grid reliability

image of tornado approaching a car, Texas, 1995

Harald Richter/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

April 12, 2023

Tornadoes and More: What Spring Can Bring to the Power Grid

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

Marii Sha/Unsplash

January 24, 2023

Storm Elliott Knocked Out Fossil-Fuel Power. We’ve Been Here Before.

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

Cinzy Hidden/Flickr

January 4, 2023

What Does Western Grid Regionalization Mean for California?

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

Jeremy Bezanger/Unsplash

September 21, 2022

Changes to California’s Resource Adequacy Program Will Have Huge Consequences for the Power Grid

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

GPA Photo Archive/Flickr

September 12, 2022

Can the Electric Grid Handle EV Charging?

Samantha Houston
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Mathias Appel/Flickr

September 7, 2022

Failure to Plan Could Create an Energy Crisis

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

Western Area Power/Flickr

August 31, 2022

September Is Here. That Means Another Nail-Biter for California’s Grid.

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

May 18, 2022

Why We Can Send A Rover To Mars, But We Can’t Send An Electron From New York to California

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

Markus Spiske/Unsplash

April 25, 2022

Grid Modeling Overview: Four Types of Models Guiding the Transition to Clean Electricity

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

Paxson Woelber/Flickr

January 24, 2022

Odds are Power Plants Near You are Holding Back on Cold Days

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

Moritz Knoringer/Unsplash

December 14, 2021

California Energy: A 2021 Review and a Look Ahead

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

a photo of the Russell City Energy Center in Hayward, California, taken by the blog author on his tour. a sign on the chainlink fence in front of the plant reads, "welcome to the best damn plant in the fleet!"

August 12, 2021

I Toured “the Best Damn Plant in the Fleet.” Two Years Later It Exploded.

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

Kevin Dooley/Flickr

June 24, 2021

California Takes Big Step Towards Clean Electricity, But Not Without Stumbling

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

Matthew Henry/Unsplash

June 15, 2021

Why Should We Care About MISO’s Long Range Transmission Planning?

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

Portland General Electric's Salem Smart Power Center

Portland General Electric/flickr

June 14, 2021

To Understand Energy Storage, You Must Understand ELCC

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

Solar panels in the desert

Tom Brewster Photography/flickr

October 26, 2020

Five Facts about Energy Storage that Every Californian Should Know

Guest Commentary

October 12, 2020

ELCC Explained: the Critical Renewable Energy Concept You’ve Never Heard Of

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy