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27Sep

A Transition to Deindustrialization?

The European energy crisis is not over. The fear of natural gas rationing may have abated but the costs of Europe’s energy policy missteps continue to reverberate. There has been so much energy demand destruction in Europe from high energy prices that European economies are barely keeping their heads above water. In fact, for some, […]
  • On September 27, 2023
  • Bloomberg, deindustrialization, economy, Europe, European Union, German Industry Federation, Germany, grid reliability, International Monetary Fund, Javier Blas, Russia, Siegfried Russwurm
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15Sep

Walking the Reliability Tightrope

Just last week, the Texas grid narrowly avoided blackouts as the state’s grid operator, ERCOT, instituted emergency operating conditions. It was the latest sign that as power demand soars, operators are walking a tightrope to manage grids ever-more dependent on variable sources of power, policy-constrained supplies of thermal generation and inadequate infrastructure. As E&E News […]
  • On September 15, 2023
  • Congress, E&E News, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), GRID Act, grid reliability, Jim Robb, Manu Asthana, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), PJM Interconnection, Texas, Woody Rickerson
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30Aug

The Energy Policy Torpedo

The nation’s grid reliability watchdog added an alarming new dimension to its regular warnings over the eroding state of the nation’s grid reliability. For the first time, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is warning that energy policy now directly threatens reliability. In the latest edition of NERC’s Reliability Risk Priorities Report, the authors […]
  • On August 30, 2023
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, James Danly, Jim Robb, Manu Asthana, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), PJM Interconnection
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23Aug

We’re Still Not Talking Enough About Power Demand

Electricity demand records are falling daily. In Texas, the state’s grid operator has reported 10 new all-time highs in demand this summer with another new peak expected this week. In the Southwest Power Pool, which runs the grid in parts of 15 states, power demand hit an all-time high on Monday. And the operator that […]
  • On August 23, 2023
  • Deep Jariwala, Elon Musk, grid reliability, National Renewable Energy Lab, NYISO, PG&E, power demand, Southwest Power Pool (SPP), Texas, Wall Street Journal
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16Aug

EPA’s UnINiformed Decisions

Who exactly did the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) consult about grid reliability when constructing its so-called Clean Power Plan 2.0? Formal comments on the rule have made it rather clear who EPA didn’t consult: the very folks tasked with keeping the lights on have made it abundantly clear the rule is a grave danger […]
  • On August 16, 2023
  • Clean Power Plan 2.0, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), James Danly, Jim Robb, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
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09Aug

Unworkable and Unlawful

With the U.S. power grid hanging on by a thread, and coal and natural gas plants working overtime to meet soaring power demand this summer, all eyes are on the fate of the so-called Clean Power Plan 2.0 and the threat posed by the rule to the nation’s grid reliability. Last week, 39 senators wrote […]
  • On August 9, 2023
  • Clean Air Act, clean power plan, Edison Electric Institute, electricity grid, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), grid reliability, Michael Regan, National Mining Association (NMA), National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
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25Jul

U.S. Miners Make American Life Possible

As the U.S. labor market cools and employment gains slow, the mining industry continues to provide extraordinary career opportunities about which most Americans know very little. When asked to describe a day in the life of a miner, most think of pickaxes and canaries instead of the remotely-operated machinery, artificial intelligence and other innovations that […]
  • On July 25, 2023
  • affordability, coal, electric vehicles, electricity grid, employment, energy, energy transition, grid reliability, infrastructure, metallurgical coal, mining, renewable energy, solar power, steel, technology, transmission lines, transportation infrastructure, wind power
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12Jul

China Doubles down on Renewables and Coal

What can the U.S. learn from China in managing the energy transition? More than you might think. China is charting its own course that is a clear rejection of the West’s emissions reduction first, grid reliability last approach. China has watched Europe’s energy crisis, along with our unfolding grid reliability crisis, and seen enough of the challenges […]
  • On July 12, 2023
  • Bloomberg, China, energy addition, energy transition, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, Jim Robb, Mark Christie, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), solar, wind, Xi Jinping
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14Jun

Not Going as Planned

The New York Times almost figured it out. In “Why the U.S. Electric Grid Isn’t Ready for the Energy Transition,” The Times explores a litany of challenges to making the transition to a renewable-dominated electricity system. Yet, in reporting the story, The Times is silent on the most inconvenient truth: despite acknowledging that the grid […]
  • On June 14, 2023
  • Clean Power Association, electricity grid, energy transition, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, Jim Robb, Joe Biden, Mark Christie, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), The New York Times, transmission lines
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07Jun

Congress Zeroes in on EPA’s Grid Reliability Crisis

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is supposed to consider grid reliability in its rulemakings on the nation’s power plants. But, as a recent series of Congressional hearings on the deteriorating state of the nation’s grid reliability have made abundantly clear, not only is EPA not serious about grid reliability, it’s driving the crisis. Last […]
  • On June 7, 2023
  • Associated Electric Cooperative Inc., Buckeye Power, carbon capture utilization and storage, David Tudor, Electric Power Supply Association, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, Jackson Walker LLP, Jim Robb, Joe Manchin, John Barrasso, Manu Asthana, Michael Nasi, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives, Patrick O'Loughlin, PJM Interconnection, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Spur Permitting of Underdeveloped Resources (SPUR), Todd Snitchler
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  • The Energy Policy Torpedo
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  • Unworkable and Unlawful
  • U.S. Miners Make American Life Possible
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