Power Grid Markets & Policy

Wholesale Electricity Price Spikes Tied to Extreme Weather Events, Regional and Global Fuel Prices, and Generation Performance. January 10, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Wholesale Electricity Price Spikes Tied to Extreme Weather Events, Regional and Global Fuel Prices, and Generation Performance

Accredited Capacity: A Suitable Metric for Grid Reliability. January 26, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Accredited Capacity: A Suitable Metric for Grid Reliability

Scientific Paper Review: Future demand for electricity generation materials under different climate mitigation scenarios. January 28, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Scientific Paper Review: Future demand for electricity generation materials under different climate mitigation scenarios

The U.S. Power Grid’s Interconnection Process is a Gauntlet That Slows Down Wind, Solar, and Battery Projects: Transmission, Grid Integration Capabilities, Permitting, Supply Chains, and Oppositions are the Reasons Why. February 26, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The U.S. Power Grid’s Interconnection Process is a Gauntlet That Slows Down Wind, Solar, and Battery Projects: Transmission, Grid Integration Capabilities, Permitting, Supply Chains, and Oppositions are the Reasons Why

Levelized Cost of Electricity Revisited: Accounting the Costs of Grid Integration that Increase Per Unit of Power as Variable Generation Increases. April 22, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Levelized Cost of Electricity Revisited: Accounting the Costs of Grid Integration that Increase Per Unit of Power as Variable Generation Increases

Scientific Article Review: ‘Land-use intensity of electricity production and tomorrow’s energy landscape’. June 19, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Scientific Article Review: ‘Land-use intensity of electricity production and tomorrow’s energy landscape’

EIA Reports that About 55% of Capacity Weighted New Electricity Generation in 1H 2023 is from Natural Gas. August 8, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: EIA Reports that About 55% of Capacity Weighted New Electricity Generation in 1H 2023 is from Natural Gas

Power Grid Adequacy: Grids Need to Grow Ahead of Electrification. September 13, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Power Grid Adequacy: Grids Need to Grow Ahead of Electrification

NREL Forecasts Gas-Fired Power Capacity Will Grow Significantly to 2050 but Utilization Rates Will Drop Significantly: If That is to Be the Case, More Pipeline Capacity Will be Needed in the Near-Term and More Natural Gas Assets Will Be Stranded Sooner, Resulting in Losses for Utilities and Consumers. January 15, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: NREL Forecasts Gas-Fired Power Capacity Will Grow Significantly to 2050 but Utilization Rates Will Drop Significantly: If That is to Be the Case, More Pipeline Capacity Will be Needed in the Near-Term and More Natural Gas Assets Will Be Stranded Sooner, Resulting in Losses for Utilities and Consumers

Advantages and Disadvantages of Electricity Aggregation: Is it Good or Not and Can We Really Know? January 19, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Advantages and Disadvantages of Electricity Aggregation: Is it Good or Not and Can We Really Know?

Changing Power Demand Dynamics in the U.S.: Electrification Risks, Vulnerabilities, Preparation, and Fixes. February 5, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Changing Power Demand Dynamics in the U.S.: Electrification Risks, Vulnerabilities, Preparation, and Fixes

The Texas Energy Fund: ERCOT Will Invest Heavily in Loans Mostly for Natural Gas Power Plant Projects to Help Provide Power for Expected Load Increases. June 4, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Texas Energy Fund: ERCOT Will Invest Heavily in Loans Mostly for Natural Gas Power Plant Projects to Help Provide Power for Expected Load Increases

AI/Machine Learning is the New Impending Energy Consumer: How Much Will It Affect Electricity Demand? June 5, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: AI/Machine Learning is the New Impending Energy Consumer: How Much Will It Affect Electricity Demand?

SCOTUS Rules Against Clean Power Plan in West Virginia vs. EPA: A Blow for Power Emissions Mandates but Effects Will Be Muted as the 2022 Opinion Also Said the EPA Overstepped Its Authority. July 4, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: SCOTUS Rules Against Clean Power Plan in West Virginia vs. EPA: A Blow for Power Emissions Mandates but Effects Will Be Muted as the 2022 Opinion Also Said the EPA Overstepped Its Authority.

What’s Up with PJM’s Massive Capacity Payments Increase? August 18, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: What’s Up with PJM’s Massive Capacity Payments Increase?

Incentivizing New Dispatchable Generation: Controversial but Useful, August 31, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Incentivizing New Dispatchable Generation: Controversial but Useful

Biden EPA’s Clean Power Push Getting Push-Back from Grid Operators, FERC, and Maybe the Courts. September 28. 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Biden EPA’s Clean Power Push Getting Push-Back from Grid Operators, FERC, and Maybe the Courts

Tariff Proposal to Ohio PUC by Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Constellation Energy, and Others Opposed by AEP Ohio. October 16, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Tariff Proposal to Ohio PUC by Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Constellation Energy, and Others Opposed by AEP Ohio

NERC and FERC Attempt to Address Electricity Reliability Via Extreme Weather Planning, Security Upgrades, New Ride-Through Standards for Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs), and More from the Latest Meetings. December 22, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: NERC and FERC Attempt to Address Electricity Reliability Via Extreme Weather Planning, Security Upgrades, New Ride-Through Standards for Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs), and More from the Latest Meetings

PJM Interconnection Experiences Highest Electricity Demand Ever: Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Provide 92.9% of the Power Needed. January 30, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: PJM Interconnection Experiences Highest Electricity Demand Ever: Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Provide 92.9% of the Power Needed

Rollbacks on CCS Mandates for Power Plants are Warranted but Rollbacks on Coal Combustion Residuals Are Not a Good Idea. March 24, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Rollbacks on CCS Mandates for Power Plants are Warranted but Rollbacks on Coal Combustion Residuals Are Not a Good Idea

Behind-the-Meter Power for Data Centers, Solar, Tax Cuts, and Refunds. March 25, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Ohio Energy Issues at the Statehouse: Old Coal Plant Bailouts, Electric Security Plans, Behind-the-Meter Power for Data Centers, Solar, Tax Cuts, and Refunds

Implications of PJM’s Proposed Price Collar for Capacity Auction Payments. March 16, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Implications of PJM’s Proposed Price Collar for Capacity Auction Payments

‘Dispatchable’ Power Credits Trading Program Passed in Texas Senate. March 26, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: ‘Dispatchable’ Power Credits Trading Program Passed in Texas Senate

U.S. National Power Demand Study: Executive Summary. March 2025. by S&P Global Commodity Insights: Review and Summary. March 26, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: U.S. National Power Demand Study: Executive Summary. March 2025. by S&P Global Commodity Insights: Review and Summary

Rampant Demand Response Fraud Prompts MISO to Change Its Demand Response Rules. March 27, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Rampant Demand Response Fraud Prompts MISO to Change Its Demand Response Rules

The Risks of Electrification According to Javier Blas: A Taste of Electricity Realism. April 28, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Risks of Electrification According to Javier Blas: A Taste of Electricity Realism

Residential Electricity Costs by U.S. State: Generation Sources and Availability, Clean Energy Goals, Consumption, and Policies are All Factors: And CO2 Emissions Per Capita by State. May 8, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Residential Electricity Costs by U.S. State: Generation Sources and Availability, Clean Energy Goals, Consumption, and Policies are All Factors: And CO2 Emissions Per Capita by State

U.S. Residential Electricity Prices Have Been Rising and In Many Places Are Expected to Keep Rising: The Cases of Louisiana and Ohio: and Electricity Expenditures vs. Other Fuel Expenditures. May 15, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: U.S. Residential Electricity Prices Have Been Rising and In Many Places Are Expected to Keep Rising: The Cases of Louisiana and Ohio: and Electricity Expenditures vs. Other Fuel Expenditures

American Reindustrialization: Uncertainty in Power Markets and Tariff Chaos in Steel, Aluminum, and Copper Markets. July 9, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: American Reindustrialization: Uncertainty in Power Markets and Tariff Chaos in Steel, Aluminum, and Copper Markets

UN Claims Green Energy Has Reached a Cost Tipping Point: Renewables Accounted for 74% of Global Electricity Growth in 2024: However, Coal Demand is at Record Levels. July 24, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: UN Claims Green Energy Has Reached a Cost Tipping Point: Renewables Accounted for 74% of Global Electricity Growth in 2024: However, Coal Demand is at Record Levels

Pay-as-Bid Vs. Pay-as-Clear: Complex RTO Payment Methods for Power Markets Not Fair or Necessary, According to Op-Ed: (The Solution May Be Tweaks Rather Than a Switch IMO). July 29, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Pay-as-Bid Vs. Pay-as-Clear: Complex RTO Payment Methods for Power Markets Not Fair or Necessary, According to Op-Ed: (The Solution May Be Tweaks Rather Than a Switch IMO)

Energy Scarcity and Abundance: Effects on Power Markets, Generators, Consumers, and Infrastructure Buildout. August 3, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Energy Scarcity and Abundance: Effects on Power Markets, Generators, Consumers, and Infrastructure Buildout