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- Gas Power Saves Texas from Blackouts, As Wind Power Collapses Again! Tue, 27 Dec 22, 1:00pmWithout that gas power, Texas would have faced a catastrophe.
- ERCOT Renewable Energy: Reality Check Tue, 1 Nov 22, 4:00pmWind and solar are cheaper to build, but not when you take into account the overbuild and storage to fully serve the grid.
- Classical Liberalism and Electricity: An (Unfinished) Exchange with Lynne Kiesling Fri, 19 Aug 22, 3:00pmIt is time for fundamental free-market, classical-liberal reform with electricity.”
- Hey Joe! How’s That “Incredible Transition” Going For Ya? Tue, 12 Jul 22, 7:00amGuest “Incredible Transition” my @$$!” by David Middleton Does he even know what the initials EIA stand for? He wouldn’t sound nearly so moronic if he occasionally checked with the…
- Blackouts… Because Climate Change! Blame Natural Gas! Fri, 20 May 22, 11:00amGuest “They got it bass-ackwards, once again” by David Middleton Electricity operators must wake up to climate change — or brace for summer outagesBY ROMANY M...
- “Negative Electricity Prices and the Production Tax Credit” (2012 warning for Texas went unheeded) Wed, 18 May 22, 7:00pmThe market distortions caused by renewable energy incentives are one of the primary causes I believe of our current resource adequacy issue… [T]his distortion makes it difficult for other generation types to recover their...
- Texas: Wind Fails, Media Blames Natural Gas… Again Sun, 9 Jan 22, 1:00amGuest “Just a bit outside!” by David Middleton Plunging Natural Gas Supply Shows Texas Still Not Ready for ColdBy Gerson Freitas Jr, Francesca Maglione, and Sergio ChapaJanuary 3, 2022, 12:06…
- Could energy efficiency and demand response solve Texas’ energy woes? Thu, 21 Oct 21, 4:17amA new ACEEE report shows how better energy efficiency and demand response programs could give ERCOT 11 GW of flexible demand capacity.
- Investigation into Texas freeze highlights natural gas failures, frequency of cold weather events Fri, 24 Sep 21, 3:32amThe joint report issued by FERC and NERC cited freezing and natural gas fuel supply issues as the two largest causes for the disaster.
- Demand for renewable energy, supply chain pressures send PPA prices higher Tue, 21 Sep 21, 9:13pmWhile wind and solar power purchase agreement prices are trending upward, LevelTen doesn't expect demand to soften.
- ERCOT issues conservation alert… Media blames natural gas Wed, 16 Jun 21, 7:00amGuest “Of course they did” by David Middleton ERCOT = Electric Reliability Council of Texas H/T to David Youatt for this suggested topic. June 14 ERCOT News Release News ReleaseJune…
- Chuck DeVore: Texas’ blackouts – here’s the truth about why they happened and what we have to do next Wed, 3 Mar 21, 1:00pmIt’s important to note that had every Texas generator powered by natural gas, coal, nuclear and hydro operated at full output during the height of the storm’s demand, Texas still would have experienced planned blackouts...
- Texas to boost grid resilience with more wind & solar, according to Clean Technica Tue, 23 Feb 21, 1:00amGuest “I really couldn’t make this sort of schist up if I was trying” by David Middleton Reporting from Ice Mud Station Dallas… The pool is now ice-free for the…
- The Day After Tomorrow: Renewables Fail Edition Thu, 18 Feb 21, 9:00amGuest “The best laid plans of mice and men…” by David Middleton Note: I had originally titled this post, The Day After Tomorrow: ERCOT Fail Edition, and ERCOT did fail.…
- The True Cost of Renewables are Hidden Due to a Lack of Market Transparency Thu, 14 Nov 19, 9:00pmTestifying before Indiana’s 21st Century Energy Task Force, electricity markets expert and regulatory attorney, Mike Nasi, warns Indiana policymakers of the significant indirect costs and risks renewables have placed...