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A Prolific Coincidence in Power Generation

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When I dig in to research a topic for the Rant, it’s a bit like American Pickers with Mike and Frank, but not drama. Pickers cover thousands of square feet of junk or treasure. I suppose the contents of this blog could be described as thousands of words of junk or treasure. This week we “pick” the last bits from the research that came from the paper, Climatic Impacts of Wind Power.This week we examine data representing the Midcontinent Independent System Operator’s (MISO) load and wind supply curves. First, the MISO territory is enormous, stretching from the Gulf of Mexico…
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The Rant, Behind the Scenes

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This week, with the holiday slowdown, I am catching up on a bunch of stuff from the list of which would bore you. One that I don’t think will bore you is results and findings from the survey we launched a couple months ago. There were close to 100 respondents with the vast majority being from outside our firm. Thank you all for responding and congratulations to Elizabeth Titus (NEEP) for winning the cash prize drawing. What’s it about? Two primary objectives of the Rant include attempting to set the record straight and provide opposing views. It should be of…
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