Notes from the DoubleTree Hilton, the Second New England Winter Gas-Electric Forum, June 20, 2023; live from Portland, Maine Just before noon, there is another mild kerfuffle between former allies...
In the last two weeks there have been a flurry of news items relevant to Fix the Grid, including two local news articles about the FERC Winter Reliability conference in Portland. A “deep dive” into...
The convention hall at DoubleTree by Hilton in Portland feels very dark as Marya Axner and I arrive late for the FERC meeting. This is not because the lights are turned off. No, instead, the 150 or...
The Fix the Grid organization and 54 other community justice, environmental, religious, and scientific organizations in New England are urging the New England governors and their state representati...
On June 8, the Consumer Liaison Group of ISO-NE held its first public meeting that was organized under the influence of the slate of clean-energy-transition advocates that were elected to the commi...
A summary of selected studies and articles posted on June 4.
by Roy Harvey and Kent Wittenburg on behalf of the FTG Technical Committee To counter the view put forth by many power industry authorities in New England and elsewhere that fossil fuels are essen...
By Roy Harvey and Kent Wittenburg on behalf of the FTG Technical Committee The Pathways Study, commissioned by ISO-NE, seeks to evaluate a number of alternative pathways forward in market structur...
The last two weeks of highlights for grid technical news include an article favorably comparing battery storage technology to fossil-fuel-based peakers, a proposal for EV charging on highways, a la...
"When a major institution - private, government, or non-profit - proves itself to be trapped in an old or obsolete organizational strategy, the sensible response is to bring in new management, people with new ideas and a new way of approaching challenges. ISO-NE has failed, It is time for new, more