August heat wave stresses New England electric grid
Maine Public | By Peter McGuire
Published August 7, 2024
New England’s electric grid operator issued a rare energy emergency last week when power generation unexpectedly dropped off during a heat wave.
ISO New England said it had to call in reserve power resources for a few hours on August 1 to meet surging electricity demand as the region sweltered in temperatures over 90 degrees.
The grid operator said that increased energy use in the early evening surpassed morning forecasts. And there were unplanned power plant outages including the loss of a 350 megawatt resource.
That created a capacity deficiency that prompted a power caution alert signaling the grid was under stress and tapping reserve power, said ISO New England spokesperson Matt Kakley.
"It doesn't mean that we are turning people's power off or calling for any sort of controlled outages, but things are a little tighter on the system than we normally would like," Kakley said.
"This is just really, you know, us using some of our tools that we have available to balance that supply and demand for a short period on a given day when something unexpected happens," Kakley added.
The power shortage started at 4:45 p.m. and ended five hours later as energy demand eased, according to ISO New England.
Power generators that failed to meet their supply obligations during the event will be fined by the grid operator under its pay-for-performance rule. Generators that produced more than they had to, however, will be rewarded, according to ISO New England.
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Comment by Thinklike A. Mountain on August 10, 2024 at 5:50pm
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Comment by Dan McKay on August 9, 2024 at 5:51am
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"This is just really, you know, us using some of our tools that we have available to balance that supply and demand for a short period on a given day when something unexpected happens,"
More than realized, the unexpected happenings are occurring due to incompetent government policies.
And people like battery developers are claiming they are coming to the rescue with taxpayer funded, economically disastrous, government promoted, multi-million-dollar scams.
The rescue is just another Deep State scramble to cover up failed planning or are they purposedly leading us into energy bankruptcy?
Does Susan Collins, Angus King, Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden know they are co-conspirators to a malicious, evil plan to overthrow the will of the people.
Fight back. Power to the People.
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law
Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future
"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."
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