@kleckwrites.bsky.social
My latest. Some good people working on this.
Inexpensive renewables a problem?
ERCOT: “We see the need for more baseload generation... but mostly because of how inexpensive renewables are, prices are not supporting capital flowing to those resources.” 🔌💡
www.rtoinsider.com/146863-texas...
ERCOT: “We see the need for more baseload generation... but mostly because of how inexpensive renewables are, prices are not supporting capital flowing to those resources.” 🔌💡
www.rtoinsider.com/146863-texas...
Texas Nuclear Summit Speakers See Bright Future for Industry
Speakers at the Texas Nuclear Summit discussed the potential for new nuclear power aided by federal government support.
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September 29, 2026 at 5:41 PM
My latest. Some good people working on this.
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Nice story on the controversy over solar in a corner of Idaho. Nice to see the gray areas on issues instead of pretending it can be black and white. (A bit tl:dr though.) 🔌💡
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
An Idaho county banned renewables. It’s having second thoughts.
Solar developments led county officials to ban renewables in 2024. Now, the Republican commissioner who instigated the moratorium is leading the charge to…
www.canarymedia.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Nice story on the controversy over solar in a corner of Idaho. Nice to see the gray areas on issues instead of pretending it can be black and white. (A bit tl:dr though.) 🔌💡
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
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Breaking news today:
Federal court rules DOE was wrong to force coal plant to stay open. Ramifications for all of the other such orders. 🔌💡
www.rtoinsider.com/143205-dc-ci...
Federal court rules DOE was wrong to force coal plant to stay open. Ramifications for all of the other such orders. 🔌💡
www.rtoinsider.com/143205-dc-ci...
September 11, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Breaking news today:
Federal court rules DOE was wrong to force coal plant to stay open. Ramifications for all of the other such orders. 🔌💡
www.rtoinsider.com/143205-dc-ci...
Federal court rules DOE was wrong to force coal plant to stay open. Ramifications for all of the other such orders. 🔌💡
www.rtoinsider.com/143205-dc-ci...
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Big deal for those in the know.
Northwest utility officials make last-minute plea for BPA to NOT reverse course and join CAISO's EDAM and stick with SPP's Markets+ 🔌💡
www.rtoinsider.com/142160-for-b...
Northwest utility officials make last-minute plea for BPA to NOT reverse course and join CAISO's EDAM and stick with SPP's Markets+ 🔌💡
www.rtoinsider.com/142160-for-b...
September 3, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Big deal for those in the know.
Northwest utility officials make last-minute plea for BPA to NOT reverse course and join CAISO's EDAM and stick with SPP's Markets+ 🔌💡
www.rtoinsider.com/142160-for-b...
Northwest utility officials make last-minute plea for BPA to NOT reverse course and join CAISO's EDAM and stick with SPP's Markets+ 🔌💡
www.rtoinsider.com/142160-for-b...
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What you're missing if you're not subscribed to @rtoinsider.bsky.social
68 pages = one week of news on rtoinsider.com
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68 pages = one week of news on rtoinsider.com
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September 1, 2026 at 12:29 PM
What you're missing if you're not subscribed to @rtoinsider.bsky.social
68 pages = one week of news on rtoinsider.com
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68 pages = one week of news on rtoinsider.com
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So much at stake. So much in flux. Here's one nuance of the data center boom - who's going to make the turbines to generate the power? 🔌💡
www.rtoinsider.com/141659-mad-s...
www.rtoinsider.com/141659-mad-s...
The Mad Scramble for Turbines and Implications for the Grid
With interconnection queues lengthening, and spare capacity rare, data center companies are resorting to self-supply.
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August 31, 2026 at 3:22 PM
So much at stake. So much in flux. Here's one nuance of the data center boom - who's going to make the turbines to generate the power? 🔌💡
www.rtoinsider.com/141659-mad-s...
www.rtoinsider.com/141659-mad-s...
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ACP The grid is not a collection of standalone assets; Pairing thermal generation and renewables with energy storage creates a portfolio that is cleaner, faster to deploy and more resilient than gas alone. 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social
www.rtoinsider.com/141186-new-b...
www.rtoinsider.com/141186-new-b...
The New Baseload: Firming Variable Generation with Battery Storage
Renewable generation can mitigate resource variability and enhance grid reliability by providing dependable capacity.
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August 29, 2026 at 1:02 PM
ACP The grid is not a collection of standalone assets; Pairing thermal generation and renewables with energy storage creates a portfolio that is cleaner, faster to deploy and more resilient than gas alone. 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social
www.rtoinsider.com/141186-new-b...
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Fascinating conundrum. How do you socialize the costs? Making utilities pay just raises the rates. Same with insurance. Pre-emptive fire mitigation of utility lines also causes rates to rise quickly. California is trying to figure it out. Maybe harden homes or not build in danger zones?🔌💡
"California’s strict liability regime creates powerful incentives to prevent utility ignitions and drives up retail electricity rates. It does much less to encourage home hardening, fuel treatments, defensible space, or safer development." energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/08/24/w... by M. Fowlie 🔌💡
Who Should Pay for Utility-Ignited Wildfires?
This cost allocation fight is not a zero sum game On January 7, 2025, sparks from arcing electrical lines ignited dry brush in a canyon above Altadena. Powerful Santa Ana winds fanned flames that r…
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August 25, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Fascinating conundrum. How do you socialize the costs? Making utilities pay just raises the rates. Same with insurance. Pre-emptive fire mitigation of utility lines also causes rates to rise quickly. California is trying to figure it out. Maybe harden homes or not build in danger zones?🔌💡
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In electricity markets, "virtual transactions" are used to arbitrage price differences between day-ahead & real-time energy markets & hedge financial exposure from physical positions. What are increment offers; decrement offers; up-to congestion trades? 🔌💡
www.rtoinsider.com/23402-virtua...
www.rtoinsider.com/23402-virtua...
Virtual Trading 101: INCs, DECs, UTCs
A brief primer on virtual trading: INCs, DECs and UTCs.
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August 21, 2026 at 2:06 PM
In electricity markets, "virtual transactions" are used to arbitrage price differences between day-ahead & real-time energy markets & hedge financial exposure from physical positions. What are increment offers; decrement offers; up-to congestion trades? 🔌💡
www.rtoinsider.com/23402-virtua...
www.rtoinsider.com/23402-virtua...
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Mark Christie, Re: FERC on PJM governance:
"Do not settle for cosmetic half measures to get some ‘kumbaya’ moment that falls short of what is needed." 🔌💡
www.rtoinsider.com/139339-chris... @yes-energy.bsky.social
"Do not settle for cosmetic half measures to get some ‘kumbaya’ moment that falls short of what is needed." 🔌💡
www.rtoinsider.com/139339-chris... @yes-energy.bsky.social
August 17, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Mark Christie, Re: FERC on PJM governance:
"Do not settle for cosmetic half measures to get some ‘kumbaya’ moment that falls short of what is needed." 🔌💡
www.rtoinsider.com/139339-chris... @yes-energy.bsky.social
"Do not settle for cosmetic half measures to get some ‘kumbaya’ moment that falls short of what is needed." 🔌💡
www.rtoinsider.com/139339-chris... @yes-energy.bsky.social
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Quite the abrupt change of direction for Texas. The backlash against data centers seems to concern all sides of the political spectrum at this moment. 🔌💡
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in late 2025 that Texas is the “epicenter of AI development” as he welcomed any and all data centers to the Lone Star State.
#energysky 🔌💡
ow.ly/k8ly50Zwz2O
#energysky 🔌💡
ow.ly/k8ly50Zwz2O
August 5, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Quite the abrupt change of direction for Texas. The backlash against data centers seems to concern all sides of the political spectrum at this moment. 🔌💡
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A modest data center project in a small city in southeastern Nevada could test the federal government’s ability to support the artificial intelligence industry by siting computing facilities on public lands.
#energysky 🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/hNWe50ZrcfL
Writer: Scott Streater
#energysky 🔌💡
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Writer: Scott Streater
July 22, 2026 at 6:00 PM
A modest data center project in a small city in southeastern Nevada could test the federal government’s ability to support the artificial intelligence industry by siting computing facilities on public lands.
#energysky 🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/hNWe50ZrcfL
Writer: Scott Streater
#energysky 🔌💡
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Writer: Scott Streater
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Data centers and associated rate impacts are highly politicized. An ominous sign? 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social
www.rtoinsider.com/133119-nv-en...
www.rtoinsider.com/133119-nv-en...
NV Energy to Stop Supplying Liberty Utilities: Are Data Loads Crowding out Other Customers?
Columnist Peter Kelly-Detwiler discusses whether data center loads may be crowding out existing energy customers.
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May 29, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Data centers and associated rate impacts are highly politicized. An ominous sign? 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social
www.rtoinsider.com/133119-nv-en...
www.rtoinsider.com/133119-nv-en...
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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has issued its final order in a closely watched case to set a framework for confronting the costs of powering large load data centers and other heavyweight industrial users.
#energysky 🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/TbUz50YYw3O
Writer: Sean Reilly
#energysky 🔌💡
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Writer: Sean Reilly
May 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has issued its final order in a closely watched case to set a framework for confronting the costs of powering large load data centers and other heavyweight industrial users.
#energysky 🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/TbUz50YYw3O
Writer: Sean Reilly
#energysky 🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/TbUz50YYw3O
Writer: Sean Reilly
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Nearly 40% fewer U.S. solar power projects reached completion in the fourth quarter than in the third quarter as developers pivoted to start new projects in time to qualify for tax credits.
#energysky 🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/JNKO50Ys9xs
Writer: John Cropley
#energysky 🔌💡
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Writer: John Cropley
March 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Nearly 40% fewer U.S. solar power projects reached completion in the fourth quarter than in the third quarter as developers pivoted to start new projects in time to qualify for tax credits.
#energysky 🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/JNKO50Ys9xs
Writer: John Cropley
#energysky 🔌💡
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Writer: John Cropley
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Packed house, beautiful venue, fantastic presentations.
EMPOWER26 in Boulder last week. @yes-energy.bsky.social
www.rtoinsider.com/126892-empow... @jessedjenkins.com
EMPOWER26 in Boulder last week. @yes-energy.bsky.social
www.rtoinsider.com/126892-empow... @jessedjenkins.com
Data Center Demand Challenges Dominate EMPOWER 26 Presentations
The challenges of meeting accelerating load growth dominated discussions at EMPOWER 26, Yes Energy’s annual summit.
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March 2, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Packed house, beautiful venue, fantastic presentations.
EMPOWER26 in Boulder last week. @yes-energy.bsky.social
www.rtoinsider.com/126892-empow... @jessedjenkins.com
EMPOWER26 in Boulder last week. @yes-energy.bsky.social
www.rtoinsider.com/126892-empow... @jessedjenkins.com
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The challenges of meeting accelerating load growth pervaded discussions at EMPOWER 26, Yes Energy’s annual summit.
#energysky 🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/FA1650YnQ8o
Writer: Jon Lamson
#energysky 🔌💡
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Writer: Jon Lamson
March 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The challenges of meeting accelerating load growth pervaded discussions at EMPOWER 26, Yes Energy’s annual summit.
#energysky 🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/FA1650YnQ8o
Writer: Jon Lamson
#energysky 🔌💡
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Writer: Jon Lamson
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Study: keeping coal plant open, $80 million/year. 🔌💡
A bill in the Colorado legislature seeks to reduce the environmental impact of federal orders delaying the retirement of coal-fired power plants.
#energysky 🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/vbTi50YjVkb
Writer: Elaine Goodman
#energysky 🔌💡
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Writer: Elaine Goodman
February 23, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Study: keeping coal plant open, $80 million/year. 🔌💡
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Despite the hoopla, the data shows a continued optimism for renewable energy development and a continued lag for fossil-fired generation. 🔌💡
A record 86 GW of utility-scale generation capacity is projected to be added to the U.S. power grid in 2026.
#energysky 🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/mINg50YjVkN
Writer: John Cropley
#energysky 🔌💡
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Writer: John Cropley
February 23, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Despite the hoopla, the data shows a continued optimism for renewable energy development and a continued lag for fossil-fired generation. 🔌💡
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I'm sorry, the Washington Post hopes *I* will reconsider the value of their journalists?
February 4, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I'm sorry, the Washington Post hopes *I* will reconsider the value of their journalists?
Get to know Simon Mahan! He has valuable opinions.
ERAS lets utilities cut the interconnection line—fast-tracking billions in gas projects after years of poor planning. “Temporary” fixes have a way of becoming permanent (and expensive) precedents. Why regulators should slow down and protect ratepayers: www.rtoinsider.com/124815-eras-...
ERAS Tour: Hi, It’s Me, I’m the Planning Problem
The new ERAS processes in MISO and SPP allow certain power plants to effectively jump the interconnection line, writes Simon Mahan.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Get to know Simon Mahan! He has valuable opinions.
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❄️The growth of renewable energy resources could lead to challenges hitting resource adequacy targets, NERC warned, especially during winter early-morning peaking hours when the output of such resources is lowest. Get the full story with @rtoinsider.bsky.social
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January 30, 2026 at 5:04 PM
❄️The growth of renewable energy resources could lead to challenges hitting resource adequacy targets, NERC warned, especially during winter early-morning peaking hours when the output of such resources is lowest. Get the full story with @rtoinsider.bsky.social
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Interesting ...
Everyone expected winter weather to send PJM prices soaring. 📈Instead, parts of Chicagoland saw LMPs plunge into negative territory recently, with one notable example ~6 a.m. Tues.
This underscores how unpredictable market volatility can be. Track real-time prices
www.yesenergy.com/solutions 🔌💡
This underscores how unpredictable market volatility can be. Track real-time prices
www.yesenergy.com/solutions 🔌💡
January 28, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Interesting ...
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The PJM capacity market's rising prices and generation shortfalls have placed the RTO at the center of the dialogue around resource adequacy issues stemming from new large loads. 🔌💡
FERC held its regular open meeting Jan. 22, but much of the discussion focused on events at the White House and in PJM’s headquarters a week earlier.
#energysky 🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/FmYB50Y1wcs
Writer: James Downing
#energysky 🔌💡
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Writer: James Downing
January 23, 2026 at 7:37 PM
The PJM capacity market's rising prices and generation shortfalls have placed the RTO at the center of the dialogue around resource adequacy issues stemming from new large loads. 🔌💡
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Quite popular with our readers: This plan would allow large customers like data centers to set up their own private power grids that are exempt from economic regulation. (Free registration required.) 🔌💡
www.rtoinsider.com/123103-gop-s...
www.rtoinsider.com/123103-gop-s...
GOP Senator Introduces Bill to Let Large Loads Set up Consumer Regulated Utilities
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced a bill that would exempt large loads served on islanded systems from federal economic regulations.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Quite popular with our readers: This plan would allow large customers like data centers to set up their own private power grids that are exempt from economic regulation. (Free registration required.) 🔌💡
www.rtoinsider.com/123103-gop-s...
www.rtoinsider.com/123103-gop-s...