Here comes the sun in MISO....

Big jump in the record solar production for MISO today. Hit 20% of total demand, besting wind. I've not seen it surpass fossil gas yet, but I'm betting that happens this spring. #EnergySky

US utility-scale wind & solar is on track to reach 430 GW by November 2028. That's up 28%! Small solar is ~58 GW now and will add another ~21 GW by 11/2028. So, total W&S capacity will be ~509 GW by 11/2028! Petrostate politicos are losing the war on W&S. cms.ferc.gov/media/energy... #energysky

Temps in the low 20's-30's in the South and renewables holding it down again today: Texas (ERCOT) - ~50% solar! v. ~30% gas, with batteries dispatching earlier at ~ 6GWs #energysky

Aside from the persistent outages in LA, MS and TN, things were mostly back to normal today on the grid, with another big showing from solar and storage in ERCOT (once again solar outperformed nat gas for a good chunk today), great wind and solar in MISO, and lower wind in SPP. #energysky

Tuesday, and outages still number close to half a million in TX, LA, MS and TN as temps start to thaw. Temps will plummet this weekend too however, and MISO has already declared a Capacity Advisory for this Friday in the North of the footprint. www.misoenergy.org/markets-and-... #energysky

Spanish electricity grid reaches 85.7% saturation after losing 2.8 GW of capacity in two months #energysky -- via pv magazine global:

I get the sense we’re missing out on something or somethings in the EU 🤔

Entergy LA and MS's system got really hard by Fern, as did TVA's. At this time I have not heard of loadshed in either territory so it seems likely that this is probably heavy distribution damage from ice loading. #energysky

www.eenews.net/articles/win... #winterstormfern #energysky

A Million Households Face Outages During Winter Storm #energysky -- via Heatmap News heatmap.news/am/wint...

Currently ERCOT is serving more load with solar than natural gas 25,207MW's of solar vs. 23,787MW's of gas The average price in ERCOT is currently ~$23 #energysky

With subzero temps as far south as Jefferson, MO, and freezing temps all the way down to NOLA, outages are still around 800k in the South. SWEPCO and Entergy maps show a lot of the same outages, likely from ice + sustained freezing temps. #energysky

A lot of outages with the amount of ice loading throughout TX, LA, AR, MS, TN and already a lot of others in the Southeast. #energytwitter

Already seeing some outages in the South with Winter Storm Fern. Around 900k are without power currently. Simultaneously, TVA is importing about 2GW's from SOCO, while simultaneously exporting ~ 2GW's to MISO. #energytwitter

I remember hearing at recent MISO Board Meetings that due to drought conditions Manitoba Hydro was also set to be in a pinch - hoping for the best for our neighbors to the North! #energytwitter

As the sun sets in Central Timezone, here's a couple energy trends as precipitation is at a lull in Eastern TX and AR (where there's currently sleet and snowfall already), but building towards a second round later this evening. weather.com/storms/winte... #energysky

Great content from ESIG 😄

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The United States is on track for a record increase in power generation capacity in 2025, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reports. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/igHP50WJfPE#energyskyWriter: John Cropley

It looks like MISO's routine price separation is supporting Ukraine today. #energysky #transmissionwouldfixthis

Same congestion pattern, different day in MISO South

Can someone make me a map of all the NREL geospatial wind and solar data and all of the existing and planned HVDC lines across the U.S. superimposed? #energysky

Vietnamese energy dominance with #windpower

Next level distribution planning in Ho Chi Minh City. I’ll add, contrary to my experience with Entergy NOLA. The power hasn’t flickered even a bit for 9 million people

#energysky Where does one find SPP's ITP Futures forecasted buildout? Like what MISO provides in their Futures Series 1a report?

Today, March 18, states like Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and other nearby states are getting 60% of their power from wind energy. #energysky

I find this stakeholder process for MISO's ERAS proposal utterly absurd. The gap between the first and second meeting discussing their proposal was 2 whole weekdays. Feedback requested, not reviewed

Awesome insight on Pakistan’s market for solar podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...

Another solar record in ERCOT today, this time with exactly 24,000 megawatts of output just a few minutes ago. That's 7,000 megawatts more than this time last year, a 40% increase in one year. Prices, of course, are low, <$15 per megawatt-hour.

Pretty scathing take on what is happening with the Ai market in the U.S. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

As a former Caltrain rider this one is close to my heart;)

ERCOT storage showing the typical cold winter pattern of high discharge in morning and evening… it ain’t a duck, so can we call this the jackalope? (Annotation mine) #energysky #txenergy

Well this is not nice

#energysky Challenging demand conditions starting throughout MISO, but wind ramping up in both MISO and SPP.

First flurries coming down in NOLA

#energysky Monitoring Winter Storm Enzo, both MISO and SPP are forecasting a decent amount of wind in the latter half of the 21st which coincides with some of the lowest temps. This should be good for balancing out high wholesale costs, and SPP imports could be big given the temp difference

I filled out all my availability polls, now what do I win?! More meetings? Aww shucky darns

Good morning with good news: India doubled solar installations in 2024, compared to 2023, to a record high 24.5 GW. Wind additions also rose 21% Utility-scale additions nearly tripled & rooftop rose 53% to 700,000 rooftop installations in 10 months! www.pv-magazine.com/2025/01/10/i... #energysky

While I respect the very important efforts of Entergy in restoring power in the aftermath of extreme events, the deal is not just to be there as a disaster aid service, it’s to provide power 8765 hours of the year. It’s incongruous for them to be lauded with awards by their trade association.

Currently not powering my life;(

updated and expanded a winter hazards and grid ops dashboard - focused on the eastern interconnection let me know if there are other things you'd be interested in seeing in something like this! #energysky

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It is now cheaper to build new solar or wind power plants than fossil fuel power plants in much of the world. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 Source: about.bnef.com/blog/cost-of...

It is true that there are challenges to meeting explosive data center demand and electricication, it is also true that this is a collection of inputs provided by TO’s www.utilitydive.com/news/explosi...

Remember when everyone was so worried about EV demand? So quaint

Question: if Atlanta is in the South, why does it get so dang cold?

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