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On a napkin $/MWh $80 $60 $40 Summer Winter Summer Jan Y1 Jan Y2 Jan Y3 monthly strips The short version The electricity forward curve is the market's current ...
On a napkin Conventional gas heating Gas boiler/furnace Building heat 85–95% efficient 1 unit gas → 0.85–0.95 units heat Combustion · Scope 1 emissions ...
On a napkin Old distribution model vs. modern flexible distribution Traditional: one-way flow Substation transformer home home biz home Pure consumers · static ...
On a napkin MW CP hour Curtailment = lower tag Without CP management With CP management The short version In capacity market regions — PJM, ISO-NE, NYISO — a ...
On a napkin The IRA → OBBBA transition · what survived, what didn't, what got extended Terminated / sunset accelerated phaseout Wind & solar generation 45Y ...
On a napkin Major State RPS Targets & Years 100% 50% 0% HI 100% by 2045 CA 100% clean by 2045 NY 100% zero by 2040 NJ 50% by 2030 CT 48% by 2030 MA 35% by ...
On a napkin Solar array Inverter Grid / market sell at LMP Battery store midday solar discharge at peak Revenue stack Energy — sell generation at LMP Arbitrage ...
Zonal pricing Category: Markets
On a napkin Retail electricity contract — what you're actually paying for Energy charge wholesale + margin Capacity charge based on CP tag Pass-throughs tx, ...
On a napkin MW DR event curtailed load = payment earned Baseline (estimated) Actual load 08:00 14:00 20:00 The short version When the grid is stressed — demand ...