Publications
2026
2025
Whither Nucleardetails: Whither NuclearPDF2 pages
Beam Me Up Scottydetails: Beam Me Up ScottyPDF1 page
details: Have You Heard the One About New Jersey Leaving PJM
Big Beautiful Expensive Uraniumdetails: Big Beautiful Expensive UraniumPDF1 page
The SMR Fission Vision in Ontariodetails: The SMR Fission Vision in OntarioPDF1 page
Stop the Insanity, Trump 2.0details: Stop the Insanity, Trump 2.0PDF1 page
Groove on the Rubbledetails: Groove on the RubblePDF1 page
A Climate ‘Game of Chicken’details: A Climate ‘Game of Chicken’PDF1 page
2024
Grid Apocalypse Notdetails: Grid Apocalypse NotPDF2 pages
Back to the Futuredetails: Back to the FuturePDF1 page
Hydrogen Flubdetails: Hydrogen FlubPDF2 pages
Microgrid Poster Childdetails: Microgrid Poster ChildPDF1 page
Fusion is Getting Increasing Attentiondetails: Fusion is Getting Increasing AttentionPDF2 pages
details: Long-duration Energy Storage: Reality Check
Offshore Wind Backbone Transmissiondetails: Offshore Wind Backbone TransmissionPDF3 pages
Hair (and Pants) on Firedetails: Hair (and Pants) on FirePDF2 pages
2023
Holiday Happy Talkdetails: Holiday Happy TalkPDF2 pages
Hydrogen Realitydetails: Hydrogen RealityPDF2 pages
More Stuff That Ain’t Sodetails: More Stuff That Ain’t SoPDF2 pages
World of Hurtdetails: World of HurtPDF3 pages
Competition Versus Monopolydetails: Competition Versus MonopolyPDF2 pages
How Many Deathsdetails: How Many DeathsPDF2 pages
Single Clearing Pricedetails: Single Clearing PricePDF2 pages
Holier Than Thou?details: Holier Than Thou?PDF3 pages
2022
A Few of My Favorite Thingsdetails: A Few of My Favorite ThingsPDF1 page
Clean Energy Chargingdetails: Clean Energy ChargingPDF2 pages
More Happy Talkdetails: More Happy TalkPDF2 pages
Nice Work If You Can Get It, Take 2details: Nice Work If You Can Get It, Take 2PDF1 page
Vampire Powerdetails: Vampire PowerPDF2 pages
45Q: Money for Nothingdetails: 45Q: Money for NothingPDF2 pages
Pay Me Now or Pay Me Laterdetails: Pay Me Now or Pay Me LaterPDF2 pages
Say It Ain’t So, Joe!details: Say It Ain’t So, Joe!PDF2 pages
Stuff That Aint Sodetails: Stuff That Aint SoPDF2 pages
Transmission-and-Technologydetails: Transmission-and-TechnologyPDF1 page
We're Going to Need a Plan Bdetails: We're Going to Need a Plan BPDF3 pages
Stop the Insanitydetails: Stop the InsanityPDF1 page
2021
Now What?details: Now What?Slides18 pages
Apples and Oystersdetails: Apples and OystersPDF2 pages
Participant Funding and Its Discontentsdetails: Participant Funding and Its DiscontentsPDF2 pages
New Ball and Chain for Renewable Energydetails: New Ball and Chain for Renewable EnergyPDF2 pages
A Modest Proposaldetails: A Modest ProposalPDF1 page
details: Big Transmission - Still Not the Right Stuff
We See Through a Glass, Darklydetails: We See Through a Glass, DarklyPDF2 pages
Texas Gifting - Still Yikesdetails: Texas Gifting - Still YikesPDF1 page
Beware Those Bearing Giftsdetails: Beware Those Bearing GiftsPDF2 pages
details: The New Technoking and His Bitcoin Crown
Winter Ain't Over Yetdetails: Winter Ain't Over YetPDF1 page
The Mess in Texasdetails: The Mess in TexasPDF2 pages
2020
2019
Oy Veydetails: Oy VeyPDF2 pages
Waste Not, What Notdetails: Waste Not, What NotPDF3 pages
New York's Surreal New Dealdetails: New York's Surreal New DealPDF2 pages
Cue More Pixie Dustdetails: Cue More Pixie DustPDF1 page
Cue the Pixie Dustdetails: Cue the Pixie DustPDF2 pages
NRDC Prescribes More Carbon Emissionsdetails: NRDC Prescribes More Carbon EmissionsPDF2 pages
Scary Wrongdetails: Scary WrongPDF3 pages
Fuel Security: PJM Does "Seinfeld"details: Fuel Security: PJM Does "Seinfeld"PDF2 pages
Big Transmission is Still Deaddetails: Big Transmission is Still DeadPDF1 page
The Test of Timedetails: The Test of TimePDF2 pages
Electric Cars: Once More With Feelingdetails: Electric Cars: Once More With FeelingPDF2 pages
details: Reliability Costs, Fox-Henhouse Regulation
2018
details: GreenHat: (Some of) the Rest of the Story
Kavanaugh on FERC: Keg Half Fulldetails: Kavanaugh on FERC: Keg Half FullPDF1 page
Offshore Wind Edifice Complexdetails: Offshore Wind Edifice ComplexPDF2 pages
Pigs Are Not Flyingdetails: Pigs Are Not FlyingPDF1 page
Please Feel Free to Surprise Usdetails: Please Feel Free to Surprise UsPDF1 page
HEPG at 25: Looking Back and Looking Forwarddetails: HEPG at 25: Looking Back and Looking ForwardSlides19 pages
details: The Surreal, the Absurd and the Tragic
German La La Landdetails: German La La LandPDF2 pages
The Devil Went Down to Georgiadetails: The Devil Went Down to GeorgiaPDF2 pages
details: Brother, Can You Spare 70 Billion Dimes?
2017
Where to Begin? Or End?details: Where to Begin? Or End?PDF1 page
details: Grid Batteries & Kool-Aid, Once More with Feeling
Clunker Poster Childdetails: Clunker Poster ChildPDF1 page
Clunkers Shoot Selves in Footdetails: Clunkers Shoot Selves in FootPDF1 page
More Smoking Guns for the Clunkersdetails: More Smoking Guns for the ClunkersPDF1 page
Anatomy of the New Cash for Clunkersdetails: Anatomy of the New Cash for ClunkersPDF1 page
Cash for Clunkers Reduxdetails: Cash for Clunkers ReduxPDF2 pages
details: Vogtle, the Law of Holes, and Two Modest Proposals
Alternative Facts and Global Warmingdetails: Alternative Facts and Global WarmingPDF4 pages
FERC Order 1000: Need More of Good Thingdetails: FERC Order 1000: Need More of Good ThingPDF2 pages
Powerwall Reduxdetails: Powerwall ReduxPDF1 page
details: Electric Infrastructure Sky Keeps Not Falling
details: Microgrid Kool-Aid and National Security
Electric Cars: Three Ugly Factsdetails: Electric Cars: Three Ugly FactsPDF2 pages
LED Kills the Edison Stardetails: LED Kills the Edison StarPDF1 page
2016
details: Ultimate Triumph of Standard Market Design
Hooking Updetails: Hooking UpPDF2 pages
Helter Skelterdetails: Helter SkelterPDF3 pages
Nice Work If You Can Get Itdetails: Nice Work If You Can Get ItPDF3 pages
POPS Is Here To Staydetails: POPS Is Here To StayPDF2 pages
You Say You Want a REVolutiondetails: You Say You Want a REVolutionPDF14 pages
The Powerwall Folliesdetails: The Powerwall FolliesPDF2 pages
Getting Berneddetails: Getting BernedPDF2 pages
Building the Right Stuffdetails: Building the Right StuffSlides37 pages
Microgrids: Where's the Beef?details: Microgrids: Where's the Beef?Slides11 pages
Just Duckydetails: Just DuckyPDF3 pages
Musk And Medetails: Musk And MePDF2 pages
You Say You Want a REVolutiondetails: You Say You Want a REVolutionPDF2 pages
Drinking the Electric Kool Aiddetails: Drinking the Electric Kool AidPDF11 pages
2015
Building the Right Stuffdetails: Building the Right StuffSlides38 pages
The Rise and Fall of Big Transmissiondetails: The Rise and Fall of Big TransmissionSlides28 pages
Microgrids: Wheres the Beef?details: Microgrids: Wheres the Beef?PDF3 pages
The Rise and Fall of Big Transmissiondetails: The Rise and Fall of Big TransmissionPDF10 pages
That Old Musk Magicdetails: That Old Musk MagicPDF3 pages
details: Have Mandatory Standards Improved Reliability?