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Corresponding Web Notes: A Renewable / Distributed Grid (pptx / pdf / key)


NOTE:
CITED U.S. GOVERNMENT SOURCES MAY NOW HAVE DISAPPEARED DUE TO THE FOLLOWING
(but my cached copies remain online)

"On December 1, 2025, the US Department of Energy changed the laboratory's name from "National Renewable Energy Laboratory" to "National Laboratory of the Rockies", stating that the new name "reflects laboratory’s expanding mission under the Trump Administration"

National Laboratory of the Rockies, Wikipedia (link / cached copy)

"Disappearing Data: Trump Administration Removing Climate Information from Government Websites"

National Security Archive, George Washington University, February 2025 (link / cached copy)



U.S. Power Grid:

Today's Grid - Global Energy Network Institute - Geni.org (link):

Proposed Interstate Transmission Superhighway - American Wind Energy Association - AEWA.org(link)

Papers cited in web notes or used in their preparation:

DC-DC Converters: A Primer - Jaycar Electronics (link / cached copy)

Advanced Power Electronic Interfaces for Distributed Energy Systems - NREL (link / cached copy)

AEP Interstate Project: Why 765 KV AC? - AEP Corp. (link / cached copy)

Green Power Superhighways - AWEA / SEIA (link / cached copy)

Advanced Power Electronic Interfaces for Distributed Energy Systems, U.S. National Renewable Energy Lab - March 2008 (link / cached copy)

"Snapshot" of media / web discussion:

Utilities strive to fetter solar industry’s growth, Washington Post, March 2015 (link / cached copy)

Utilities take aim at solar roofs, Washington Post, March 2015 (link / cached copy)

Welcome To The Residential Solar Revolution, Forbes Magazine (link / cached copy)

Disruptive Challenges: Financial Implications and Strategic Responses to a Changing Retail Electric Business, Edison Energy Institute ((link / cached copy)