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Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)

08Feb

The Country Needs Coal Too Mr. President

Call it an admission of pragmatism. While talking to the nation’s energy future last night during the State of the Union address, President Biden went off script and admitted that “we’re still going to need oil and gas for a while.” It was a statement of fact even if it made climate hawks grimace. What […]
  • On February 8, 2023
  • California, electricity prices, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Gavin Newsom, Joe Biden, Michael Regan, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), natural gas, New England, Politico, Public Citizen, The Hill, Tyson Slocum
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18Jan

The U.S. Grid is Running on Empty

As we’re coming to learn, the bitter cold that forced rolling outages in parts of the Carolinas and Tennessee over Christmas also pushed neighboring grids right to the very edge. While the lights didn’t go out on the PJM, MISO and ERCOT grids, grid operators were at times left scrambling. And now, after-action reports are […]
  • On January 18, 2023
  • Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), grid reliability, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), natural gas, PJM Interconnection, Texas
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06Jul

Coal Remains Globally Essential

Perhaps The Economist announcing an “end to coal” last year was just a bit premature. As The Wall Street Journal just reported, from Asia to Europe and the U.S., coal is once again having a moment. Energy shortages, rediscovery of the importance of energy security and energy-driven inflation are all driving a new, voracious appetite […]
  • On July 6, 2022
  • Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), grid reliability, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), PJM Interconnection, The Economist, Wall Street Journal
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22Jun

Voters Want Action on Grid Reliability

Americans are deeply concerned about the reliability of the nation’s power grid and the affordability of their electricity supply. They’re so concerned, even frustrated, with warnings over the potential for rolling blackouts – or worse – they now want government action to fix the problem. According to national polling from Morning Consult, nearly 8 in […]
  • On June 22, 2022
  • Alexander Bethe, electricity prices, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), German Association of Coal Importers, Germany, grid reliability, John Bear, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), Morning Consult, National Mining Association (NMA), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), polling, Rich Nolan, Robert Habeck, Texas
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15Jun

The Nation Braces for Blackouts

Warnings of blackouts this summer are quickly becoming a dangerous reality for much of the country In the Midwest, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), which manages the region’s grid, issued a warning of tight capacity conditions on June 13 as the grid struggles to keep up with soaring demand from a heatwave. Utilities were […]
  • On June 15, 2022
  • baseload power, blackouts, California, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Europe, grid reliability, Michael Regan, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), Texas, Utilities District of Western Indiana (UDWI)
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01Jun

Facing Grid Unreliability Reality

Summer heat has arrived and for too many families there’s deep concern over whether they can afford to stay cool or whether the grid is going to hold up when they need it most. With natural gas prices nearly three times what they were last year, electricity prices soaring and startling warnings about eroding grid […]
  • On June 1, 2022
  • electricity prices, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, James Danly, Jim Robb, John Bear, John Moura, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Politico, renewable energy
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11May

The Transition to Crisis

The grid reliability crisis continues to deepen and spread. Warnings about capacity shortfalls and blackouts are so frequent and ubiquitous they are as regular as a utility bill. Just this week, The Wall Street Journal found that, “from California to Texas to Indiana, electric-grid operators are warning that power-generating capacity is struggling to keep up with […]
  • On May 11, 2022
  • Brad Jones, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), grid reliability, John Bear, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), PJM Interconnection, renewable energy, Texas, Wall Street Journal
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27Apr

The Grid Reliability Crisis Spreads to the Midwest

Just a few months ago, the North American Electricity Reliability Corporation (NERC) warned that capacity retirements and the rapid remaking of the grid will pose tremendous challenges to reliability over the next decade. It was a warning coming on the heels of the grid catastrophe in Texas and startling blackouts in California that some tried […]
  • On April 27, 2022
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, James Danly, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
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23Mar

Dismantling Grid Reliability One Rulemaking at a Time

When Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Michael Regan recently boasted that he doesn’t have to rely on any one policy or rulemaking to achieve his agenda, he turned more than a few heads. He signaled his intent to race forward on a zealous and wide-ranging regulatory program regardless of unsettled questions about EPA’s authority to […]
  • On March 23, 2022
  • coal combustion residuals (CCR), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), grid reliability, Michael Regan, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
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23Feb

The Reliability Crisis Reaches a New Gear

A new consensus is building that electricity grid reliability problems are in fact very real and very serious. That may not be news to anyone who has been paying attention. There have been countless warnings that something is very wrong but, for years, many of the warnings and some of the loudest voices making them […]
  • On February 23, 2022
  • California, California ISO, Cheryl LaFleur, Curt Morgan, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), energy transition, grid reliability, ISO New England, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), National Mining Association (NMA), New England, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), NYISO, Rich Nolan, Texas, transmission lines, Vistra Corp., Wall Street Journal
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Recent Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) Posts
  • The Country Needs Coal Too Mr. President
  • The U.S. Grid is Running on Empty
  • Coal Remains Globally Essential
  • Voters Want Action on Grid Reliability
  • The Nation Braces for Blackouts
  • Facing Grid Unreliability Reality
  • The Transition to Crisis
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