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Wednesday Feb 1, 2023 |
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Spring is still more than a month and a half away, but some nuclear plants are getting an early jump on outage season. Hatch 2, a 935 MW plant located in Georgia, is the first nuclear plant to completely power down in 2023 for its refueling cycle. The plant reached 100% offline on Sunday, January ...
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Tuesday Jan 31, 2023 |
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The eastern half of the continent has seen record warm this winter causing a large drop in heating load. As a result the storage inventory has not seen the normal draw down of stocks usually associated with the peak wiinter demand months. Per the last EIA inventory report the Midwest, East and ...
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Monday Jan 30, 2023 |
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As a kid there always seemed to be plenty of snow on the hillside to take the red plastic sled and climb to the top and make a run, jump in and speed to the bottom to which the hope was to not knock anyone over along the way. There was always one or two ‘old school’ sledders who ...
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Friday Jan 27, 2023 |
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In his iconic song from 1972, Albert Hammond lamented “it never rains in Southern California, but girl, don’t they warn ‘ya, it pours, man, it pours.” Musical metaphor and poetry aside, weather was the big story this past month in California leading renewables to stage their ...
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Thursday Jan 26, 2023 |
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As the Pacific Northwest heads swiftly towards the end of this week and the transition to the next that will bring a significant chill into the region, the conditions on the grid are such that every MW will be needed. Peak loads are expected to climb by over 4 GW from today to next Monday and ...
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Wednesday Jan 25, 2023 |
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With attempts at mitigating the impacts of climate change at the Colorado River Basin stalled, the City of Page has moved onto adapting to the increasingly likely worst-case scenario predictions. A new water intake valve was installed at Glen Canyon dam at the end of 2022. This will allow the city ...
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Tuesday Jan 24, 2023 |
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Canada has been suffering the same fate as the Lower 48 for the month of January. Most of the country has seen record warmth keeping the gas demand subdued. Alberta consumption on the Nova system has averaged only 6.7 BCF per day which is .6 BCF lower than expected for a typical January. Total ...
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Monday Jan 23, 2023 |
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The situation in CAISO (and much of the western United States) that is producing natural gas prices consistently above $20 per MMBtu and pushing electricity prices far above seasonal norms. The last couple of months CAISO has been experiencing a significant deficit in import megawatts flowing ...
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Friday Jan 20, 2023 |
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The rains hitting California have received a lot of news this year – and for good reason. Epic storms have caused property damage, flooding, and sadly, loss of life. The state, which has been in a multi-year drought, is getting too much of a good thing. The image below shows state-wide Snow ...
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Wednesday Jan 18, 2023 |
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It has been well documented in the local papers that California natural gas prices have been at extremely high levels since the start of the winter season. The reason for such a move starts with the Pacific Northwest power market pricing itself to keep megawatts at home due to the regional ...
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