Natural Gas, Which Saved the Day, Blamed by NERC? Jim Willis on NGL Pipelines Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: NERC, the North American Energy Reliability Corporation, has put out a report that seems to blame natural gas for an almost blackout last year but it isn’t so.] Less than a year ago,
Read More...Grid Going Sickly Green and Needs to Be NERCed and FERCed David Wojick, PhD Journalist and Independent Policy Analyst … … … [Editor’s Note: The electrical grid is sick and getting sicker, according to David Wojick, and only tangible action by an outfit called NERC (or FERC) can save the thing.] It is no secret
Read More...New England Facing A Bleak Dark Energy Future? Allen Brooks Energy Securities Analyst, Publisher, Energy Musings … [Editor’s Note: New England, the politically correct corner of the United States, has emulated Europe’s energy policies and, as a direct result, faces possible energy disaster.] Europe is facing an existential crisis – having sufficient affordable heat
Read More...Last week, California requested that the U.S. Department of Energy allow it ramp up natural gas generating stations to maximum operating capacity in the face of the “electric reliability emergency” facing the state. California Independent System Operator (CAISO), which manages electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines for 80 percent of the grid serving California,
Read More...Millions of Californians were without power Sunday as Pacific Gas and Electric Co. implemented its largest-ever blackout to prevent wildfires during high and hot winds, Kallanish Energy reports. The outages extend from parts of California’s Humboldt County to the Salinas Valley and were expected to reach a portion of the state’s Kern County by Sunday
Read More...Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … Andrew Cuomo’s plans for New York City’s natural gas peaking plants depend on untried and technologically challenging renewables. He’s risking a blackout. On February 28, 2019 the New York State of Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) proposed regulations to lower allowable nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from simple
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