#isonewengland — Public Fediverse posts

#ISONewEngland’s profit model is based on a scarcity mindset, which works against abundant renewables and conservation. Exhibit A is ISO’s opposition to mentioning #DemandResponse as a tool to manage #eclipse2024.

For the rest of my term as a member of the #ConsumerLiaisonGroup I will be emphasizing an #abundancemindset to grow a resilient and healthy grid for all.

This is why #ISONewEngland is all talk & no action on #DemandResponse: it beats gas/oil peakers badly in the market, at the moments when gas/oil plants otherwise profit most.

https://www.iso-ne.com/static-assets/documents/2022/11/iso_dr_11_03_2022_hy.pdf

“Most DRR’s [Demand Response Resources] are offered extra-marginally in the energy market - i.e., they offer at a very high energy price.” (See slide in link for full slide text)

#DemandResponse pairs *extremely well* with solar & wind, almost like they were made for each other.

That’s exactly why #ISONewEngland silenced that message in #EclipseGate, and why they try to keep discussions of DR & renewables separated. It hurts gas Peaker plant profits, who dominate #NEPOOL, ISO’s “partner”.

Good news! #ISONewEngland has offered to answer questions about #DemandResponse at the June 4th #ConsumerLiaisonGroup public meeting coming up in Holyoke. DM if you need a ride.

This comes on the heels of this #EclipseGate kerfuffle wherein #ISONewEngland failed to mention DR as a tool to maintain grid balance during the eclipse. Maybe because they don’t actually use it? Hopefully we’ll find out.
https://indepthnh.org/2024/04/16/total-eclipse-of-the-iso-new-england-consumer-liaison-group/

#ISONewEngland talks a good game on strategic conservation, aka #DemandResponse (as recently as 2 weeks ago!), but when it comes down to it, must not be interested in saving energy, climate, air quality and ratepayer money. Because that's at odds with profiting off scarcity, the #ISONewEngland business model. https://isonewswire.com/2024/03/19/first-clg-meeting-of-2024-features-discussion-on-demand-response-video-available/

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Unfortunately, #ISONewEngland #ISONE isn't doing sh*t to encourage anyone to conserve electricity during #eclipse24. Instead, it says it'll just fire up peaker plants: "...solar production is expected to drop off fairly rapidly over the course of the eclipse and will need to be replaced by other sources of power generation. The exact amount of additional generation needed will depend on cloud cover that day." - https://isonewswire.com/2024/03/07/iso-ne-preparing-for-aprils-total-solar-eclipse/

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Help the Electric Grid during the Solar #eclipse24! #TheMoreYouKnow #PSA

The Solar eclipse on April 8 will cross several major grid regions across the US, including Texas #ERCOT, #MISO, #NYISO and #ISONewEngland, reducing grid electricity by up to 50% or more. Ratepayers can help the grid manage in a big way!

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@CelloMomOnCars
huh! Gas was also the biggest failure on the #nightmarebeforexmas 2022 in #isonewengland.

The age of #EnergyDemocracy is here. Please demand that #FERC support #PeoplePower, not the same old business-as-usual corporate power concentration #ISONewEngland is offering up.

https://www.nocoalnogas.org/ferc-comment

100% of the #NightmareBeforeXMas #ISONewEngland code red condition was due to fossil fuel plants/supply.

See slide 15 here:
https://www.iso-ne.com/static-assets/documents/2023/01/february-2023-coo-report.pdf @jglarusso @dmokreis @curt_nordgaard

What if cost, safety, reliability & climate were not four separate challenges the grid must tackle, but four aspects of one challenge, because they are? #ISONewEngland #EnergyDemocracy #Democratize #Decentralize #Decarbonize #Decolonize

Much more detail on the #NightmareBeforeXMas #ISONewEngland grid emergency on Dec 24, 2022:

https://www.iso-ne.com/static-assets/documents/2023/01/december-2022-op4-coo-report.pdf

The #ISONewEngland system wide red alert XMas eve appears to have involved preserving connection with the #NYISO. Spillover from the frozen upstream gas system, likely.

Read here & look at the real-time XMas eve alerts mentioning “CTS”:
https://www.iso-ne.com/participate/support/participant-readiness-outlook/coordinated-transaction-scheduling-project