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10Jan

The Jig is Up

When is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) going to face the facts on the unworkable technology mandates in its so-called Clean Power Plan 2.0? Just this week, prominent Senate Democrats Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Mark Kelly of Arizona, Jon Tester of […]
  • On January 10, 2024
  • carbon capture utilization and storage, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), grid reliability, Jennifer Wilcox, Joe Manchin, Jon Tester, Kyrsten Sinema, Mark Kelly, Politico, Sherrod Brown
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03Jan

A Critical Year for Grid Reliability

As energy transition policy enters a pivotal year, the challenges of maintaining a reliable and affordable supply of electricity are coming into sharper focus. The era of lab modelling is coming to an end as on-the-ground, real-life curveballs have proven how difficult and unpredictable a transition from baseload – or “always on” – power to […]
  • On January 3, 2024
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Europe, Germany, grid reliability, Lanny Nickell, Southwest Power Pool (SPP), wind power
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27Dec

2023 in Review

The year is coming to a close but, before the ball drops and we ring in 2024, it’s worth looking back on the energy stories and themes that shaped 2023 and coal’s role in them. Globally, coal demand hit an all-time high while at home – despite ever-louder warnings about imploding grid reliability – the […]
  • On December 27, 2023
  • China, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), James Danly, Joe Manchin, Mark Christie, National Mining Association (NMA), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Rich Nolan, Willie Phillips
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20Dec

Doomed from the Start

There’s no question that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) power plant agenda – designed to prematurely retire coal power plants – is going to imperil U.S. grid reliability. And this blog has outlined how EPA’s proposals have exceeded the agency’s legal authority under the Clean Air Act. Looking at the facts, this blog has politely […]
  • On December 20, 2023
  • Clean Air Act, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), grid reliability, John Barrasso, Shelley Moore Capito
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13Dec

A System on the Brink

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) latest long-term reliability assessment is clear: the bulk power system is in crisis and the energy transition is being woefully mismanaged. The report reveals surging electricity demand, potential supply shortfalls under both extreme weather conditions and normal operating conditions, as well as alarming peak capacity deficits in grids […]
  • On December 13, 2023
  • Arizona Public Service, energy transition, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), grid reliability, Grid Strategies, National Mining Association (NMA), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), NYISO, PG&E, Politico, Rich Nolan
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06Dec

Is China Winning the Energy Transition Too?

As the U.S. digs an ever-deeper grid reliability hole for itself as we fumble the energy transition, it’s worth asking is there another approach? The China playbook, which has given them a strategic global advantage in so many areas, may once again be years ahead of the rest of the world.  While much has been […]
  • On December 6, 2023
  • China, COP28, energy transition, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), grid reliability
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29Nov

The Power Demand Surge

There is a quiet revolution upending the trajectory of our energy future. For all the extraordinary challenges inherent with trying to stand up a renewable-dominant energy mix nearly overnight, perhaps none is beginning to loom as large as the breakneck speed electricity demand is growing all over the country. Speculation about the impact that electrification, […]
  • On November 29, 2023
  • Coal Hard Truth, Dominion Energy, Electric Power Research Institute, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), electrification, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Georgia Power, grid reliability, Politico, Virginia, Wall Street Journal
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15Nov

With All Alarms Sounding, EPA Has Few Answers and Less Planning

In the hours before the regulators at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) sat down with stakeholders from across the country to discuss the nation’s deteriorating grid reliability, the urgency of the gathering was underscored by a new and deeply unsettling winter reliability assessment. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) found in its most […]
  • On November 15, 2023
  • Anthony Campbell, Clean Power Plan 2.0, East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, James Danly, John Barrasso, Joseph Goffman, Mark Christie, Mike Bryson, National Mining Association (NMA), National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), PJM Interconnection, Rich Nolan, Shelley Moore Capito
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08Nov

Will FERC Hold EPA to Account?

This Thursday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is holding its annual technical conference on grid reliability. Of particular interest is the attention FERC and its expert witnesses will give to examining the impact the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) so-called Clean Power Plan 2.0 will have on reliability. FERC is digging into reliability at […]
  • On November 8, 2023
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, James Danly, National Mining Association (NMA), PJM Interconnection, Rich Nolan, Willie Phillips
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24Oct

Congress Can Act on Grid Reliability

Months of congressional hearings have led to a crescendo of concern over grid reliability and the danger posed by the Biden administration’s regulatory agenda. With eye-opening testimony coming from utilities, co-ops, grid operators and reliability regulators, Congress now has a deeply important opportunity to take action. Today, the House Energy, Climate & Grid Security Subcommittee […]
  • On October 24, 2023
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), GRID Act, grid reliability, James Danly, Jeff Duncan, Jim Robb, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
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