Ken Sands
@kensands.bsky.social
Editor-in-chief @rtoinsider.bsky.social. Former top editor, @bloomberg.com, @cq, @chronicle.com, @spokesman. 🔌💡
Quite the abrupt change of direction for Texas. The backlash against data centers seems to concern all sides of the political spectrum at this moment. 🔌💡
RTO Insider@rtoinsider.bsky.social · 5h agoTexas Gov. Greg Abbott said in late 2025 that Texas is the “epicenter of AI development” as he welcomed any and all data centers to the Lone Star State. #energysky 🔌💡 ow.ly/k8ly50Zwz2O
One former colleague lost his house. Not sure about other friends in the area. www.spokesman.com/galleries/20...
Devastation wrought by weekend fires
More than 700 to 1,100 structures lost in three Spokane fires; officials searching for 14 people.
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Avista: “Our facilities were not involved in starting any of these fires... We have restored service to customers whose outages were solely related to the public safety power shutoff." 🔌💡 rtowww.com/go/sfvp8QlwG
Avista Restores Power After PSPS Event, Outages Persist Amid Wash. Wildfires
Avista began restoring service to customers affected by public safety power shutoffs as wildfires burn in eastern Washington.
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Large Avista PSPS due to raging winds, fire moving quickly into suburban areas. This is a big deal. 🔌💡 www.myavista.com/safety/were-...
A new report predicts a near-term surge in clean energy resources but finds difficulty drawing a trajectory beyond 2030, given all the variables affecting power supply and demand. #energysky 🔌💡 ow.ly/6XRy50ZuFm2
AESO plans to revise its long-term supply adequacy metrics to better reflect renewable generation, energy storage capabilities, total load and demand patterns. #energysky 🔌💡 ow.ly/Jyzn50Zv1b6
Nice scoop. A sign of the times that no one is surprised, though?
charjaebug@jael.bsky.social · last wk.surprised this isn't making more waves: a renewables developer is signaling they're building gas and data center infrastructure instead, citing the trump administration
AIBeats: PJM Grid Data Center Incident Exposes the Hidden Fragility Behind America's AI Infrastructure Boom
PJM Grid Data Center Incident Exposes the Hidden Fragility Behind America's AI Infrastructure Boom
The PJM grid data center incident caused 3.1 GW to vanish in 30 seconds, exposing grid fragility in America's most data-center-dense region.
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We live in interesting times. 🔌💡
RTO Insider@rtoinsider.bsky.social · last wk.Arizona Corporation Commission member Nick Myers lost his bid for a second term in the state’s primary election to a fellow Republican who may be more amenable to keeping coal plants open. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/kVQ150Zt0sj Writer: Elaine Goodman
As soon as I have an hour free, I'm going to listen to this. Smart people usually have good insights. 🔌💡
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 2w agoToday on Volts: a crossover with @jigarshahdc.bsky.social's "Energy Empire" podcast! Jigar, Arnab Pal of @deployaction.bsky.social, & I discuss the data center backlash--how widespread it is, what's driving it, why utilities & hyperscalers are being so dumb about it, & how governors might respond.
Case study in why transmission planning doesn't work. Good read. 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social www.rtoinsider.com/136855-lette...
Annual PJM auction results. High prices again. Low reserve margin. More of the same? 🔌💡 www.rtoinsider.com/136577-pjm-c...
Load forecasting had its issues before the age of large loads. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/a1Mq50ZlRt0 Writer: James Downing
Grid Strategies once again has taken issue with a NERC reliability assessment. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/IQbq50ZlnNE Writer: Holden Mann
Maryland state officials are asking FERC to scrap millions of dollars in financial incentives for utilities and other transmission system operators to join an RTO. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/HZ4B50ZkV0m Writer: Sean Reilly
PJM has declared a capacity emergency and called all resources into service as loads exceeded 162 GW, fueled by a heat wave with temperatures exceeding 100 degrees. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/4zVB50ZksWR Writer: Devin Leith-Yessian
PJM has declared a capacity emergency and called all resources into service as loads exceeded 162 GW, fueled by a heat wave with temperatures exceeding 100 degrees. 🔌💡 www.rtoinsider.com/135849-pjm-e...
It remains to be seen how the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Slaughter and the newly empowered presidency will impact what used to be an independent agency. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/eIhi50ZjtC0 Writer: James Downing
The Trump administration and Duke Energy have agreed to terminate a wind energy lease off the North Carolina coast where the utility had long since decided to shelve development. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/lCyo50Ziv1S Writer: John Cropley
The stark difference between crypto miners and data centers, explained. 🔌💡 www.rtoinsider.com/135191-data-...
Data Centers That Get Connected Will Be the Ones That Power Down
On a hot afternoon in Texas, two large loads make opposite decisions. The cryptocurrency mine goes dark. The AI data center doesn’t blink.
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MISO and its stakeholders’ tone on resource adequacy has swung into optimistic territory, owing to record annual resource additions. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/V3WE50Zf0wf Writer: Amanda Durish Cook
Worth noting "The federal government will not always be so hostile to offshore wind, and now is the time to do the hard technical and policy work to prepare for the next phase of growth." 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social www.rtoinsider.com/134490-repor...
What to do about PJM? Everyone wants to know. Important perspective from former board member. 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social www.rtoinsider.com/133866-forme...
Former PJM Board Member: Independent Boards Require Independent Information
FERC’s conference on PJM governance July 23 will arrive when public debate has framed the institution’s challenges procedurally.
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U.S. solar capacity additions have slowed but still are outstripping other generation technologies. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/chY050Zar9t Writer: John Cropley
Could be a big deal. The New York State Legislature has voted for what could become the nation’s first statewide moratorium on new data center development. 🔌💡 www.rtoinsider.com/133811-ny-le...
