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11Jan

The Grid Crisis is a Certainty

The U.S. electricity grid is undeniably in crisis. As rolling blackouts over Christmas demonstrated, no corner of the country is immune. Regions that were supposed to be safe from power shortfalls found themselves unable to keep the lights on. Tens-of-millions of other ratepayers got the unexpected present of emergency alerts asking them to dial back […]
  • On January 11, 2023
  • electricity grid, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), grid reliability, John Moura, Michael Regan, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Tennessee Valley Authority
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18May

As Natural Gas Prices Soar, a Plea for Energy Pragmatism

In the wake of stunning blackouts in California in August of 2020, California Assemblyman Jim Patterson said, “today we have a grid that is increasingly expensive, unreliable and unavailable when the people of California need it the most.” What Mr. Patterson didn’t know at the time is that his remark would soon describe nearly the […]
  • On May 18, 2022
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch, California, electricity grid, electricity prices, Francisco Blanch, grid reliability, ISO New England, Jim Patterson, natural gas, PJM Interconnection, Politico, polling
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05Apr

Innovation as a Path Forward on Energy and Climate Includes all Fuels

Just when you think the global energy crisis has reached rock bottom, it seems to find new depths. March will go down in the record books as the most expensive month for power prices in European history. And while the acute nature of the current pain stems from Russia’s weaponization of its energy resources, it’s […]
  • On April 5, 2022
  • carbon capture utilization and storage, electricity grid, electricity prices, Ember, energy addition, Europe, Fatih Birol, Germany, innovation, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), International Energy Agency (IEA), renewable energy, Reuters, Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom
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19Jan

Did We Learn Anything from Texas?

On December 30th, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) issued a press release declaring that 322 power generating and transmission facilities had undergone stringent inspections indicating the Texas grid was ready for winter. Implied was that the grid disaster of the previous February, which left hundreds dead and millions without power or heat for […]
  • On January 19, 2022
  • electricity grid, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), fuel security, grid reliability, Jim Robb, National Mining Association (NMA), natural gas, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Rich Nolan, Texas
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17Nov

No One Wants the Grid of Tomorrow in their Backyard

With overwhelming evidence accumulating from Texas and California, New England and Europe, it’s becoming evident that dispatchable fuel diversity and robust capacity reserve margins are essential to navigating the energy transition. Even as real-life challenges abound, these cornerstones of reliability and affordability are disappearing in grids across the U.S. States and utilities continue to dismantle, […]
  • On November 17, 2021
  • Avangrid, Bill McKibben, Dennis Arriola, electricity grid, infrastructure, Janet Mills, Jennifer Granholm, Maine, Sierra Club, Southern Cross, Texas, transmission lines, Vermont
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10Nov

Coal’s Importance is Clearer than Ever

It’s a good thing for American energy consumers that John Kerry doesn’t set domestic energy policy. While he believes the U.S. won’t be using coal by 2030, coal is proving just how essential it remains to the nation’s energy security as well as the reliability and the affordability of our energy supply Not only are […]
  • On November 10, 2021
  • China, electricity grid, electricity prices, Europe, fuel diversity, Helen Thompson, John Kerry, Mark Wolfe, natural gas, New England, Texas, The New York Times, U.S. Energy Information Administration, United Kingdom, University of Cambridge, University of Houston, Wall Street Journal
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15Feb

A Fuel Security Crisis in Texas

The Texas grid is hanging on by a thread. Historic, freezing temperatures are wreaking havoc across the state. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has initiated rolling outages to keep the grid from collapsing. Without a hint of hyperbole, this is a full-blown reliability crisis that appears to be a fuel security crisis. There’s […]
  • On February 15, 2021
  • electricity grid, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), fuel security, grid reliability, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), polar vortex, Texas
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09Sep

Mandating Higher Electricity Rates

It’s no secret that consumers across the country – particularly in the midst of an economic crisis – can’t afford to pay more for electricity. But higher electricity costs are coming as states, utilities and potentially the federal government push increasingly ambitious plans to rapidly move away from baseload power. Duke Energy’s recently announced Integrated […]
  • On September 9, 2020
  • affordability, baseload power, Duke Energy Corporation, electricity grid, Glen Snider, grid reliability, North Carolina, renewable energy
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26Aug

The More Expensive, Less Reliable Solution

In the wake of California’s rolling blackouts, there has been a deluge of explanations, excuses and suggested remedies for what went wrong and what needs to happen to ensure there isn’t a repeat. There are calls for demand response, a nationally integrated super grid, an over-build of renewables and energy storage on an unprecedented scale. […]
  • On August 26, 2020
  • baseload power, blackouts, California, electricity grid, electricity prices, fuel diversity, grid reliability
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19Aug

When Warnings Become Blackouts

This was not part of the plan. In fact, some might wonder if there was a plan. In the midst of a heatwave, California can’t keep the power on. To ensure the grid for the entire Western U.S. doesn’t collapse, California’s grid operator has been forced to cutoff power for millions of people for hours […]
  • On August 19, 2020
  • blackouts, Bloomberg, California, California ISO, E&E News, electricity grid, electrification, Frank Wolak, grid reliability, renewable energy, solar, Stanford University, Steve Berberich, The Mercury News, Wade Schauer, wind, Wood Mackenzie
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Recent electricity grid Posts
  • The Grid Crisis is a Certainty
  • As Natural Gas Prices Soar, a Plea for Energy Pragmatism
  • Innovation as a Path Forward on Energy and Climate Includes all Fuels
  • Did We Learn Anything from Texas?
  • No One Wants the Grid of Tomorrow in their Backyard
  • Coal’s Importance is Clearer than Ever
  • A Fuel Security Crisis in Texas
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