Author: Rick Ankrum

Grid Response to Sudden Loss of Supply or Demand

Electric systems respond quickly to the sudden loss of supply or demand Today in Energy        U.S. Energy Information Administration A large region of electric systems, called the Western Interconnection, responded to the San Diego blackout on September 8 in…

Michigan Upper Peninsula Power Plant Could Close

Clean air rules cloud future of U.P. power plant Transmission lines could replace coal-fired utility By Thomas Content of the Journal Sentinel Looming environmental rules may lead We Energies to shut down the only major power plant serving Michigan’s Upper…