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Spokane — A drought-stricken West is bracing for what is expected to be a hot, dry summer and its strain on a regional power grid that some believe is certain to fall short of demand and leave many in the dark.
The North American Electric Corp. (NERC) is warning that large swathes of the North American bulk power system (BPS) could face “elevated risks” of energy
Dive Brief: California, Texas, New England and parts of the Midwest face an "elevated risk" of energy emergencies this summer, exacerbated by the growth of intermittent resources and the likelihood of extreme weather, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) said on Wednesday. NERC President and CEO Jim Robb told reporters the 2021 Summer Reliability Assessment "underscores my increased concerns about the changes we're seeing on the grid and the potential consequences for reliability." California is at risk of energy emergencies even during periods of normal peak summer demand, N...
10 Weekend Reads The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of Vista Alegre coffee, grab a seat in the sun, and get ready for our longer form weekend reads: • The Secret Origins of Amazon’s Alexa In 2011, Jeff Bezos dreamt up a talking device. But making the virtual assistant sound intelligent proved far more difficult than anyone could have imagined. The first-ever depiction of a device with Alexa—the artificially intelligent virtual assistant that Bezos would name after the ancient library of Alexandria—showed the speaker, a microphone, and a mute button. It wo...
Cal-ISO warns summer supply shortage risks remain in extreme heat conditions http://www.chemnet.com May 13,2021 S&P Global The California Independent System Operator warned May 12 that its power grid is still susceptible to stress during extreme heatwaves, but summer supply conditions are expected to be better than to a year ago when rotating outages were needed to prevent a grid collapse. Improvements are mostly driven by new capacity added since summer 2020, while forecasted load remains nearly unchanged under normal conditions, according to Cal-ISO's 2021 Summer Loads and...