the grid, Tag

Hundreds of millions of Americans risk experiencing power shortages this winter if weather conditions are harsh, according to a new report published by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), a power grid...

“Whether it is the unprecedented subsidies for renewable energy or the unprecedented war on American energy, the Biden administration’s policies are behind the increase in America’s electricity prices.”

Washington State needs to quickly promulgate and enforce fire safety regulations specifically for grid scale battery complexes. These should cover emergency planning and preparedness, where the latter includes both facility...

This incident highlights the foolhardiness of relying so much on imported electricity. At the moment, of course, we were able to plug the shortfall, presumably with gas.

Bottom line – we can set goals, but they must be tethered to operational reality to ensure success and reliability are both achieved.

There are no easy answers to PJM’s capacity crisis. The auction results are so jarring that a good Marxist would celebrate the result as “heightening the contradictions” so that a revolution can come along.

In reality, baseload, dispatchable power—namely coal, nuclear and large gas-fired plants—will remain the backbone of America’s energy supply for the foreseeable future.

The electricity grid operators have now issued an explosive blackout warning about solar power!

Such technologies do not exist yet on a commercial scale.

...not only will electricity prices continue to increase but the ability to meet consumers’ increased demand will become more problematic.

Of interest to BOE Report readers, do note that natural gas is the only solution in the next 5-10 years to handle this crunch.

It’s time for a candid conversation about the state’s energy policies—one that acknowledges the true costs and challenges of a blindly pro-renewables approach and seeks solutions that ensure the resilience of the grid...

With its grid overwhelmed by renewable energy, Texas is putting natural gas back in the game. The

In brief, the June 2024 heatwave came nowhere near the potential deficit criteria. 

...nobody has the answer to how to keep the lights on after the natural gas plants are closed.