Max Kanter
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@gridstatus.io
. I like making things. Interested in energy & data
We're about to release a new Forecast Analysis app on
@gridstatus.io
, and Iβm looking for users to test it. Not only does it make pretty visualizations, it helps you understand how forecast vintages evolve over time, compare their historical accuracy, and more. DM or reply for link!
6 months ago
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Anyone else at the ERCOT Innovation Summit today? Come say hi!
8 months ago
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A new nodal electricity market went live in Ontario early this morning! Shortly after, we had the data flowing into
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So far, LMPs have ranged from $-100/MWh to $367/MWh across the nearly 1000 new nodes in IESO See the pretty map and more here:
www.gridstatus.io/live/ieso
8 months ago
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8 months ago
On February 19th, a battery north of Austin had a high relief shift factor against overlapping constraints, leading to all-time-high prices that approached $30,000/MWh. We walked through how to use Grid Status to monitor, track, and review these situations ππ‘
blog.gridstatus.io/exploring-ex...
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Exploring extreme prices in ERCOT with Grid Status
On 2/19/2025 a single location in ERCOT experienced all-time-high prices. What happened, and was the local battery, Rabbit Hill, able to capitalize on these extreme prices?
https://blog.gridstatus.io/exploring-extreme-prices-in-ercot-with-grid-status/
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9 months ago
new blog! this time we dove into the data around an event in PJM last summer where ~1.5 GW of datacenters suddenly dropped off the grid in northern Virginia, PJM's limited tools to deal with these kinds of events, and the sad state of batteries in the RTO ππ‘
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Basically how weβve built
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Postgres + ECharts is a hard to beat combo
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Prices spiked in ERCOT this morning, mostly driven by the cost of energy from marginal batteries. We're in the depths of outage season with many thermal assets out for maintenance. In those conditions, even a modest morning load forecast beat can lead to a quick run up the supply stack. ππ‘
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9 months ago
This morning we published our longest blog to date, going deep on IESO in Ontario it nears the May 1st go-live date for its Market Renewal Program (MRP) ππ‘ little π§΅ with some IESO background, check the blog for more figures and explanation of the MRP
blog.gridstatus.io/market-renew...
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Market Renewal in Ontario: Navigating IESO's Shift to a Nodal System
Ontario's power market administrator, IESO, is about to undergo major changes. We explore the history of the ISO and examine the impact these reforms will have on participants.
https://blog.gridstatus.io/market-renewal-in-ontario/
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10 months ago
One of the better use cases for this message summary stuff that Iβve stumbled across so far
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10 months ago
Now in blog form, with additional context and commentary! ππ‘
blog.gridstatus.io/tariffs-chal...
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10 months ago
ISO-NE and NYISO did make exigent circumstances filings with FERC on Friday ππ‘ Basically saying "we need to do something right now, please approve, even if it's not perfect" (snipping ISO-NE)
www.iso-ne.com/static-asset...
nyisoviewer.etariff.biz/ViewerDocLib...
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Crazy last few days in ERCOT. To summarize: 1. Record winter load peak 2. Record net load 3. Record battery discharge 4. Record solar generation 5. Record 5-minute LMPs at a specific node
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10 months ago
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11 months ago
PJM set a new winter demand record, ~145GW, displacing a decade-old peak Prior to the new record, only a single day had cracked the winter top ten in the last decade. Impressively, the RTO accomplished this while exporting ~8 GW to neighbors. π‘π
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11 months ago
TVA appears to have set a new demand record π The previous record was ~34.5 GW on January 17th, just last year. You can track this here:
www.gridstatus.io/eia/TVA
A note of caution though, this EIA data can change as it gets updated, consider it preliminary in the moment. π‘π
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12 months ago
If you have a free Grid Status account you can check out example custom dashboards, like CAISO's, that go beyond the Live page in the main app. Same goes for out east, where DA prices have been rising in NYISO and ISO-NE over the weekend as the system braces for cold and snow. ππ‘
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The speed at which batteries have taken over ancillary services in ERCOT is impressive!
12 months ago
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Such a nice example of how grid operations manifest in price signals
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12 months ago
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12 months ago
Load in the Far West of ERCOT has exploded Expansion and electrification of oil and gas operations has driven load growth in ERCOTβs Far West weather zone. Likely the fastest load growth in the country over the past few years.
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about 1 year ago
Batteries are reshaping ERCOTβs ancillary services procurement Battery generation capacity has made up 50%+ of awards for reg up and responsive reserves since 2022. In these, coal and gas regularly account for <20% of capacity.
#energysky
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Here's my Master's thesis proposal from 10 years ago. Crazy that I'm still trying to solve this problem, now focusing on the energy industry. As
@waldoch.bsky.social
pointed out, I forgot to mention communicating/writing about the insights, which is a big part of what we do at
@gridstatus.io
about 1 year ago
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There's been plenty of talk about how ERCOT surpassed CAISO for peak utility-scale solar production in 2024. But did you know MISO also surpassed PJM? Peak solar production in MISO shot up 144% during the past year, reaching over 8GW in October. Lots of good insights in this thread!
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about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
Many big updates testing internally right now, but a surprise smaller one just shipped, new Pricing tab on each ISO's Live page. Use Sync Tooltips to compare across charts We have our list of improvements for this in the new year, but what do you want to see? ππ‘
www.gridstatus.io/live/ercot#p...
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about 1 year ago
Last night, PJM released preliminary values for its 2025 load forecast, which once again represent a significant increase from the previous year. These findings will be presented at the Load Analysis Subcommittee next Monday and published in final form early next year. short π§΅
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Returning to price, we can see an escalation across both the Energy and Congestion components when wind was lowest and most off from the forecast. However, divergence occurred as wind began to recover. A negative congestion signal was sent to windy areas due to now-ramped thermal gen closer to load
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