NYT on the importance of transmission, with a quote and cite to me:
nytimes.com/interactive/20…

New reports coming out next week:

Energy & ancillary market reforms are needed in MISO and PJM to level the playing field and allow wind, solar, and battery storage to fairly compete and utilize their full capabilities.

Link to register: acore.secure.nonprofitsoapbox.com/marketscanpower

Great article discussing the game-changing provisions in legislation being proposed today to facilitate paying for and permitting electricity transmission, which Grid Strategies estimates will reduce CO2 emissions by hundreds of millions of tons per year.

theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

m.youtube.com/watch?v=roRQ2m…

Stitching together the US's fragmented, antiquated grids will save lives during extreme weather events — and as it happens, there are provisions in this revised budget bill that could push it along: technologyreview.com/2022/07/28/105…

Alex Epstein Wind provides 32% of the electricity for the grid operator in Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas, and neighboring states, and power prices there are low and getting lower. Add solar, and our existing nuclear and hydro, and 80% is easy. spglobal.com/platts/en/mark…

#transmission planning is SO important and we KNOW how to do it but it isn't happening? Reasons? Read this report. Solutions? Read this report. Want action? Send a comment in to @FERC in docket RM21-17 by Tuesday. Thread. 1/8 gridprogress.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/transm…

“Extreme weather typically only affects a limited area, so expanding the power grid is one of the best ways to protect consumers & national security.' - Michael Goggin, Grid Strategies LLC

Learn more about the value of additional transmission:
acore.org/transmission-m…

With better transmission interconnections to neighboring states, Texas could have saved around a billion dollars in winter storm Uri in Feb. 2021. Similar findings in other regions: more transmission = millions in savings through bad weather. acore.org/wp-content/upl…

Great news! Not every day that the White House plugs (bad pun intended) something you wrote.

whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

Expanded inter-regional #transmission is essential for delivering a lot of energy across large parts of the country, especially during many difficult-to-predict situations. Read Rob Gramlich's piece in Utility Dive here: utilitydive.com/news/no-state-…

“Extreme weather poses risks to the grid that require smart and urgent investments to reduce blackouts and brownouts.  Together, we must build back better an electric grid that’s cheaper, cleaner and more reliable.”

Wondering what’s causing the power outages in the Central US, and what we can do to prevent them going forward?
energycentral.com/c/gr/observati…