Port: A startling admission about reliability from an electrical grid operator
Our government is paying utilities to replace baseload power with intermittent power like wind. Based on what the SPP had to say to the PSC, the grid operators aren t speaking up about what these changes mean for grid reliability. That s a remarkable admission. 9:43 am, May 21, 2021 ×
Enel Green Power North America has signed a deal with Gap Inc. to provide wind energy to power over 1,500 retail stores. Forum file photo
MINOT, N.D. Yesterday in Bismarck, the
Public Service Commission held a hearing aimed at getting answers about the blackouts which plagued our region, and a big swath of the country, back in February.
Port: A startling admission about reliability from an electrical grid operator
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Electric co-ops, grid operators weigh in on reliability at North Dakota Capitol
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Energy providers and lawmakers are still hashing out last February s winter storm.
State climatologist Gary McManus gave on overview of the storm to an Oklahoma House committee today. He said it may not be the coldest storm on record, but it did give Oklahoma its coldest single day ever: the average temperature across the state on February 15th was -.7 degrees.
The Oklahoma Mesonet is a system of environmental monitoring stations. There is at least one Mesonet station in each of Oklahoma s 77 counties.
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McManus said on the next night every Mesonet location on record recorded negative temperatures for the first time in history.