by Meredith Angwin | Feb 26, 2022 | Featured 1
Connecticut Legislature Holds A Hearing On February 1, the Connecticut General Assembly sponsored the hearing “Staring into the Storm” through their Energy Committees. The legislators wanted to know whether the New England electric grid was ready for a...
by Meredith Angwin | Sep 4, 2021 | Featured 1
What Surprised You? Eric Meyer of Generation Atomic has started a new on-line book club. Eric starts the conversation with a very important question: “In this book, what surprised you?” Great question! The club meetings started with my book, Shorting the Grid. I...
by Meredith Angwin | Nov 23, 2020 | Featured 1, Uncategorized
Winter Weather As I wrote in Shorting the Grid, the quest for reliable electricity in the winter in New England is far more difficult than it needs to be. The root of the problem is the FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) rules for areas like New England. This...
by Meredith Angwin | Sep 7, 2020 | Featured 1, Uncategorized
As the summer winds down, dangerous things are happening on the grid. As an example, nobody thinks the California rolling blackouts are over. As a matter of fact, it might not be too far-fetched to say, “If you are hopeful about the grid right now, you aren’t paying...
by Meredith Angwin | Jul 13, 2017 | Featured 1, Uncategorized
Tips for Publishing Op-Eds and Letters Pro-nuclear op-eds and letters-to-the-editor reach a large audience. While many newspapers do indeed struggle with decreasing circulations, newspapers such as the Mercury News of San Jose California have daily circulation...