Commentary
Energy industry insider Doug Sheridan says subsidized solar may look economically attractive today, but its distortive impacts on energy markets tell a different story.
The move was a big step for IESO, and one of the biggest tweaks to its market design in years.
Stakeholders and state energy officials continue to raise concerns about a draft proposal that would adjust how congestion revenues are allocated in CAISO's EDAM, with the ISO aiming for a vote on the final plan in the coming weeks.
Columnist Peter Kelly-Detwiler writes about the explosion of data center load requests and the enormous risks to utilities and ratepayers of overbuilding assets.
Columnist Steve Huntoon discusses the "apparently unintended irony" in the Trump administration's latest executive order on FERC.
Consultant Terry Brinker warns about potentially hundreds of facilities being included in NERC's IBR rules, where fines and penalties can be as high as $1 million a day per violation.
Columnist Steve Huntoon says environmentalists are engaging in a "game of chicken" with climate because they won't consider solar geoengineering, such as sand or salt in the stratosphere.
"Chicken Little" claims about power outages being caused by the transmission grid being overtaxed do not stand up to scrutiny, says columnist Steve Huntoon.
If data centers are connected to the grid they should contribute to the cost of the network infrastructure providing those services, Exelon Executive Colette Honorable said.
Consultant Steve Huntoon criticizes the DOE's "hydrogen hubs," arguing they have numerous problems and will not actually help fight global warming.
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