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Founder @ http://gridstatus.io/ Energy and other stuff. Some coding, some reading. Graphs and maps, birds and sports
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when I say trouble all day, this is what I mean

ouch, been trouble there all day and now we've hit a point where net load has outstripped the load forecast in NYISO 🔌💡

ISO New England has declared a Power Caution for the region due to the unexpected loss of generation. This is not a system emergency. buff.ly/dDELC9V

there have been some absolutely wild price gradients the last few days when flipping through the non-energy components high loss in northern ontario, high congestion in the DMV and downstate NY 🔌💡

PJM has extended a Maximum Generation Alert and Load Management Alert to June 25 as hot weather conditions continue throughout the region PJM serves. This alert does not require any action from customers. insidelines.pjm.com/june-24-upda...

This week, a historic early-season heat wave means grids across the Eastern US and Canada will face record demand 🔌💡 With triple-digit heat indices from the Gulf of Maine to the Gulf of Mexico, here’s what we expect to see across the different grid operators this week:

Never gets old (unfortunately) Didn’t even pretend to ask a servile Congress, at least the Bush admin wined and dined us, before, ya know

it looks like over a GW of storage charging in ERCOT swung a 4CP interval hard today 🔌💡

Sweet MISO Job: Manager Resource Adequacy Planning, $184k recruiting.ultipro.com/MID1029MISO/...

I had no idea that Ontario (IESO) had essentially a pick swap on capacity with Hydro-Québec 🔌💡 I want to extend this metaphor, but I can't think of an NBA team that has future flexibility in terms of draft equity and reliable long-tenured starters (Ontario's nukes and hydro)

If you're still using twitter, you implicitly support this there's no equivocating here, its owner is deeply involved in the site's day-to-day, decides the algorithm, uses it to push his ventures, and is extremely open it's not hidden behind layers of LLCs or confusing funding, it's in your face

My latest on the monumental reconciliation bill gliding through a Congress that seems to have abandoned independent judgment. It will both remake the country and profoundly change the way Congress functions for the indefinite future. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-bi...

can’t believe this still needs to be said, but: stop following altNPS. none of them work for the NPS and they exist to do Qanon numbers station crap and sell merch. it’s annoying for a lot of us that are actually NPS. thanks

yeah, this about sums it up absolutely no problematic weather or anything either

maybe it's ok if the internet takes a nap for a bit

I told you we’d be back

more from the IMM on that Louisiana load shed in May 🔌💡 -500kV Tx forced outage -2GW gen planned out + 4GW forced (1GW a single nuke) -resources didn't follow dispatch into emergency ranges -MISO couldn't/didn't tell if LMRs were in the right spot to use -one commit for VLR loaded the constraint

people should read this and then also go find a copy of Impossible Owls

can confirm, live in one of the bluest places in all of America (Arlington, VA), and we're the safest, families have access to the best public schools in the country, one of the healthiest, and my zip code was (a few years back) a top 100 most diverse in the country still have issues! but it's nice

After almost 8 years of people going 50-100% over the speed limit to catch the light at the end of our street, which is used as a cut through, the county installed a speed bump this morning (quite gentle one tbh) and I’m loving every minute of it An elementary school is behind those trees

A lotta fun, and the Criterion UHD blu-ray looks amazing boxd.it/9Vq2EJ

this stuff is nuts because if a dem rep in a red state said "we're canceling all laws related to car dealership kickbacks" or whatever, they'd be crucified, but GOP reps don't even pretend to fight for their constituents or state or local economy if it doesn't toe the party line, and nobody cares

Kinda eclectic mix I suppose, which is mostly due to not having watched a movie recently