“One thing about cold weather: it brings out the statistician in everyone.”[i] If you’re reading this, it probably means that you’ve read and seen other reports, articles, stories and such about the rolling blackouts and other emergency measures that the Electric Reliability Council of Texas...

The nation’s electricity grid is undergoing a transition that is causing an increasing reliance on intermittent energy sources — such as wind and solar — and shifting away from dispatchable (always available when needed) electricity sources such as coal. As we highlighted in another recent post, there are...

As ice storms and record low temperatures gripped many states over the past several days, grid operators struggled to meet soaring electricity demand and were forced to curtail power to millions of customers.[i] Although we will certainly learn more about these events in the coming days, we do...

The nation’s electricity grid—comprised of power plants, high voltage transmission lines, and local distribution systems—is undergoing many changes and facing many challenges.  One of those changes is a shift away from conventional sources of electricity, such as coal, and an increasing dependence on lower-carbon and carbon-free sources of...