February 8, 2023 Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor From February 3 to February 5, record-breaking cold temperatures and extreme wind chill in New England created strong electricity demand as homes […]
A neo-Nazi couple was arrested and charged with conspiracy to damage power substations encircling Baltimore City that would “completely destroy” the metro area, according to Department of Justice (DoJ) court documents. On Monday, DoJ prosecutors […]
After a boom in wind and solar generation, regulators in the nation’s top energy-producing state are pushing ahead with a plan that would incentivize more natural gas plants on the power grid. The new framework […]
Physicists at Leipzig University are proposing the idea that in superconducting copper-oxygen bonds, called cuprates, there must be a very specific charge distribution between the copper and the oxygen, even under pressure. This more […]
So far, utilities have announced plans to retire some 93,000 MW (nameplate) of coal—almost half the existing coal fleet—by the end of this decade. Coal retirements combined with increasing penetration of wind and solar power […]
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has approved retirement of the Cumberland coal-fired power plant, with officials on Jan. 10 saying the utility will replace one of the plant’s two units with a 1,450-MW natural gas-fired […]
The following commentary was written by John Szoka. Szoka served 10 years in the North Carolina House of Representatives (2013-2022), chaired the House Energy and Public Utilities Committee, and co-chaired the Joint Energy Policy […]
PJM Interconnection, a regional power grid that stretches from Illinois to New Jersey, declared an emergency during Christmas and was on the brink of implementing rolling blackouts for millions of customers due to a partial […]
Generating renewable energy such as solar and wind power is becoming more common on remote islands across Japan with the aim of securing electric power in case of disasters, as well as reducing greenhouse gas […]
Energy storage could be a powerful asset in facilitating the transmission network upgrades required for New York’s transition to a low carbon electricity system, according to a new study. It is widely recognised that along […]
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