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One thing I am watching closely tonight is the short-term motion of #Melissa.

Google DeepMind ensemble has been pretty consistent in showing a WSW motion beginning tonight, & this appears supported by the ECMWF deep-layer steering-flow as the hurricane becomes vertically deep. Diagnosed below ⤵️
October 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Data centers could greatly reduce the strain they put on the grid by scaling down operations and lowering electricity use in less than 1% of all hours, so why don't they. In my Energy Institute post today, I dig into the need to improve incentives. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/c...
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Can Data Centers Flex Their Power Demand?
First they need to have the right incentives to do so. Electricity world these days is filled with concern about supersized (“hyperscale”) data centers, those computing facilities that use more ele…
energyathaas.wordpress.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Interesting partial step towards a price-based rather than quantity-based capacity mechanism, similar to using an administrative demand curve for capacity. May be temporary. We will see.
www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-pj...
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FERC approves PJM capacity auction price cap, floor
The PJM Interconnection’s next two base capacity auctions will have a $325/MW-day price cap and a $175/MW-day floor.
www.utilitydive.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM