R Street Institute's Devin Hartman discusses anti-competitive flaws in RTO transmission policy and ways to level the playing field to encourage innovation.

Steve Huntoon | Steve Huntoon Texas: Two Imperatives There are two imperatives at work: (1) interregional reliability value and (2) interregional renewable integration value. We saw the first most recently in February. Massive power flows across regions aided grid reliability (except for Texas, see "average flow" chart below). [1] And...

Every couple years I critique Big Transmission. My original long-play version from 2015 is here.[1] And updates are here.[2] Just to be clear at the outset, by Big Transmission I mean long extra-high-voltage lines (typically DC voltage) — not incremental expansions like MISO’s MVP Projects and SPP’s Priority Projects, which...

By Patrick McGarry As long as there are history books, Neil Armstrong will be in them. Armstrong was a naval aviator, test pilot, astronaut and a university professor. He was also an engineer. Neil Armstrong before the moon launch | NASA On Feb. 22, 2000, Neil Armstrong delivered a riveting...

By Chris Brown, CEO, BHE Infrastructure Group Chris Brown | vestas Since my last commentary[1] several weeks ago, Texas again experienced another alarming moment when ERCOT issued an alert caused by capacity insufficiency, and power prices hit $2,000/MWh. This capacity shortfall is becoming more and more evident, and Texans deserve...

Steve Huntoon | Steve Huntoon If you blinked the other day, you may have missed news of an important study. Important on many levels — not least that it’s a huge hunk of good news. The Lawrence Berkeley Lab study is titled "Halfway to Zero: Progress towards a Carbon-Free Power...

Steve Huntoon | Steve Huntoon In my last column I suggested that Texas pass on Berkshire Hathaway’s offer to give Texas 10 GW of new emergency generation to be fueled by liquefied natural gas, at a cost of $8.3 billion, in exchange for a guaranteed return on that $8.3 billion.

Chris Brown | vestas By Chris Brown, CEO, BHE Infrastructure Group A recent column by Steve Huntoon regarding Berkshire Hathaway Energy’s proposed power solution for Texas included inaccuracies that completely misrepresent our proposal. His comments align with the disingenuous arguments shared by other critics of our proposal, who despite their...

In case you missed the headlines, Berkshire Hathaway Energy wants to give Texas 10 GW of new emergency generation to be fueled by liquefied natural gas, at a cost of $8.3 billion, in exchange for a guaranteed return on that $8.3 billion. Got it? BH bills this as a "TOTAL...