Spain went from trouble to darkness in 27 seconds. The judgement that mattered had been made months before.
Category: The Grid
How to Prepare for a Blackout
A power cut lasting an hour or two is an inconvenience, but a blackout lasting a week or more in the middle of winter would be something quite different. Engineers…
Another Electricity Margin Notice
NESO issued yet another Electricity Margin Notice for yesterday evening’s peak period, with low winds and solar power dropping away:
The CME Risk to American Infrastructure
It is past-due time to make upgrading America’s grid a national priority. Preparing for the inevitable CME should be a foundational pillar of that effort. Even so, implementing CME mitigations…
Your Electric Bill Is a Permitting Problem
America is not short of energy. We are short of permission. Until that changes, it won’t matter much who wins in November. Scarcity wins every time.
Electricity demand surges as grid rules cut power
America cannot afford unaffordable electricity, and the price of a megawatt should not rise simply because old rules reject new power.
Net Zero Grid Upgrades Running out of Control.
There are no easy solutions, much though Greg Jackson is desperate to find one to accommodate his Net Zero fantasies. The cost will run into hundreds of billions, which the…
When Media on the Left and Right Agree That Data Center Attacks Are Unfair, Maybe We Should Listen
Data centers are facilitating the very technology that can help modernize the grid, enhance our energy security, and ensure that the U.S. – not China – is the world leader…
Britain can no longer rely on the kindness of strangers for its energy
Britain has become increasingly reliant on electricity imports to keep the lights on, particularly in winter. But Norway, one of our most important suppliers, is having second thoughts.
Net zero grid upgrade costs spiralling out of control
Remember as well that this £70 billion is just the first tranche of grid upgrades necessary for Net Zero. NESO have already stated that another £89 billion will need to…
Western water fight also impacts power generation
From CFACT By Duggan Flanakin Back in May, Lake Mead had already dropped to 1,050 feet above sea level, which was 25 feet below its critical level of 1,075 feet.…
The Data Center Backlash Has a Practical Fix
The third rail was never the data center. It was the leader who reached for the easy win and forgot whose backyard it landed in.
Ellenbogen’s (New York) Data from the July 2026 Heat Wave
Ellenbogen connected the voltage collapse to a growing reliance on inverter-based resources — solar and batteries — that disconnect from the grid when voltage or frequency moves outside their operating…
Call It What It Is: Texas Didn’t Order an Audit. It Ordered a Pause.
The real test isn’t whether Texas audits these projects. It should. The test is whether the state uses that audit to build a predictable regulatory framework or simply creates an…
Synergy of Wind & Solar Generators in Australia’s NEM
The de-industrialisation of the Australian economy continues per Image 2 with quarterly volume down 0.5% year-on-year as rooftops exceed any growth.
Seconds from disaster, Britain was forced to beg France for more power
“There was no reserve left,” she wrote on social media. “This is deeply worrying, because if we’d lost a major generator that evening it could have been game over particularly…
Germany’s Industrial Suicide… Grid Agency Prepares Secret Power Rationing Plans Amid Electric Power Bottlenecks
The threat of sudden, uncompensated power shutdowns creates immense operational uncertainty. This environment deters foreign investors and pressures domestic industrial companies to shift investment and production abroad. Forced curtailments would…
Free-Market Electricity Reform Advancing (Advocates for Consumer Regulated Electricity)
The central message is simple: large new electric loads should be allowed to bring private power online without shifting costs or reliability risks onto existing ratepayers.
Britain’s battery boom ‘risks overwhelming the grid’
The thousands of batteries being deployed to stabilise Britain’s electricity networks could bring down the grid, government experts have warned.
Rolling Blackouts Hit New York
Without any ability to add reliable generation to it grid, New York faces more of same every time the heat gets into this range. There is nothing inevitable about this.…