Bagaimana Smart Solar Dapat Melindungi Jaringan Listrik – Beberapa komentator tampaknya khawatir bahwa jaringan listrik kita menghadapi krisis tegangan yang akan datang, mengutip kekhawatiran bahwa energi terbarukan (khususnya panel surya atap) akan mengancam kualitas pasokan listrik kita. Kekhawatiran ini bergantung pada fakta bahwa panel surya dan generator domestik lainnya dapat menaikkan tegangan, berpotensi mempersulit perusahaan jaringan untuk menjaga stabilitas di seluruh jaringan. Namun yang kurang dipahami (dan jauh lebih jarang dilaporkan) adalah potensi besar generasi lokal untuk b ..read more

Inilah Penjelasan Percikan Kecil Listrik Statis – Listrik statis adalah bagian dari kehidupan sehari-hari. Itu ada di sekitar kita, terkadang lucu dan kentara, seperti membuat rambut Anda berdiri, terkadang tersembunyi dan berguna, seperti saat dimanfaatkan oleh elektronik di ponsel Anda. Bulan-bulan musim dingin yang kering adalah musim yang tinggi untuk gangguan listrik statis yang mengganggu pelepasan listrik seperti kilatan petir kecil setiap kali Anda menyentuh kenop pintu atau selimut hangat yang baru keluar dari pengering pakaian. Listrik statis adalah salah satu fenomena ilmiah tertua ..read more

Merancang Baterai Agar Lebih Mudah Didaur Ulang – Ketika kekhawatiran meningkat atas dampak perubahan iklim, banyak ahli menyerukan penggunaan listrik yang lebih besar sebagai pengganti bahan bakar fosil. Didukung oleh kemajuan teknologi baterai, jumlah kendaraan hybrid dan listrik plug-in di jalan-jalan AS meningkat. Dan utilitas menghasilkan bagian yang semakin besar dari daya mereka dari bahan bakar terbarukan, didukung oleh sistem penyimpanan baterai skala besar. Tren ini, ditambah dengan peningkatan volume ponsel, jam tangan, laptop, perangkat yang dapa ..read more

The Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday morning dismissing the Texas Democratic Party’s partisan gerrymandering claim for want of jurisdiction.The State of Texas had argued in pleadings that the district court’s dismissal of the TDP’s partisan gerrymandering claims did not amount to the granting or denial of an injunction and, therefore, that the ruling did not fall into the class of orders appealable under 28 U.S.C. § 1253. Alternatively, the state argued that if the ruling could somehow be construed as a denial of injunctive relief, the appeal was untimely under 28 U.S.C. § 2101(b) which r ..read more

On January 12, the Supreme Court agreed to hear appeals by the State of Texas seeking reverse rulings finding that Texas’ congressional and state house plans intentionally discriminated against minorities and violated the Voting Rights Act.The high court did not take action on appeals filed the Quesada plaintiffs that the district court seeking to revive partisan gerrymandering claims dismissed by the district court.The Supreme Court is expected to hear the Texas appeals in April and issue an opinion in late June.A key fight in the appeals will over whether Texas intentionally discriminated in ..read more

In one-line orders today (here and here), the Supreme Court rejected a request by plaintiffs in the Texas redistricting case that the Supreme Court expedite appeals by the State of Texas.The plaintiffs’ requests would have sped up the cases by having the parties forgo the filing of jurisdiction statements (essentially skipping one step in the process) and setting an expedited briefing schedule. This would have allowed the high court to consider whether to take the cases at its January 5, 2018 conference. The denial of the plaintiffs’ requests means that Texas will have until October 17 and 27 ..read more

Yesterday, the Supreme Court stayed the redrawing of Texas’ congressional and state house maps pending appeal. So what happens next? First thing is that the appeals move forward. Texas has 60 days from the time the appeals were docketed (August 18 for the congressional appeal and August 28 for the state house appeal) to file a jurisdictional statement with the Supreme Court that tells the court why it has the jurisdiction to hear and decide the appeals. The state could file early, but let’s assume (not illogically) that it takes its full time - that means the initial filings in the appeals wou ..read more

While we wait to hear from the Supreme Court about whether remedial hearings will go forward, the plaintiffs have released a number of proposed remedial congressional maps. If you want to have a look, here they are:Plan C307 (Rodriguez/Perez/LULAC plaintiffs)Plan C308 (MALC)Plan C309 (MALC)Plan C310 (LULAC ..read more

The three-judge panel in the Texas redistricting case issued an opinion this afternoon finding that the 2013 Texas state house plan (Plan H358) violated the Constitution and Voting Rights Act and directing that portions of the map in Dallas, Tarrant, Nueces & Bell counties be redrawn. In an important finding that could result in Texas being placed back under preclearance coverage, the court also ruled that Texas had “purposefully maintained the intentional discrimination contained in Plan H283.”The court’s decision gave the State of Texas three business days (until August 29) to advise the ..read more

This afternoon, the State of Texas asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review Tuesday’s ruling on the 2013 congressional plan (Plan C235). Separately, the state also asked the three-judge panel to stay any remedial proceedings pending the appeal, a request that panel rejected a short while ago without waiting for a response from the plaintiffs.In its appeal filing, Texas said that Tuesday’s ruling was appealable because it had the “practical effect” of enjoining the state from using the 2013 map. The panel’s order denying the stay appeared to take issue with that conclusion, noting that “[a]lthoug ..read more