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 | Nov 5, 2020 | Featured 2, Uncategorized
Shorting is Published! Shorting the Grid: The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid is published and available. Shorting was published on October 19. I definitely need to do a catch-up post with some links to podcasts and so forth. I have been on some great podcasts...
by Meredith Angwin | Oct 14, 2020 | Featured 2, Uncategorized
In my forthcoming book, Shorting the Grid, I present the situation and the choices as they currently exist on the grid. I avoided doing too much speculation. As I have often said, “Look out for the word could.” As soon as someone begins to talk about what we “could”...
by Meredith Angwin | Sep 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
To my delight, a recent FERC ruling was fair in its treatment of nuclear power and other generating systems. (FERC is the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.) Unfortunately, it’s hard to explain a FERC ruling because all FERC rulings come with a long...
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...