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- Electric Transmission Buildout Could Cost Americans Trillions of Dollars Sat, 16 Mar 24, 8:00pmAt a time when inflation is making its tougher from families and businesses to thrive, imposing additional costs for transmission buildouts for special interests makes little sense.
- Column: Net Zero 2050? That’s Nothing – Hold My Beer Thu, 18 May 23, 11:00pmChaining ourselves to arbitrary deadlines that are not even understood will bring down many of the world’s economic engines (see Germany).
- FERC commissioners tell senators of major grid reliability challenges, with some blaming markets Sun, 7 May 23, 11:00pmThere is a “looming reliability crisis in our electricity markets,” FERC Commissioner James Danly said.
- A Simple Reason Why Net Zero Is Impossible Sun, 19 Mar 23, 8:00amNone of this impossibility is being considered in today’s reliability assessments.
- How FERC can protect the grid from wind and solar Sun, 26 Feb 23, 8:30amThe basic idea is very simple; do not add renewables without sufficient backup.
- FERC’s Role in the Offshore Wind Stampede Wed, 8 Feb 23, 9:00amWhat is amusing is that FERC has a rule making ongoing on constraining renewables, because they screw up the grid.
- 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.
- Biden Energy Policies: Incoherent, Incompetent, Intolerable Mon, 5 Sep 22, 3:00amThe wealthy will buy expensive electric cars that will be charged with pricey, intermittent, weather-dependent wind and solar power. Middle classes will see their jobs and living standards plunge further.
- What Would Happen if They Threw a War and it Upset Europe’s Climate Plans? Thu, 7 Apr 22, 11:00pmGuest “Is anyone else annoyed every time the Soviet invasion of Ukraine and climate change appear in the same sentence?” by David Middleton This NPR article isn’t as awful as…
- MISO surprises with FERC Order 2222 implementation date Mon, 14 Feb 22, 9:00pmMISO's long implementation date for Order 2222 is another reason FERC should schedule a technical conference sooner than later.
- Renewable energy advocates are angry at planned ISO NE move on MOPR Fri, 11 Feb 22, 9:22amISO New England outlined the "transition" proposal that will be submitted to FERC in the coming weeks. If allowed proceed, the MOPR would remain in effect for next year's capacity auction.
- Natural Gas Pipeline Politicization: FERC vs. Consumers in NYS/CT Sun, 6 Feb 22, 5:00pmFrom MasterResource By Robert Bradley Jr. — February 3, 2022 “[FERC] staff have determined that approval of the Project would not result in significant environmental impacts, with the exception of…
- FERC should grant Voltus petition for a technical conference on Order 2222 Thu, 3 Feb 22, 1:21amIndependent System Operator (ISO) compliance plans for FERC Order 2222 are on their last stretch, with PJM and ISO-NE filing coming up here in February and MISO and SPP plans due in April...
- We Should Not Compare Electricity Sources Using Nameplate Ratings Sun, 30 Jan 22, 5:00pmRenewables only “take root” because governments, market operators, utility regulators and misguided Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors – misguided only in that they do not account for how the Grid actually...
- Quick fix: Why FERC should approve the SOO Green transmission project Tue, 30 Nov 21, 1:30amSOO Green is a High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) merchant transmission project that aims to bring Midwest renewable resources to PJM