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Doug Bostrom

Until shortly ago this spillway entrance was overseen for failure analysis by #FERC experts. The operators do not have this expertise, which was shared by many quite efficiently.

The structure protects a 61m earth fill damn that has zero tolerance for over-topping.

If the dam fails, it will put a community of ~3,OOO under as much of 10m of water.

Losing this capacity is not a savings. There was already efficiency and anyway the prime purpose of government is effective service not efficiency.

Spillway structure for an earth fill dam, a paraboloid intake pipe of concrete.
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Doug Bostrom

As I heard it today during an engineer-led tour in connection with emergency warning systems improvements, we're no longer capable of modeling complex flow effects through the relief systems for the 200' earth fill dam serviced by this "glory hole" spillway-- due to gratuitous destruction at #FERC.

Which comes while dam spillways etc. are being reassessed and revised to account for 50 years of better statistics and projection of #ClimateChange effects.

So-called "glory hole" dam spillway, a bell-mouthed intake pipe made of concrete with opening parallel to water surface and approximately 10 meters on diameter at opening.
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CelloMom On Cars

"Dismissing opposition from renewable energy developers, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Tuesday approved the PJM Interconnection’s proposal for a fast-track interconnection review for shovel-ready generation projects.

#FERC also approved changes to #PJM’s rules for Surplus Interconnection Service, or #SIS, that could help get additional capacity online."

utilitydive.com/news/ferc-pjm-

Utility Dive · FERC approves PJM’s fast-track power plant interconnection planBy Ethan Howland
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We Can Be Gyros

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#FERC approved the transaction on the back of a previously granted blanket authorization to BlackRock that allows the asset manager to acquire up to 20% of voting securities of certain types of #UtilityCompanies. BlackRock first received the authorization in 2010, and the Commission declined to reconsider it as part of the transaction.

esgdive.com/news/ferc-approves

ESG Dive · FERC greenlights BlackRock’s $12.5B purchase of Global Infrastructure PartnersBy Lamar Johnson
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Flipboard Tech Desk

Federal regulators have rejected a deal that would let Amazon draw more power from a Pennsylvania nuclear plant to supply new bit barns next to the site, on the grounds this would set a precedent which may affect grid reliability and increase energy costs. Read more at @theregister. #Amazon #NuclearPower #Susquehanna #FERC #Technology #Tech flip.it/bn51C1

The Register · Amazon's nuclear datacenter dreams stall as watchdog rejects power dealBy Dan Robinson
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CelloMom On Cars

"The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday approved the first major electric transmission policy update in over a decade that aims to speed up new interregional lines to move more #CleanEnergy to meet growing demand amid the explosion of electric vehicles, data centers and artificial intelligence."

reuters.com/business/energy/fe
#FERC #ElectricGrid

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CelloMom On Cars

Federal court hears #pipeline case.

"The case pits a blue state trying to wean itself off natural gas against #FERC, which last year approved a #pipeline to send enough gas for several million homes in the Northeast.

The panel of judges also wrestled with how a ruling for #NewJersey could change the way FERC has to deal with pipeline projects in other states that have ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets."

#REAE
politico.com/news/2024/03/15/f

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Zane Selvans

The FERC data mess is never going to end. 😭

Last week a user found some randomly missing values in the SQLite DB we generate from FERC's XBRL that *do* appear in the PDFs generated by the FERC eLibrary. It looks like this is because utilities are submitting XBRL that doesn't conform to the taxonomy, but FERC still accepts the filings. This affects ~7% of the 2.2 million values reported in the 2021 Form 1.

github.com/catalyst-cooperativ

GitHubFERC Form 1 Statement of Income Contains Holes · Issue #2755 · catalyst-cooperative/pudlBy ncrowley13
#data#ferc#xbrl
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CelloMom On Cars

"Delays were expected to get even longer with #RenewableEnergy projects picking up steam as #wind and #solar energy costs fell below that of coal or gas power plants.

#FERC’s old way of doing things was designed for a #grid dominated by #FossilFuels. In the past, developers might only have focused on several large-scale power plants at a time. Now they might be juggling thousands of smaller solar, wind, and battery projects."

This is about to change.

#EnergyTransition
theverge.com/2023/7/28/2381103

The VergeAdding clean energy to the US power grid just got a lot easierBy Justine Calma
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