Connor
@waldoch.bsky.social
Energy and other stuff. Some coding, some reading. Graphs and maps, birds and sports
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Connor
@waldoch.bsky.social
· Apr 20
the weather is nice, so we are back in the bird zone 🧵
all taken in a kayak with a canon r6 mk2 and the RF 800mm f11
I use a waterproof flyfishing bag from fishpond for the camera, but it's still a fraught endeavor
first up, some osprey action
#birds
all taken in a kayak with a canon r6 mk2 and the RF 800mm f11
I use a waterproof flyfishing bag from fishpond for the camera, but it's still a fraught endeavor
first up, some osprey action
#birds
On Pennsylvania leaving RGGI 🔌💡
and on a personal note, wow prices are a lot higher than the five years I was doing market monitoring for RGGI
www.gridstatus.io/insights/281...
and on a personal note, wow prices are a lot higher than the five years I was doing market monitoring for RGGI
www.gridstatus.io/insights/281...
Insights | Grid Status from Connor Waldoch
In the last RGGI auction, allowances cleared at $22.25/ton. How could this have affected bids from fossil units in the newly departing Pennsylvania?
The most recent auction, the 69th in RGGI's histor...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
On Pennsylvania leaving RGGI 🔌💡
and on a personal note, wow prices are a lot higher than the five years I was doing market monitoring for RGGI
www.gridstatus.io/insights/281...
and on a personal note, wow prices are a lot higher than the five years I was doing market monitoring for RGGI
www.gridstatus.io/insights/281...
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What started as a normal, unplanned outage may leave Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) without 1.25 GW of nuclear generation for an extended period of time 🔌💡
Read more at Grid Status Insights:
www.gridstatus.io/insights/280...
Read more at Grid Status Insights:
www.gridstatus.io/insights/280...
Insights | Grid Status from Tim Ennis
What started as a normal, unplanned outage may leave MISO without 1.25 GW of nuclear generation for an extended period of time.
During the morning of November 12th, 2025, the Callway Nuclear Plant in...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
What started as a normal, unplanned outage may leave Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) without 1.25 GW of nuclear generation for an extended period of time 🔌💡
Read more at Grid Status Insights:
www.gridstatus.io/insights/280...
Read more at Grid Status Insights:
www.gridstatus.io/insights/280...
on the most recent capacity-construct-looking proposal in ERCOT 🔌💡
www.gridstatus.io/insights/280...
www.gridstatus.io/insights/280...
Insights | Grid Status from Connor Waldoch
If it pays for availability like a duck, suppresses LMPs like a duck, and bases its budget on CONE like a duck, it's a duck capacity construct.
The PUCT (Public Utility Commission of Texas) meeting ...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
on the most recent capacity-construct-looking proposal in ERCOT 🔌💡
www.gridstatus.io/insights/280...
www.gridstatus.io/insights/280...
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Part two of our Western Markets series went up at the end of last week 🔌💡
this time we focus on SPP West, the undecideds, Canada, and risks in the West
blog.gridstatus.io/western-mark...
this time we focus on SPP West, the undecideds, Canada, and risks in the West
blog.gridstatus.io/western-mark...
November 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Part two of our Western Markets series went up at the end of last week 🔌💡
this time we focus on SPP West, the undecideds, Canada, and risks in the West
blog.gridstatus.io/western-mark...
this time we focus on SPP West, the undecideds, Canada, and risks in the West
blog.gridstatus.io/western-mark...
I really appreciate when an entity gets right at it when explaining their vote
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I really appreciate when an entity gets right at it when explaining their vote
when your holiday cookie ambitions require spreadsheets
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
when your holiday cookie ambitions require spreadsheets
Which way, Transistor Man?
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Which way, Transistor Man?
huge congrats to everyone credulous of Elon Musk, don't forget to claim your own small piece of credit for this humanitarian catastrophe
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
huge congrats to everyone credulous of Elon Musk, don't forget to claim your own small piece of credit for this humanitarian catastrophe
randomly thinking Enron, and in 2025 they're just directly bribing their way through their various scandals and myriad fraud, right?
obviously crypto is involved somewhere, plenty of money for *whatever* they wanted to do in power sloshing around atm too
so, then, who is the most Enron of now?
obviously crypto is involved somewhere, plenty of money for *whatever* they wanted to do in power sloshing around atm too
so, then, who is the most Enron of now?
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 AM
randomly thinking Enron, and in 2025 they're just directly bribing their way through their various scandals and myriad fraud, right?
obviously crypto is involved somewhere, plenty of money for *whatever* they wanted to do in power sloshing around atm too
so, then, who is the most Enron of now?
obviously crypto is involved somewhere, plenty of money for *whatever* they wanted to do in power sloshing around atm too
so, then, who is the most Enron of now?
love to leave the movie theater (new 4k restoration of Hard Boiled, it rips) to see these kinds of results
particularly happy with Virginia, which we had to move from this summer due to the whole dismantling of the civil service thing, losing the opportunity to vote in these elections
particularly happy with Virginia, which we had to move from this summer due to the whole dismantling of the civil service thing, losing the opportunity to vote in these elections
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
love to leave the movie theater (new 4k restoration of Hard Boiled, it rips) to see these kinds of results
particularly happy with Virginia, which we had to move from this summer due to the whole dismantling of the civil service thing, losing the opportunity to vote in these elections
particularly happy with Virginia, which we had to move from this summer due to the whole dismantling of the civil service thing, losing the opportunity to vote in these elections
I appreciate that half the baseball records that come up on the broadcast are like 100 years old and set by someone whose name sounds like a forgotten Vice President
November 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I appreciate that half the baseball records that come up on the broadcast are like 100 years old and set by someone whose name sounds like a forgotten Vice President
We went through 150+ full-size candy bars in 30-45 minutes
#blessed to live in a Halloween neighborhood, but Friday couldn’t have hurt
#blessed to live in a Halloween neighborhood, but Friday couldn’t have hurt
Feel like, as a society, we might consider moving Halloween to the last Friday in October (observed.) Vibes truly immaculate tonight.
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
We went through 150+ full-size candy bars in 30-45 minutes
#blessed to live in a Halloween neighborhood, but Friday couldn’t have hurt
#blessed to live in a Halloween neighborhood, but Friday couldn’t have hurt
“Some NBA players were doing artificial curtailment, if you will”
Perfect crossover of energy markets and the NBA at ESIG 🔌💡
Perfect crossover of energy markets and the NBA at ESIG 🔌💡
October 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
“Some NBA players were doing artificial curtailment, if you will”
Perfect crossover of energy markets and the NBA at ESIG 🔌💡
Perfect crossover of energy markets and the NBA at ESIG 🔌💡
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Like any event that changes daily routines, Halloween impacts load curves across the country
Over the past 9 years, real-time load has underperformed almost all of PJM’s forecasts over the evening peak, precisely during prime trick-or-treating hours 🔌💡
Over the past 9 years, real-time load has underperformed almost all of PJM’s forecasts over the evening peak, precisely during prime trick-or-treating hours 🔌💡
October 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Like any event that changes daily routines, Halloween impacts load curves across the country
Over the past 9 years, real-time load has underperformed almost all of PJM’s forecasts over the evening peak, precisely during prime trick-or-treating hours 🔌💡
Over the past 9 years, real-time load has underperformed almost all of PJM’s forecasts over the evening peak, precisely during prime trick-or-treating hours 🔌💡
Gotta get that bag (of apples)
October 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Gotta get that bag (of apples)
it's kinda funny to see the current crop of energy "influencers" on LinkedIn (who have all sort of glommed onto demand and AI and data centers broadly) post breathlessly about the "innovation" of throwing down jet engines for power 🔌💡
it's just. . . not new
it's just. . . not new
October 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
it's kinda funny to see the current crop of energy "influencers" on LinkedIn (who have all sort of glommed onto demand and AI and data centers broadly) post breathlessly about the "innovation" of throwing down jet engines for power 🔌💡
it's just. . . not new
it's just. . . not new
ya know, as a resident of the DMV, I always assumed the odds for "the White House is rubble" and "I have been vaporized" were much more tightly linked
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
ya know, as a resident of the DMV, I always assumed the odds for "the White House is rubble" and "I have been vaporized" were much more tightly linked
We get a lot of weird advertisements on the DC metro, but I had no idea Harry Potter fanfic was remunerative enough to fund an ad campaign
October 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
We get a lot of weird advertisements on the DC metro, but I had no idea Harry Potter fanfic was remunerative enough to fund an ad campaign
The Untold Story Behind Roundball Rock - NBA's iconic theme
YouTube video by John Tesh
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
demolishing the white house to build a bribery-funded party room has gotta be up there on the "can you imagine if a Democrat did this?" list of asymmetrical response events
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
demolishing the white house to build a bribery-funded party room has gotta be up there on the "can you imagine if a Democrat did this?" list of asymmetrical response events
Why was Revengeance, of all games, prophetic?
October 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Why was Revengeance, of all games, prophetic?
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October 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
data there via @gridstatus.io
had some nice conversations with the folks on the story over the last month
had some nice conversations with the folks on the story over the last month
Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
October 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
data there via @gridstatus.io
had some nice conversations with the folks on the story over the last month
had some nice conversations with the folks on the story over the last month