuations have doubled since 2024, but new generation remains a risky investment, analysts say.

When companies want to build large energy projects like solar farms, wind farms, or natural gas plants, they need to understand a few key things: how much money they can make from selling the electricity, and how to finance the project.

The resources should be online in 2028 at the earliest and no later than the end of 2031, the utility said in a draft request for proposals.

ANAHEIM, California, September 25, 2025: Ascend Analytics (“Ascend”), the leading provider of market intelligence and analytics solutions for the power industry, today announced that The City of Anaheim (“Anaheim”) has issued a Request for Proposals (“RFP”) for one or...

Georgia Power has announced the open comment period for its 2025 Request for Proposals (RFP) for Energy Storage System (ESS) resources.

BOULDER, Colorado, August 12, 2025: Ascend Analytics (“Ascend”), the leading provider of market intelligence and analytics solutions for the power industry, today announced that it has teamed with Tenaska Power Services Co. (“TPS”), a leading power marketer and energy...

Optimisation platform provider Ascend Analytics and EPC firm SolarMax Technologies have announced battery storage projects by clients and partners in Texas’ ERCOT market.

OAKLAND​, ​​​California​, August 5th, 2025: Adapture Renewables, Inc. (“Adapture”), a utility-scale solar and energy storage project developer, owner and operator​,​ ​​today announced ​the ​commercial operation of two battery energy storage system (“BESS”) projects in ​​​Texas...

BOULDER, Colorado, June 25th, 2025: Ascend Analytics (“Ascend”), the leading provider of market intelligence and analytics solutions for the power industry, today announced that, following a rigorous competitive process Tokyo Gas America Ltd., (“TGA”) has begun operating...

According to Dr. Brent Nelson, PhD, Managing Director of Markets and Strategy at energy software and consulting group Ascend Analytics, ERCOT's load growth over the remainder of the decade is 'unrealistic and impossible'.

‍BOULDER, Colorado, May 28, 2025: Ascend Analytics (“Ascend”), the leading provider of market intelligence and analytics solutions for the energy supply, announced the publication of its new ERCOT Market Report, Release 5.2.

A new report by Ascend Analytics found that ERCOT's forecasts are unrealistic and unlikely to be met.

Los Angeles, California, May 20, 2025: Clean Power Alliance of Southern California (CPA), the fourth largest energy provider and largest Community Choice Aggregator in California, announces a request for offers to meet its energy portfolio needs and California Public Utilities...

Domestic battery manufacturing and deployments have been growing fast - but Trump's tariff wars and looming budget cuts threaten to derail progress.

Data center load growth has tripled over the past decade, with a sharp increase over the past few years, and the U.S. Department of Energy expects it to double again by 2028. Meeting this load growth is going to be a challenge. Here are a few things to consider when companies are evaluating whether to build new data centers in your community.

Dr. Gary Dorris, Ascend Analytics CEO, is the guest on the Norton Rose Fulbright podcast, Currents, discussing the economic dynamics of energy supply in today's environment. Gary and host Todd Alexander cover the complexities of predicting power prices due to the increasing influence of renewables & storage, the importance of advanced computing & machine learning...

Ascend Analytics (“Ascend”), the leading provider of market intelligence and analytics solutions for the energy supply, announced that it has launched a sales process on behalf of ESA Solar...

Central Coast Community Energy (3CE), a community choice aggregator (CCA) in CAISO, announces a request for proposals to meet its Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)...

Ascend Analytics (“Ascend”) today announced the launch of PowerVAL, its next generation product for providing developers, investors & utilities with energy project valuation across all generation assets & geographies.

Ascend Analytics (“Ascend”), the leading provider of market intelligence and analytics solutions for the energy transition, today announced that it has launched a sales process on behalf of ESA Solar Energy, LLC (“ESA Solar”) for its MISO battery energy storage system (BESS) portfolio.

BOULDER, Colorado, June 6, 2024: Ascend Analytics announces its latest release of the industry-leading asset valuation platform, BatterySIMM.

TURLOCK, California, June 4, 2024: Turlock Irrigation District (TID), a publicly owned irrigation district, announces a request for proposals to meet its California Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) and reliability goals.

BOULDER, Colorado, May 16, 2024: Ascend Analytics announces the release of its CAISO Market Forecast and Report 5.1.

Ascend Analytics Market Intelligence (Ascend MI) announces its 4.2 release of the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Market Report and Price Forecast.

The California Independent System Operator had an unusual year in 2023, with conditions and market fundamentals shifting as load keeps growing and state mandates for load-serving entities to procure more renewables continue to be hampered by increased costs and significant interconnection delays.

Central Coast Community Energy (3CE), a community choice aggregator (CCA) in CAISO, announces a request for proposals to meet its Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) and reliability goals.

Former Ormat Technologies executive and former CEO of Sunflower Sustainable Investments Ram (Rahm) Orenstein joins Ascend Analytics as Managing Director of its Ascend Energy Exchange™ (AEX).

Energy transition software and consulting business Ascend Analytics has closed a second insurance deal that guarantees a minimum level of revenue for energy storage projects in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market.

Solar power purchase agreement prices rose on average 3% in the final three months of 2023 but overall PPA prices will likely remain on a long-term, downward trend, according to Ascend Analytics. Read the fully story published in Utility Dive.

A combination of more renewable energy resources, coal-fired power plant retirements, and continuing load growth in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) market should offer strong opportunities for energy storage developers over the next two years and beyond.

A prominent Northern California CCA has selected the Ascend Analytics SmartBidder™ platform to optimize live bidding strategies for its fully operational Daggett 3 Solar+Storage Project near Daggett, California.

New Energy Risk (“NER”) and Ascend Analytics, LLC (“Ascend”) have announced the closing of an industry-first energy storage insurance policy providing coverage for the performance of Ascend’s battery storage forecasting and bidding optimization platform.

Wellhead Energy, LLC (Wellhead) selected the Ascend Analytics SmartBidder™ platform to optimize live bidding operations for the Stanton Battery Energy Storage (SBES) project, a 68.8 MW / 275.2 MWh battery located in Stanton, California.

A pair of reports by independent consultants both conclude that the Nebraska Public Power District could eliminate most of its carbon emissions without having to spend significantly more than it would otherwise for power.