Tomorrow, millions of people in the US will skip their Thursday workaday routines in favor of lounging at home, watching TV, and, above all else, eating. People eat every day, of course, but Thanksgiving also means cooking, and cooking at home, and even more specifically, roasting something very large, at high heat, in an oven, for hours. That energy, or more specifically, that electricity, comes mainly from the grid.
Our very own Christopher Schenker joins the panel on December 2 at 12 PM ET for the Environmental Law Institute’s webinar on DOE’s new large-load interconnection directive. If you work in interconnections, large loads, or utility policy, this is a can’t-miss discussion.
There is a fundamental challenge at the heart of the power utility social contract: to provide power to all while ensuring that no group of ratepayers is unfairly burdened with costs. This challenge is particularly acute today, as new large load consumers, such as data centers, can change the shape of a grid (and its rates) in just a matter of months.
Last month I had the opportunity to record a long conversation with one of my favorite observers of the energy world: Doug Lewin.
Every week, Halcyon reviews all the dockets, filings, and exhibits it has processed in the past seven days (8,956 documents added from Oct 1-7). We select around 10-ish favorites, which may include lesser-known items, standout zingers, or simple things we believe deserve more visibility in the information shared among tens of thousands of stakeholders.
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