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08Jan

Beginning the Year in Crisis

While Americans rang in the new year with “auld lang syne,” the electricity grid regulators at the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) were singing a very different tune: another winter grid crisis is here. On New Year’s Eve Jim Robb, NERC’s president and CEO, took to YouTube with a strong warning to the power […]
  • On January 8, 2025
  • Eastern Interconnection, fuel security, Jim Robb, natural gas, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), winter storm
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20Nov

NERC Warns of Power Shortfalls During Bitter Cold this Winter

Winter is here. The first snow of the season is expected across parts of the Midwest, Northeast, Great Lakes and even into the Southeast later this week. At elevation, a foot or more of snow could be coming. In the Northwest, a “bomb cyclone” storm is forming offshore with the potential to have the intensity […]
  • On November 20, 2024
  • Mark Olson, natural gas, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), PJM Interconnection, Texas, Willie Phillips, winter, winter storm
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01Mar

EPA Misses the Point on Grid Reliability

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has picked a winner in the energy markets and, in doing so, the American people will undoubtedly be the losers. Yesterday, the news broke that existing natural gas power plants will be exempted from the so-called Clean Power Plan 2.0. While EPA claims that a new comprehensive rule on […]
  • On March 1, 2024
  • Clean Power Plan 2.0, E&E News, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, Jim Robb, natural gas, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), PJM Interconnection, Willie Phillips, winter storm
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28Feb

During Bitter Cold Coal Comes to the Rescue Again

When the polar vortex slammed much of the country in January, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) member Mark Christie spoke up about the irreplaceable role dispatchable capacity, namely coal and gas, played in keeping the lights and heat on when power demand peaked. Now, a new report from Energy Ventures Analysis (EVA) goes deeper into […]
  • On February 28, 2024
  • America's Power, Energy Ventures Analysis (EVA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, Mark Christie, winter storm
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17Jan

The Next Winter Grid Disaster

If the lights went out for millions of Americans on a frigid day would there be much surprise? There would be shock – and there would be plenty of finger pointing – but “surprise” is a word that might be tellingly missing. In fact, some major regional grid operators might be more likely to be […]
  • On January 17, 2024
  • Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), grid reliability, PJM Interconnection, winter storm
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01Nov

The Next Winter Reliability Crisis is Almost Here

It may have been a balmy 80 degrees in the nation’s capital this week but make no mistake, winter is coming and with it ever-greater concern about the perilous state of the nation’s electricity grid. For all the white knuckling from grid operators during summer months, when heat waves and record demand stressed power supply […]
  • On November 1, 2023
  • blackouts, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), James Danly, Jim Robb, Mark Christie, natural gas, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Texas, Willie Phillips, winter, winter storm
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04Oct

The Gas Reliability Gap

The U.S. has a natural gas problem. While regulatory pressure continues to place an ever-greater burden on the gas fleet and gas infrastructure to provide dispatchable power when it’s needed most, the gas system is again and again showing it’s simply not up to the challenge. The latest alarming example comes from the after-action report […]
  • On October 4, 2023
  • Consolidated Edison, E&E News, Eastern Interconnection, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, natural gas, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), PJM Interconnection, Willie Phillips, winter storm
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  • EPA Misses the Point on Grid Reliability
  • During Bitter Cold Coal Comes to the Rescue Again
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  • The Next Winter Reliability Crisis is Almost Here
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