FERC commissioners tell senators of major grid reliability challenges, with some blaming markets

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FERC commissioners tell senators of major grid reliability challenges, with some blaming markets
Power plants are retiring faster than they’re being replaced, according to FERC Commissioner Mark Christie. “The arithmetic doesn’t work,” he said Thursday.

Published May 5, 2023
 
The U.S. grid faces major reliability challenges, according to members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission who used the word 34 times in their prepared testimony Thursday at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing.

There is a “looming reliability crisis in our electricity markets,” FERC Commissioner James Danly said.

“The United States is heading for a very catastrophic situation in terms of reliability,” FERC Commissioner Mark Christie said.

FERC Acting Chairman Willie Phillips said, “We face unprecedented challenges to the reliability of our nation’s electric system.”

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-grid-reliability-senate-energy-hearing/649523/

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Oh!  The reliability issues are with the electric grid, not congress like I first thought.

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https://climatechangedispatch.com/bypassing-congress-biden-using-epa-in-scheme-to-shutter-50-of-all-power-plants/

[Smokin Joe]

Oh!  The reliability issues are with the electric grid, not congress like I first thought.

Congress is bad enough, but the regulatory agencies and the Executive Departments are far worse.