Andy Kowalczyk
@ascottkoala.bsky.social
Transmission Director for the Southern Renewable Energy Association
Great content from ESIG 😄
November 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Great content from ESIG 😄
Reposted by Andy Kowalczyk
Reposted by Andy Kowalczyk
The United States is on track for a record increase in power generation capacity in 2025, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reports.
#energysky 🔌💡
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Writer: John Cropley
#energysky 🔌💡
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Writer: John Cropley
August 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The United States is on track for a record increase in power generation capacity in 2025, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reports.
#energysky 🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/igHP50WJfPE
Writer: John Cropley
#energysky 🔌💡
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Writer: John Cropley
It looks like MISO's routine price separation is supporting Ukraine today.
#energysky #transmissionwouldfixthis
#energysky #transmissionwouldfixthis
August 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It looks like MISO's routine price separation is supporting Ukraine today.
#energysky #transmissionwouldfixthis
#energysky #transmissionwouldfixthis
Same congestion pattern, different day in MISO South
August 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Same congestion pattern, different day in MISO South
Can someone make me a map of all the NREL geospatial wind and solar data and all of the existing and planned HVDC lines across the U.S. superimposed?
#energysky
#energysky
May 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Can someone make me a map of all the NREL geospatial wind and solar data and all of the existing and planned HVDC lines across the U.S. superimposed?
#energysky
#energysky
Vietnamese energy dominance with #windpower
April 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Vietnamese energy dominance with #windpower
Next level distribution planning in Ho Chi Minh City.
I’ll add, contrary to my experience with Entergy NOLA. The power hasn’t flickered even a bit for 9 million people
I’ll add, contrary to my experience with Entergy NOLA. The power hasn’t flickered even a bit for 9 million people
April 2, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Next level distribution planning in Ho Chi Minh City.
I’ll add, contrary to my experience with Entergy NOLA. The power hasn’t flickered even a bit for 9 million people
I’ll add, contrary to my experience with Entergy NOLA. The power hasn’t flickered even a bit for 9 million people
#energysky Where does one find SPP's ITP Futures forecasted buildout? Like what MISO provides in their Futures Series 1a report?
March 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#energysky Where does one find SPP's ITP Futures forecasted buildout? Like what MISO provides in their Futures Series 1a report?
Reposted by Andy Kowalczyk
Today, March 18, states like Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and other nearby states are getting 60% of their power from wind energy. #energysky
March 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Today, March 18, states like Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and other nearby states are getting 60% of their power from wind energy. #energysky
I find this stakeholder process for MISO's ERAS proposal utterly absurd. The gap between the first and second meeting discussing their proposal was 2 whole weekdays. Feedback requested, not reviewed
March 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I find this stakeholder process for MISO's ERAS proposal utterly absurd. The gap between the first and second meeting discussing their proposal was 2 whole weekdays. Feedback requested, not reviewed
Awesome insight on Pakistan’s market for solar podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...
Pakistan's solar boom
Podcast Episode · Volts · 02/26/2025 · 1h 1m
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February 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Awesome insight on Pakistan’s market for solar podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...
Reposted by Andy Kowalczyk
Another solar record in ERCOT today, this time with exactly 24,000 megawatts of output just a few minutes ago. That's 7,000 megawatts more than this time last year, a 40% increase in one year. Prices, of course, are low, <$15 per megawatt-hour.
February 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Another solar record in ERCOT today, this time with exactly 24,000 megawatts of output just a few minutes ago. That's 7,000 megawatts more than this time last year, a 40% increase in one year. Prices, of course, are low, <$15 per megawatt-hour.
Pretty scathing take on what is happening with the Ai market in the U.S. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
What The Hell Is DeepSeek?
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 01/31/2025 · 33m
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February 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Pretty scathing take on what is happening with the Ai market in the U.S. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
As a former Caltrain rider this one is close to my heart;)
Caltrain's electric fleet is returning more power to the grid than expected and with $6m/yr in Low Carbon Fuel Standard credits, "the first year of electric service will have lower fuel costs than the previous diesel service." www.caltrain.com/news/caltrai... h/t @burritojustice.bsky.social 🔌💡
Caltrain’s Electric Fleet More Efficient than Expected | Caltrain
Caltrain announced at its monthly Board of Directors meeting that regenerative braking on the new trains is generating and sending back to the electric grid approximately 23% of the energy consumed by...
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January 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
As a former Caltrain rider this one is close to my heart;)
Reposted by Andy Kowalczyk
ERCOT storage showing the typical cold winter pattern of high discharge in morning and evening… it ain’t a duck, so can we call this the jackalope? (Annotation mine) #energysky #txenergy
January 23, 2025 at 4:09 AM
ERCOT storage showing the typical cold winter pattern of high discharge in morning and evening… it ain’t a duck, so can we call this the jackalope? (Annotation mine) #energysky #txenergy
Well this is not nice
January 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Well this is not nice
#energysky
Challenging demand conditions starting throughout MISO, but wind ramping up in both MISO and SPP.
Challenging demand conditions starting throughout MISO, but wind ramping up in both MISO and SPP.
January 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Challenging demand conditions starting throughout MISO, but wind ramping up in both MISO and SPP.
Challenging demand conditions starting throughout MISO, but wind ramping up in both MISO and SPP.
First flurries coming down in NOLA
January 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
First flurries coming down in NOLA
#energysky
Monitoring Winter Storm Enzo, both MISO and SPP are forecasting a decent amount of wind in the latter half of the 21st which coincides with some of the lowest temps.
This should be good for balancing out high wholesale costs, and SPP imports could be big given the temp difference
Monitoring Winter Storm Enzo, both MISO and SPP are forecasting a decent amount of wind in the latter half of the 21st which coincides with some of the lowest temps.
This should be good for balancing out high wholesale costs, and SPP imports could be big given the temp difference
January 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
#energysky
Monitoring Winter Storm Enzo, both MISO and SPP are forecasting a decent amount of wind in the latter half of the 21st which coincides with some of the lowest temps.
This should be good for balancing out high wholesale costs, and SPP imports could be big given the temp difference
Monitoring Winter Storm Enzo, both MISO and SPP are forecasting a decent amount of wind in the latter half of the 21st which coincides with some of the lowest temps.
This should be good for balancing out high wholesale costs, and SPP imports could be big given the temp difference
I filled out all my availability polls, now what do I win?!
More meetings? Aww shucky darns
More meetings? Aww shucky darns
January 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I filled out all my availability polls, now what do I win?!
More meetings? Aww shucky darns
More meetings? Aww shucky darns
Reposted by Andy Kowalczyk
Good morning with good news: India doubled solar installations in 2024, compared to 2023, to a record high 24.5 GW. Wind additions also rose 21%
Utility-scale additions nearly tripled & rooftop rose 53% to 700,000 rooftop installations in 10 months!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/01/10/i... #energysky
Utility-scale additions nearly tripled & rooftop rose 53% to 700,000 rooftop installations in 10 months!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/01/10/i... #energysky
January 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Good morning with good news: India doubled solar installations in 2024, compared to 2023, to a record high 24.5 GW. Wind additions also rose 21%
Utility-scale additions nearly tripled & rooftop rose 53% to 700,000 rooftop installations in 10 months!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/01/10/i... #energysky
Utility-scale additions nearly tripled & rooftop rose 53% to 700,000 rooftop installations in 10 months!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/01/10/i... #energysky
While I respect the very important efforts of Entergy in restoring power in the aftermath of extreme events, the deal is not just to be there as a disaster aid service, it’s to provide power 8765 hours of the year. It’s incongruous for them to be lauded with awards by their trade association.
January 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
While I respect the very important efforts of Entergy in restoring power in the aftermath of extreme events, the deal is not just to be there as a disaster aid service, it’s to provide power 8765 hours of the year. It’s incongruous for them to be lauded with awards by their trade association.
Currently not powering my life;(
January 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Currently not powering my life;(