Picnic Before The Big Day

IL Wx Outlook for week ending 4/22

Forecast: 57 degree days Deviation from normal: -44 (-43.56%) degree days Deviation from last year: 18 (+46.15%) degree days Last 30 days heating degree days (HDD) around the state: O'Hare (ORD) -27% last year HDD, -19% HDD 10-year average Lincoln (ILX) -28% last year HDD, -7% HDD 10-year ... Read More

Oh, look! Links!

My links page is effectively my business launch pad . . . if I maintain it. Been awhile. I've cleaned up about a dozen links, improved a few to point at improvements at PJM. The EnerNOC commodity pages are sorted out. And thanks to enterprising Solar Action Alliance, I've added their link. ... Read More

Capped by MISO in Ameren IL

Probably should read the fine print before offering an opinion, but who does that? The MISO auction result that prices capacity at $150/MW-day in the Ameren zone of central and southern Illinois may have been conducted properly and according to the rules, but that don't make it right. From North ... Read More

End in sight for old King Coal . . .

This King Coal commentary from Platts doesn't have much to say about global warming. The point here is that markets and regulators are already adjusting, and that the battle is already lost. As for climate activism and smug political correctness, by all means, let's cite our sources. I do think ... Read More

Another look back at Polar Vortex

FERC recently released its 2014 State of the Energy Markets. The state of the markets is . . . strong. Chicago merited distinction, sadly: The 43 percent increase in the average price at the Chicago Citygate was a result of both the high price levels during the harsh winter, and of continued ... Read More

“appropriate and necessary”

Bloomberg Business reports: “The Supreme Court has been by-and-large supportive of the EPA in upholding their actions,” said William Bumpers, a lawyer who heads the climate-change practice at Baker Botts in Washington. “So there has been a lot of discussion about whether this conservative court ... Read More

Filed Under: EPA

Starting over . . . again

In 2001, I took the package and left the security of a utility job for . . . insecurity. No regrets. Among other things, it means that I have to keep trying, learning and improving. If I look back to previous posts and blog platforms, I'm sure I'll see starting over 1.0 and 2.0, maybe more. I ... Read More