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Halcyon has just updated two of its data products: the Large Load Tariff Tracker and the Gas Power Plant Tracker. We ship updates monthly, and for good reasons. The first is that these markets are changing fast, and matching a fast-moving market with fast-iterating products is, as they say, table stakes. The second is that these markets are highly uncertain, while outcomes within these markets are highly significant.

Every month, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas publishes its so-called Operational Overview, a report on power system supply, demand, and system operating conditions. Last week, we highlighted it (first on the list) as one of the interesting findings in US energy.

Many creators of information systems, and the numerous users of those systems’ products and services, continually encounter a problem as old as information itself: understanding change.

For years I have been warning that rising demand forecasts and the failure to retain existing generators or build adequate new power generation is threatening resource adequacy and the reliability of our power grid. I look forward to addressing this important topic with my colleagues and others who can contribute important information and give their views on how we move forward on this critically important issue.