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  • Electricity bills projected to jump 20% in coming months for these 13 states

    07/18/2025 4:31:04 PM PDT · by george76 · 66 replies
    American Thinker ^ | July 16, 2025 | Olivia Murray
    2024, prices jumped 800% at PJM Interconnection, a “traffic controller” part of the grid that provides service in 13 states as well as D.C. .. PJM operates the largest power grid in the U.S., with around 67 million customers—that’s more than 20% of the American population. ... amid a dwindling supply and an increase in demand, “Prices for power plants landed at $269.92 per megawatt-day, compared to $28.92 per megawatt-day” in 2023. ... prices are set to spike again, and the projection for this year is around 20%. If you live in Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey,...
  • Making PJM all wind and solar would cost over $2.4 trillion in battery backup

    07/13/2025 12:22:49 PM PDT · by george76 · 29 replies
    CFACT ^ | July 12th, 2025 | David Wojick
    I keep reading how big batteries are all it takes to make wind and solar reliable as the sole grid electricity source. The reality is that making wind and solar work at all requires a fantastic amount of battery backup, far more than is possible. Below is an example using the PJM grid. PJM is America’s biggest grid operator, with a territory covering the Mid-Atlantic and points west. Their territory includes the Washington, DC metro area, where all the federal bigwigs live, making it a good place to start. I also live there. We are quantifying a fantasy, so let’s...
  • Trump's Energy Department warns Americans could face 800 hours of blackouts by 2030

    07/07/2025 5:14:23 PM PDT · by Libloather · 13 replies
    Fox Business ^ | 7/07/25 | Eric Revell
    The Trump administration's Department of Energy (DOE) on Monday released a report that found currently scheduled retirements of energy-generating facilities coupled with delays in bringing new power sources online could lead to a rise in blackouts by the end of this decade. DOE's report found that with about 104 gigawatts of energy-generating capacity scheduled to be retired by 2030, power outages could see a significant rise if that capacity isn't replaced in a timely manner. It is estimated that annual outage hours could rise from single digits today to over 800 hours per year. The agency noted that while 104...
  • China to build world's largest hydropower dam in Tibet

    12/27/2024 7:32:25 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 21 replies
    bbc ^ | 12/27/2024 | Gavin Butler
    The dam, which will be located in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river, could generate three times more energy than the Three Gorges Dam, currently the world's largest hydropower plant. ... The Three Gorges hydropower dam required the resettlement of 1.4 million people. Reports indicate that the colossal development would require at least four 20km-long tunnels to be drilled through the Namcha Barwa mountain, diverting the flow of the Yarlung Tsangpo, Tibet's longest river. ... Shortly after China announced its plans for the Yarlung Tsangpo dam project in 2020, a senior Indian government official told Reuters that India's...
  • Newsom Claims Trump Will Supercharge Electricity Prices As His Own Ratepayers Get Crushed

    07/01/2025 5:10:16 AM PDT · by george76 · 30 replies
    Daily Caller News Foundation. ^ | June 30, 2025 | Audrey Streb
    Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom claimed the “one big, beautiful bill” will spike electricity costs on Sunday, seemingly ignoring the fact that ratepayers in state are drowning under some of the most exorbitant utility bills in the U.S. Newsom took to X and listed several grievances he has with the GOP reconciliation bill, including concerns that its passage would lead to rising electricity costs because it would limit subsidies for green energy. California has some of the highest energy prices in the U.S., and they are projected to keep climbing, according to multiple reports and energy sector experts. “Electricity costs...
  • New York planning to build first major new US nuclear power plant in over 15 years

    06/23/2025 5:27:36 PM PDT · by mononymous · 39 replies
    New York is planning to build the nation’s first new major nuclear power plant in more than 15 years, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday. The “zero-admission advanced” plant in an upstate New York location still to be determined would generate 1 gigawatt of electricity — enough to juice up to 1 million homes, Hochul said. “If we don’t increase New York’s electricity supply in a major way, we’re going to risk losing our opportunities,” Hochul told a crowd outside the Niagara Power Project, a generating facility downstream from Niagara Falls. “They can go elsewhere, but we want them here.” The...
  • This Texas man read his electric bill like poetry and it was a great way to end my week 😂

    06/21/2025 10:30:38 AM PDT · by ProtectOurFreedom · 38 replies
    X.com ^ | June 19, 2025 | Jerry Wayne
    Texas comedian reads his electric bill like a Faulkner novel. OMG, this is SO funny. This guy is fantastic. Great script and super delivery. Jerry Wayne has his own YouTube channel. Here's the link to this video on YouTube.
  • Making the Power Grid Great Again

    06/15/2025 12:22:56 PM PDT · by george76 · 7 replies
    Real Clear Wire. ^ | June 12, 2025 | Diana Furchtgott-Roth
    Yesterday, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the proposed repeal of the Biden-era’s Clean Power Plan 2.0, which ruled that coal-fired and many new natural gas power plants must capture and store over 90% of their carbon emissions by the 2030s—or shut down by 2040. It’s a costly mandate, resting on shaky legal and technical foundations. Americans would be fortunate to have it repealed. President Biden issued his Clean Power Plan 2.0 after the Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency that President Obama’s Clean Power Plan 1.0 exceeded the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) statutory authority. The Court’s...
  • Trump's nuclear strategy takes shape as former Manhattan Project site powers up for AI race against China U.S. must build nuclear reactors faster as data centers expected to consume 12% of national energy by 2028

    06/14/2025 6:46:26 AM PDT · by daniel1212 · 30 replies
    Fox News ^ | June 11, 2025 | Asher Redd
    Over 80 years after scientists of the ‘Manhattan Project’ harnessed the power of the atom to end World War II, the top-secret worksite has a new mission to help dominate AI before China does. The first phase of the United States' latest uranium enrichment facility opened in Oak Ridge, Tennessee in May. ... The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported 99% of U.S. nuclear fuel is imported from other countries. In 2023, most of America's uranium products came from Russia, Canada, Australia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. The U.S. banned the import of uranium products from Russia in May 2024, but companies can...
  • We Need A 'Kill Switch' On Foreign Powers Tampering With Our Electric Grid: China embedded hidden “kill switches” in solar equipment sold to the U.S., exposing a dire national security risk

    06/08/2025 8:01:25 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 13 replies
    Empowerment Alliance ^ | 06/08/2025 | Gary Abernathy
    It has long been acknowledged that the United States’ energy infrastructure isn’t particularly secure, a concern exacerbated by the lack of a central planning process for our nation’s piecemeal electric grid. Presidential administrations and Congress have been slow to address the problem, apparently daunted by the mere size and scope of the challenges the needed upgrades would present.That needs to change now. The recent news that China apparently installed hidden “kill switches” in solar equipment sold to the U.S. was the latest in a long list of reasons to be concerned about our electricity infrastructure and the foolhardy rush to...
  • To prevent blackouts, Trump administration keeps another aging power plant online through summer

    06/03/2025 6:06:19 AM PDT · by karpov · 23 replies
    Associated Press ^ | June 2, 2025 | Marc Levy
    The U.S. Department of Energy has ordered another power plant, this time an oil and gas plant in Pennsylvania, to keep its turbines running through the hottest summer months as a precaution against electricity shortfalls in the 13-state mid-Atlantic grid. The department’s order to the grid operator, PJM Interconnection, regarding the Eddystone power plant just south of Philadelphia on the Delaware River, is the department’s second use of federal power under President Donald Trump to require a power plant to keep operating on the mainland United States. Constellation Energy had planned to shut down Eddystone’s units 3 and 4 on...
  • Electric Rates - Time to Strike?

    05/29/2025 2:41:17 PM PDT · by fwdude · 41 replies
    self | May 29, 2025 | fwdud
    I have a questions for those more financially savvy than I. I live in a state that has deregulated electric energy markets, in an urban area with a lot of choices for providers. My current electric service contract is up in just over a month. Seeing that energy prices are beginning to come down, is it wise to lock in with a new provider now, or wait as long as possible, possibly risking a spike in July? Also, long or short contract? Fixed or variable? Thanks for any advice.
  • Trump Seeks to Fast-Track Nuclear Licenses, Overhaul Regulatory Agency

    05/23/2025 5:32:49 PM PDT · by Blood of Tyrants · 16 replies
    Newsmax via rooters ^ | 05/23/2025 | Unknown
    Home | Politics Tags: trump | nuclear | license Trump Seeks to Fast-Track Nuclear Licenses, Overhaul Regulatory Agency Trump Seeks to Fast-Track Nuclear Licenses, Overhaul Regulatory Agency (AP) Friday, 23 May 2025 02:57 PM EDT Comment| Print| A A President Donald Trump ordered the nation's independent nuclear regulatory commission to cut down on regulations and fast-track new licenses for reactors and power plants on Friday, seeking to shrink a multi-year process down to 18 months. The requirement was part of a batch of executive orders signed by Trump on Friday that aim to boost U.S. nuclear energy production amid a...
  • Trump Admin Throws Weight Behind Lawsuit Alleging Wall Street Embraced ESG To Shut Down Coal

    05/22/2025 9:30:27 AM PDT · by george76 · 1 replies
    Washington Free Beacon. ^ | May 22, 2025 | Thomas Catenacci
    Brief represents the first time the Trump administration has weighed in on green investing issues.. The Federal Trade Commission is throwing its weight behind a high-profile federal lawsuit led by 12 Republican-led states accusing three of the world's largest asset managers—BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard—of artificially constricting the coal market in violation of U.S. antitrust laws, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. The filing in the case is a remarkable move that represents the first time the Trump administration has waded directly into an issue or case related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies. Led by powerful asset managers...
  • News Summary-Intelligence Report Sunday 6/16-Monday 6/17/2019

    06/17/2019 3:49:25 AM PDT · by Nextrush · 3 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 6/14/2019 | Nextrush/Self
    A massive crowd on the streets of Hong Kong Sunday as the protest continues against the extradition law. Organizers say some two million people took to the streets.... 30 killed and 40 wounded in a suicide bombing attack in northeastern Nigeria..... At least 12 killed, more than a dozen wounded in a jihadist rocket attack on a government held area in northwestern Syria... Turkey says it attacked the Syrian army in northwestern Syria in response to an attack by Syrian government forces on a Turkish observation post... Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the Russian S-400 air defense system is...
  • Massive electrical failure cuts power to Argentina and Uruguay

    06/16/2019 9:47:23 AM PDT · by Altura Ct. · 24 replies
    Fox ^ | 6/15/19
    A large electrical failure created a blackout in Argentina and Uruguay on Sunday, leaving both countries without power. Areas of Brazil and Paraguay were also impacted by the outage, which happened just after 7:00 a.m. according to the BBC. A massive failure in the electrical interconnection system left all of Argentina and Uruguay without power," electricity supply company, Edesur said in a tweet. The blackout occurred as people were getting ready to head to the polls for local elections in Argentina. It's not clear how the blackout will impact the voting process. Alejandra Martinez, an Edesur spokeswoman, described the blackout...
  • Spain's Grid Collapsed in 5 Seconds. The U.S. Could Be Next.

    05/13/2025 1:53:25 PM PDT · by karpov · 44 replies
    Reason ^ | May 13, 2025 | Marc Oestreich
    Across Spain and Portugal, more than 50 million people recently experienced the largest blackout in modern European history. Thousands of commuters stood stranded on the concourses of Spain's transit system. In the span of five seconds, 60 percent of the country's electricity supply vanished. This wasn't caused by a storm or a cyberattack—just bad policy and the most underappreciated force in modern engineering giving way: inertia. When a power plant trips offline or demand suddenly spikes, the power grid has no cushion; it must respond instantly or it unravels. That's where inertia comes in. In coal, gas, and nuclear plants,...
  • Texas Senate passes bill requiring solar plants to provide power at night

    05/10/2025 1:56:55 PM PDT · by ProtectOurFreedom · 75 replies
    The Hill ^ | May 9, 2025 | Saul Elbe
    The Texas Senate passed a bill Thursday that leading business interests fear would lead to an age of expensive power and rolling blackouts. If passed by the House, state S.B. 715 would require all renewable projects — even existing ones — to buy backup power, largely from coal or gas plants. This would require solar plants in particular to buy backup power to “match their output at night — a time when no one expects them to produce energy and when demand is typically at its lowest anyway,” consultant and energy expert Doug Lewin wrote in an April analysis. The...
  • Could Spain’s Electricity Meltdown Be Coming to a State Near You?

    05/08/2025 9:10:03 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 23 replies
    Daily Signal ^ | 05/08/2025 | Diana Furchtgott-Roth
    Spain’s electricity supply went down last month due to cascading failures traced to faults in two solar plants in Spain’s southwest region, causing a blackout on the Iberian Peninsula. Americans should not be complacent because the North American Electric Reliability Corp., a nonprofit international regulatory authority, has warned that it might happen in the United States. On April 28, the day of the Spanish meltdown, solar provided 59% of electricity, wind about 12%, and nuclear and gas approximately 22%. When the two solar plants went down, insufficient backup, or inertia, was available to keep the system going. The sun shines...
  • Xcel Energy customers face more outages and longer phone wait times. “We have a real problem,” regulators say.

    05/01/2025 5:42:27 AM PDT · by george76 · 24 replies
    Colorado Sun ^ | May 1, 2025 | Mark Jaffe
    Blackouts are becoming longer and more common in Xcel’s Colorado service territory, with 90,000 customers experiencing 6 or more outages in 2024.. Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest electricity provider, is having increasing difficulty answering customer calls, sending out bills and keeping the lights on, according to two reports by state utility regulators. Blackouts more than doubled in 2024 and customer complaints have jumped 100% in three years, according to a Colorado Public Utilities Commission briefing Wednesday on outages. Outages have become more prevalent across Xcel Energy’s service territory which includes zones from the northeast, near Sterling, to Greeley, the Denver metro...