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California's famous duck curve, updated for 2023. CAISO now routinely flirts with near-zero net loads on the sunniest spring days.
Brian Bartholomew
@BPBartholomew
Energy infrastructure, elecricity markets, niche memes. Dreaming of the hyperscale grid. Previously @REVRenewables, @BNEF, @PrincetonInAsia, @Fulbright.
- The US grid, mapped. Public data for public use. 16,819 power plants and 36,872 generators from EIA. 750,000+ transmission circuit-miles from HIFLD. 1,000+ data centers from EPA and other open sources.
- Boom! PJM now forecasts more than 30GW of summer peak load growth by the end of the decade. + 6.7GW by 2026 + 17.7GW by 2028 + 31.7GW by 2030
