To meet clean energy goals, the West Coast will need to produce, store and share more power

Demand for electricity is expected to increase exponentially in the next few years. At the same time, West Coast states are trying to reach clean energy targets. According to Pope, it helped them get through that peak event. PGE's graph shows that power drifted back up over the rest of the evening, but every little bit helped — and it proved that at least some customers will respond to these kinds of requests. "And it does its job. It dispatches the least-cost resource when it's needed the most," Hughes explained....