Monthly Archives: August 2017

The Solar Eclipse Showed Us How Power Grids Effectively Handle Renewables

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator In the weeks leading up to the Aug. 21 solar eclipse, numerous articles appeared questioning whether U.S. power grids could handle the expected loss of solar power.  This map from the Energy … Continue reading →

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U.S. Becomes a Net Natural Gas Exporter

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator The U.S. has traditionally been a natural gas importer that depends on pipeline supplies from Canada, and, to a lesser extent, amounts of gas via LNG tanker. Source: Data from EIA website … Continue reading →

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ISO Markets Continue to Expand, Part II

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator Last week’s Energy Currents article discussed how organized competitive markets run by an Independent System Operator (ISO) are winning out over less-competitive unorganized markets centered around vertically integrated utilities, bilateral trading, and transmission … Continue reading →

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ISO Markets Continue to Expand, Part I

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator For the last 20 years, it appeared North America was locked into two paradigms on wholesale market design: Less competitive unorganized markets centered around vertically integrated utilities, bilateral trading, and transmission wheeling services … Continue reading →

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