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Microprocessor Fab Plants need electricity 24 x 7
Microprocessor Fab Plants need electricity 24 x 7 Preface. I explain in both of my books, When Trucks Stop Running and Life After Fossil Fuels why heavy duty transportation and most manufacturing can’t be electrified, as well as why the electric grid can’t stay up without natural gas to balance intermittency and provide baseload and long-term power […]
Triple-Digit Heat Dome Bakes Pacific Northwest, Triggers First Blackout
Triple-Digit Heat Dome Bakes Pacific Northwest, Triggers First Blackout The Pacific Northwest is experiencing a multi-day heat wave that we said last week would be “historic.” The unrelenting triple-digit temperatures shattered records across the region and have stressed out power grids where rolling blackouts have been reported. Bloomberg reports Avista Corporation, which supplies electricity to 340,000 […]
Blackouts Loom in California as Electricity Prices Are ‘Absolutely Exploding’
Blackouts Loom in California as Electricity Prices Are ‘Absolutely Exploding’ Two inexorable energy trends are underway in California: soaring electricity prices and ever-worsening reliability – and both trends bode ill for the state’s low- and middle-income consumers. Last week, the state’s grid operator, the California Independent System Operator, issued a “flex alert” that asked the state’s consumers to reduce […]
Electric grid operator asks Texans to stop blasting AC as unplanned outages and heat collide
Electric grid operator asks Texans to stop blasting AC as unplanned outages and heat collide The electric power grid manager for most of Texas has issued its first conservation alert of the summer, calling on users to dial back energy consumption to avert an emergency. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (CNN)The Electric Reliability Council of Texas […]
PG&E Warns Of More Blackouts As California Wildfire Season Begins
PG&E Warns Of More Blackouts As California Wildfire Season Begins It has been an arid spring in California, and that’s causing alarm with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. executives who have said this week they will need more frequent power cuts to customers in Northern California to prevent wildfires. PG&E’s chief risk officer Sumeet Singh told WSJ that California’s […]
Pentagon report: collapse within 20 years from climate change
Pentagon report: collapse within 20 years from climate change Preface. The report that the article by Ahmed below is based on is: Brosig, M., et al. 2019. Implications of climate change for the U.S. Army. United States Army War College. It was written in 2019, before covid-19 and so quite prescient: The two most prominent […]
Why every state is vulnerable to a Texas-style power crisis
Why every state is vulnerable to a Texas-style power crisis “The infrastructure we have built right now really isn’t ready.” Power outages in Texas after Winter Storm Uri left millions in the dark. Such outages are a growing threat throughout the country. Thomas Ryan Allison/Bloomberg via Getty Images The blackouts that gripped parts of Texas for days as […]
The Outage at the Federal Reserve
The Outage at the Federal Reserve The outage of the National Settlement Service and the Fedwire Securities Service, which provides issuance, settlement, and transfer services for Treasuries and other government securities, was down and this has caused some concern and then conspiracy theories mixed in. The Fed made progress reversing the shutdown within a couple […]
Who’s To Blame For The Texas Power Crisis?
Who’s To Blame For The Texas Power Crisis? Our last report focused on the uniqueness of the Texas wholesale electricity market, ERCOT, and how it was specifically designed to evade federal utility regulation. And as if he were our paid spokesperson, former Texas governor Rick Perry stated publicly that Texans were happy to suffer blackouts […]
Is Texas Facing A Humanitarian Crisis?
Is Texas Facing A Humanitarian Crisis? Up to 15 million Texans remain without heat and electricity as temperatures across the state are well below freezing. Another round of winter weather is battering parts of the state Wednesday morning, as many Texans have been without electricity since Sunday are desperately scrambling to find shelters. Weather-related deaths have already […]
‘Grid Chaos’ Sparks Massive Rolling Blackouts Across Texas
‘Grid Chaos’ Sparks Massive Rolling Blackouts Across Texas Rolling power outages are in effect across the state of Texas as the polar vortex split has poured some of the coldest air ever into the central US. There are nearly 2 million Texan customers without power as of Monday morning. Texas power grid operator ERCOT warned […]
“Energy Emergency” – Texas Power Provider Warns Of Rotating Outages As Cold Weather Tests Limits Of Grid
“Energy Emergency” – Texas Power Provider Warns Of Rotating Outages As Cold Weather Tests Limits Of Grid With the situation in Texas doing from bad to worse: Weather forecast models suggest the polar vortex will continue pouring Arctic air into much of the central US through Feb. 20. This means nat gas prices could rise even higher […]
Britain’s National Grid forecasts tight electricity margins for Wednesday
Britain’s National Grid forecasts tight electricity margins for Wednesday LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s National Grid, which is responsible for ensuring supply and demand are balanced in Britain’s energy systems, has issued a tight electricity margin notice for Wednesday afternoon and evening. In a market message, National Grid said there is a reduced margin between the […]
EU can shut off power supplies if UK tries to seize control of fish stocks, small print of deal reveals
EU can shut off power supplies if UK tries to seize control of fish stocks, small print of deal reveals Cables under Channel meet 8 per cent of demand – raising threat of higher prices and possible blackouts. The EU has secured the ability to shut off gas and electricity supplies if the UK tries to seize […]
California Begins Cutting Power To 361,000 Customers As Fire Risk Surges
California Begins Cutting Power To 361,000 Customers As Fire Risk Surges Facing bone-crushing dryness and the strongest winds of the wildfire season, California’s largest utility company, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) which filed for historic bankruptcy due to its role in previous infernos sweeping across the state has “de-energized certain electrical lines” in Northern California, which may result […]
