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22Jan

Hitting the Ground Running

On his first day in office, President Trump declared an energy emergency and followed it with a flurry of executive orders and appointments to refocus the nation’s energy policy. That focus is shifting to the twin crises of rapidly eroding grid reliability and spiking costs for consumers—and not a moment too soon. Just this week, […]
  • On January 22, 2025
  • Donald Trump, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, Mark Christie, National Mining Association (NMA), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), PJM Interconnection, polling
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15Jan

Britain Reaps What It Sows

Who could have possibly seen this coming? After celebrating the closure of its last coal plant in 2024 with royal fanfare, Britain is finding itself woefully short of power this winter and facing crushing energy costs. Just last week, the British grid came perilously close to rolling blackouts as demand came within inches of eclipsing […]
  • On January 15, 2025
  • electricity prices, grid reliability, United Kingdom, wind power
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08Jan

Beginning the Year in Crisis

While Americans rang in the new year with “auld lang syne,” the electricity grid regulators at the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) were singing a very different tune: another winter grid crisis is here. On New Year’s Eve Jim Robb, NERC’s president and CEO, took to YouTube with a strong warning to the power […]
  • On January 8, 2025
  • Eastern Interconnection, fuel security, Jim Robb, natural gas, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), winter storm
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30Dec

2024 in Review

Happy almost new year! Before we turn the page on 2024, it’s worth looking back on the stories and major developments that shaped – even reshaped – the energy landscape over the past 12 months. Years of warnings about rapidly eroding grid reliability collided with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA’s) regulatory agenda and the […]
  • On December 30, 2024
  • ABC News, Biden Administration, Bloomberg, California, CBS News, CPP 2.0, Donald Trump, electricity prices, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, Grid Strategies, International Energy Agency (IEA), Javier Blas, Jim Robb, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), National Mining Association (NMA), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), PJM Interconnection, Rich Nolan, Southwest Power Pool (SPP), The New York Times, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal
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18Dec

NERC’s Christmas Present: Majority of the Nation Faces Blackout Risks

This should be the nail in the coffin of the Biden administration’s unworkable and downright dangerous regulatory policy undermining the nation’s power supply. According to new analysis from the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC), more than half of the nation faces blackout risks over the next decade due to capacity shortfalls. While these findings […]
  • On December 18, 2024
  • dunkelflaute, E&E News, electricity prices, Financial Times, Germany, grid reliability, Mark Olson, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), National Mining Association (NMA), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Norway, Peter Behr, Rich Nolan, Robert Habeck, Terje Aasland, Trump administration
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11Dec

Power Demand Growth Gets Another Enormous Upward Revision

As we approach the end of the 2024, it is fitting that electricity demand growth has gotten another huge upward revision. According to new analysis from Grid Strategies, a leading power sector consulting firm, U.S. electricity demand could jump an astonishing 128 gigawatts (GW) over just the next five years driven largely by the data […]
  • On December 11, 2024
  • Biden Administration, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), grid reliability, Grid Strategies, Jim Robb, McKinsey, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), PJM Interconnection
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04Dec

Europe’s Masterclass on What Not to Do

The trajectory for the nation’s electricity supply is alarming. Reserve margins are rapidly eroding, power demand is soaring and the price of electricity has jumped nearly 30% since 2019. With the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency keeping its boot on the neck of the power sector and the Department of the Interior deciding in the 11th hour […]
  • On December 4, 2024
  • Bloomberg, Department of Interior (DOI), dunkelflaute, electricity prices, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Europe, European Union, Germany, Javier Blas, United Kingdom, wind, wind power
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20Nov

NERC Warns of Power Shortfalls During Bitter Cold this Winter

Winter is here. The first snow of the season is expected across parts of the Midwest, Northeast, Great Lakes and even into the Southeast later this week. At elevation, a foot or more of snow could be coming. In the Northwest, a “bomb cyclone” storm is forming offshore with the potential to have the intensity […]
  • On November 20, 2024
  • Mark Olson, natural gas, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), PJM Interconnection, Texas, Willie Phillips, winter, winter storm
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13Nov

Pumping the Brakes on Coal Plant RetirementS

In the wake of the election, with a major pivot on energy and regulatory policy coming in January, utilities are already publicly announcing they’re likely to postpone, or scrap altogether, plans to close coal plants. Utilities desperately need existing capacity as reserve margins shrink and power demand soars. Southern Company Chief Executive Officer Chris Womack […]
  • On November 13, 2024
  • Bloomberg, Brian Savoy, Chris Womack, Douglas Giuffre, Duke Energy Corporation, FirstEnergy Corporation, plant retirements, S&P Global, Southern Company
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07Nov

Electricity Inflation at the Ballot Box

Donald Trump’s decisive win in the presidential election appears to have been fueled by broad discontent with the economy and notably inflation. ABC News preliminary exit poll results found that more than two-thirds of voters said the economy is in bad shape and the share of people who said they are worse off under the […]
  • On November 7, 2024
  • ABC News, CBS News, Donald Trump, electricity prices, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), inflation, National Mining Association (NMA), polling, S&P Global, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
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