When the eastern United States was sheathed in snow and extreme cold during Christmas week last year, the…
Climate Change• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy
Renewables and Storage Hold Their Own in the Texas Heat Dome
July 5, 2023For weeks, a wave of extreme heat has blanketed Texas and other parts of the South. This heat dome, with…
Climate Change• Reliability and Resilience• Transmission• Uncategorized
The Heat Was On and Our Power Grid Held: But Will It Next Time?
October 4, 2022It wasn’t easy, but the U.S. power grid defied record-breaking heat waves and doomsday warnings to survive the…
Climate Change• FERC• Reliability and Resilience• Transmission
FERC Begins to Plan for the Age of Extreme Weather
September 12, 2022This summer has confirmed what the world’s top climate scientists have warned about for years: Climate change is causing more…
Record heat and drought are raising the risks of summer brownouts. To limit these climate risks in the…
Capacity Market• Climate Change• FERC• ISO-NE• Markets• Renewable Energy• States
Time to Repeal New England’s Anti-Consumer Dirty Energy Rule
April 15, 2021Within the arcane rules that govern New England’s regional power grid, there’s a ticking time bomb that threatens…
Climate Change• FERC• Gas• LNG• Pipelines
FERC Takes a Step Forward on Environmental Impacts
March 22, 2021The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission took an important and positive step forward regarding its consideration of a gas…
Climate Change• MISO• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• States• Transmission
After Texas, a New Spotlight on Long-Distance Transmission in MISO
March 5, 2021Last month, a winter storm caused millions to lose power in Texas; tragically, some lost their lives. The…
Climate Change• MISO• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy• SPP• States• Transmission
MISO and SPP Can Benefit From a More Connected Grid
March 3, 2021This blog was co-written with Andy Kowalcyzk, an independent consultant focusing on MISO South. Electric grids across the Midwest,…
Climate Change• Reliability and Resilience• States
Texas Needs a Smarter, More Resilient Electric Grid
February 16, 2021Freezing cold temperatures put the Texas electric grid into distress this week, with dozens of deaths and other…
Capacity Market• Climate Change• Markets• PJM• Planning• Reliability and Resilience
A Hopeful Sign for PJM Capacity Reform
February 1, 2021PJM Interconnection, which coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of 13 states and the…
Climate Change• FERC• Gas• LNG• Markets• Pipelines• Renewable Energy• Transmission
FERC Can Lead the Way on Clean Energy
January 21, 2021Yesterday President Biden named Rich Glick to be the new chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the nation’s energy regulator. After years in…