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The state that spent three decades celebrating wind turbines now pays a premium for the one quality they cannot offer – on-demand dispatchability.

They claim they have a safety margin of 5.9 GW, but this all but disappears when wind power is taken out.

Even if all nuclear power plants were brought back at their existing sites, the worst-case cost would be around 80 billion euros. This equals just two years of additional energy transition grid costs that will burden future...

Locations that ban centers will miss out on the construction jobs, tax revenue, and economic growth that centers can provide. All said, the data center build-out does not show signs of slowing down.

You can buy more and more of these things, but they just produce more and more electricity that you don’t need (and must discard) on a breezy summer day, and nothing on a cold winter night when you need it the most.

...places like New York, California, Germany and the UK continue to plow forward as if wind/solar/storage electricity systems can work. It’s as if it’s not possible to learn from experience.

There is no power is more expensive than power that isn’t available when needed most.

Spain went from trouble to darkness in 27 seconds. The judgement that mattered had been made months before.

A power cut lasting an hour or two is an inconvenience, but a blackout lasting a week or more in the middle of winter would be something quite different...

NESO issued yet another Electricity Margin Notice for yesterday evening’s peak period, with low winds and solar power dropping away:

It is past-due time to make upgrading America’s grid a national priority. Preparing for the inevitable CME should be a foundational pillar of that effort. Even so, implementing CME mitigations on existing grid structures...

America is not short of energy. We are short of permission. Until that changes, it won't matter much who wins in November. Scarcity wins every time.

America cannot afford unaffordable electricity, and the price of a megawatt should not rise simply because old rules reject new power.

There are no easy solutions, much though Greg Jackson is desperate to find one to accommodate his Net Zero fantasies. The cost will run into hundreds of billions, which the country quite simply has not got.

“Constrained supply” is at the heart of PJM’s complaints. This shortage largely stems from the many regulatory reviews required to break ground on energy developments, according to the Consumer Energy Alliance.