Investors First, Ratepayers Second

New natural gas power plants are being added to the electricity grid at a remarkable speed and scale. And while it’s been fashionable to believe the overwhelming impetus for this building spree has been cheap natural gas that could potentially save consumers money, while also reducing emissions, that line of thinking now has nearly as […]

On December 13, 2019
electricity grid, emissions, Global Carbon Project, market system, natural gas, S&P Global Market Intelligence, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

10Apr

When the Market is the Problem

“Allow the market to work” has been the catchphrase rebuttal to any suggestion that the accelerating loss of baseload, fuel-secure power plants threatens grid reliability. Renewable and natural gas advocates have sung it from the rooftops like a lost verse of “Baby Shark.” What their dismissal assumes – what their unshakeable faith in the market […]

On April 10, 2019
Duke Energy Corporation, electricity grid, energy security, Exelon Corporation, FirstEnergy Corporation, grid reliability, ISO New England, market system, PJM Interconnection, Public Service Enterprise Group, Rick Perry