Emergency Power Orders Issued as Cold Snap Strains Florida’s Electric Grid
The US Department of Energy, led by Energy Secretary Chris Wright, issued seven emergency orders to major Florida utilities to help stabilize the state’s...
Natural Gas Prices Drive Higher Wholesale Electricity Costs
Average day-ahead wholesale electricity prices across most of the Lower 48 states were higher in 2025 than in 2024, largely due to significantly higher...
Reliability Challenges Loom for American Power Grid
NERC’s "2025 Long‑Term Reliability Assessment" finds that the long‑term reliability outlook for the North American bulk power system (BPS) could worsen over the next...
Winter Storm Fern Reverses New England’s Electricity Flow with Canada
The US Energy Information Administration reported that the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) — a 1,200 MW high‑voltage transmission line connecting Hydro‑Quebec to ISO‑New...
“Ice Storms Are a Hurricane for Us”
You know that Mississippi, located on the edge of the Gulf of America, gets its fair share of nasty weather, with big hurricanes making...
Solar, Wind Output Decline as Coal and Gas Power Demand
During the week ending January 25, 2026, Winter Storm Fern drove a 31% week-over-week increase in coal-fired electricity generation in the Lower 48 states,...
Thank Goodness for Coal
Despite the best attempts of the Obama and Biden administrations, coal power survives as part of America's energy mix. And it's a good thing...
US Nuclear Fleet Records Reduced Outages at Start of 2026
US Energy Information Administration reports that between January 1 and January 21, 2026, US nuclear power plant outages averaged 2.0 GW—about 20% lower than...
DOE Acts to Prevent Winter Storm Blackouts
The US Department of Energy issued emergency orders under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act to help prevent power outages in New England...
Natural Gas Prices Jump on Ice Storm Threat
With a big ice storm coming, natural gas buyers have driven prices up on worries that production facilities will be impacted by the severe...