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NERC’s latest reliability assessment is unreliable

The North American Energy Reliability Corporation's (NERC, rhymes with jerk) mission is to keep America's grid reliable which it has clearly failed to do.

By David Wojick |2025-05-21T22:56:44-04:00May 22nd, 2025|Comments Off

Will the President pursue grid reliability?

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission can make abundant, affordable reliable energy its mission.

By David Wojick |2025-02-23T15:10:14-05:00February 24th, 2025|Comments Off

Reliable electricity is at risk in Connecticut

Ultimately it will mean higher utility bills for customers in Connecticut.

By Ron Brisé |2025-02-01T15:22:20-05:00February 2nd, 2025|Comments Off

Securing the U.S. electric grid requires major reform

The current level of electricity demand is unprecedented.

By Eric Olson |2024-12-26T08:30:53-05:00December 28th, 2024|Comments Off

Planning for climate blackouts

BY DAVID WOJICK: We are awash in urgent warnings that the electric power grid is increasingly prone to failure.

By David Wojick |2024-02-21T12:05:03-05:00February 20th, 2024|Comments Off

PJM fiddles while grid sickens

The good news is that renewables will be downgraded. The bad news is that what PJM proposes is nowhere near what we need to prevent catastrophic blackouts.

By David Wojick |2023-11-13T08:51:46-05:00November 14th, 2023|Comments Off

Study finds big blackouts from Biden’s power plant rules

By Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling: As the four largest regional grid operators said in their report, “hope is not a strategy” when it comes to the nation’s power grid.

By CFACT Ed |2023-09-18T11:15:32-04:00September 16th, 2023|Comments Off

Renewables versus the grid at PJM

The renewables stampede has swamped PJM to the point where they have stopped approving new connections.

By David Wojick |2023-07-17T10:46:51-04:00July 17th, 2023|Comments Off

Blackouts for Christmas, a sick grid gift

America's power grid is crumbling to third-world status.

By David Wojick |2022-12-26T15:45:09-05:00December 30th, 2022|Comments Off

Attacks on grid highlight irresponsible Biden energy policies

BY J. Kennerly Davis: Transformers in short supply while demand artificially up.

By CFACT Ed |2022-12-16T21:49:54-05:00December 19th, 2022|Comments Off

Save America’s grid!

The electric grid is sick and getting sicker.

By David Wojick |2022-11-26T14:23:44-05:00November 29th, 2022|Comments Off

News of NERC is not good for reliability

There are 93 Reliability Standards that have been approved by FERC. It looks like none of them has anything to do with controlling the adverse impact of renewables upon reliability.

By David Wojick |2022-06-15T11:00:16-04:00June 14th, 2022|Comments Off

Energy reliability is everything

“Everything is tied to having electricity, and yet we’re not focusing on the reliability of the grid. That’s absurd, and that’s frightening.”

By Donn Dears |2022-03-15T10:43:57-04:00March 17th, 2022|Comments Off

Texas remains in energy peril

It has been one year since the devastating blackouts in Texas, so it’s time to examine whether Texas is in danger of repeating the disaster.

By Donn Dears |2022-01-25T19:35:31-05:00January 28th, 2022|Comments Off

Taking the high ground against Biden blackouts

Wrecking the energy grid benefits no one but those seeking to cash in on wind and solar subsidies.

By Joe Bastardi |2021-10-02T12:18:12-04:00October 1st, 2021|Comments Off