Energy is Life
Energy is Life. Don’t Die! The point is that not only does our economy and standard of living depend on our access to…
Taken for a Ride with the Energy Transition
Don’t be taken for a ride with the energy transition. Politicians and business leaders are not very good at giving bad…
Saving Money with Backup Power
Exergy Energy, your concierge utility, is honored to help one of their customers enjoy a 33% energy cost savings on…
Why a Change in Administration Won’t Solve the Grid Crisis
A change in administration will not solve the grid’s problems. The reasons fall into two categories. First, the…
Exergy Energy Powers New Headquarters of Global Leader in Animal Healthcare in Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN – [October 10th, 2024] – Exergy Energy proudly announces the installation of a Cummins 2MW diesel…
Helene and Georgia
Why you need a backup generator Hurricane Helene was a horrific storm and our prayers go to all those affected. The…
Electricity is a Service
Electricity is a service; not a commodity. I am an avid follower of Doomberg and Decouple. In today’s Doomberg…
Procrastination Kills
As a concierge utility, we help our customers manage their energy. From backup power as a service to power quality…
Connecticut Problems
Undemocratic nature of the energy transition. The vast majority of people believe that climate change is real and that…
Exergy Announces Contract to Engineer Chemical Plant Electrification & Decarbonization
A leading chemical manufacturer in upstate New York has contracted with Exergy Energy, the Concierge Utility®, to…
Lost in the energy transition
You are bombarded by a constant barrage of energy and climate related news and advice. Much of it is misleading,…
DIY Energy
When it comes to energy: GAE not DIY The energy markets have simply gotten too complex and volatile for all but the…
Grid Inertia
A hidden danger of renewable energy. Opponents of renewable energy focus on its intermittent nature. Solar doesn’t…
Life Without Energy
Not only does our quality of life depend on the availability of reliable and affordable energy, LIFE itself requires…
Live Event Video : Learn what the PJM price Increase means and how to fight back
If your company operates in Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina,…
Moore’s Flaw
“Man is blind until given a metaphor that permits him to see.” (Euripides 450 BC) The grid is a very large and complex…
Ready, Fire, Aim: Energy Systems
Ready, Fire, Aim: Bad advice for energy systems. “In Search of Excellent” one of the best business books of all time;…
CT EV Kidding
You’ve got to be kidding. CT electricity price increase. As a concierge utility, Exergy Energy, works for its…
PJM Defense
In defense of PJM. Reap what you sow. There has been a huge outcry regarding the dramatic (9x) price increase in the…
Elanco Delivery
Exergy Energy: Delivery of a 2 MW Cummins Backup Generator Progress is on plan and on budget for the backup generator…
Dumb-and Response
The grid relies on demand response to remain reliable during periods of high electrical demand. Demand response is…
Another Warning for Power Price
Another power price and increase outage warning. As a concierge utility, it is vital that Exergy keeps its finger on…
Backup Power is Sustainability
Backup Power is essential for sustainability. I like to take a broader definition of sustainability. To me…
McKinsey Report
Experts say backup power is required. As a concierge utility, it is essential that we keep up on the trends and…
House of Cards: The Grid
Yesterday I posted; “Energy Wake-up Call” the challenges of the energy transition. The conclusion was simple and…
Energy Wake-Up Call
As a business, one of your most important resources has typically been given little thought. Energy. Sure, we all like…
Outages on the way: Bad Hurricane Season Ahead
NOAA issues dire hurricane season forecast The Federal government is calling for an extremely active Atlantic…
New York’s Energy Future: NYISO’s Bold Plan
New York: You’ve got to be kidding. As a Concierge Utility, Exergy Energy works for its customers to ensure their…
PJM Auction
Energy prices and finger pointing. If you haven’t yet heard, the electricity prices in PJM are going to skyrocket. The…
Why Distributed Energy Resources Are Key to Grid Stability
Just a reminder of why Distributed Energy Resources (like the generators at our customer sites) play a crucial role in…
Live Event Video : Hierarchy of Energy Needs
Maslow proposed a ranking of human needs in 1954 and while it is considered somewhat controversial today, it does…
Problem with Heat Pumps
Electrification woes: Heat Pumps If you have been following our posts and blog, you know we are huge fans of Dr. Sabine…
Climate Realities: Why Business Resilience Is No Longer Optional
Recent climate trends are sending a clear message to business leaders: it's time to adapt. Major utilities are…
Georgia Companies Want Clean Energy
"Voluntary clean energy targets(...)are increasingly common among corporations and government entities — as are gaps…
Three Mile Island
Back to the future. Three Mile Island. Our insatiable desire for digital services (AI, streaming etc.) is adding…
New York Power Grid in Trouble
New York power grid reliability is declining. You need to take action. Yet another state is facing grid reliability…
PJM Baseload Risks
Mid-Atlantic States could run out of power. The states that make up the PJM Electrical Interconnection are at risk for…
Lucky Helping Hands
Texas Power Outage: Lucky? People are screaming to get power restored and the Governor of Texas is now threatening the…
Hierarchy of Energy Needs
Maslow proposed a ranking of human needs in 1954 and while it is considered somewhat controversial today, it does…
Live Event Video : Power Quality: The Silent Threat to Your Business’s Bottom Line
Join us to uncover the hidden costs and discover how to protect your operations, Wednesday July 3 at 4:00 PM Eastern…
Artificial Intelligence or Accelerated Impoverishment
Energy is life. The more energy we can use the higher our standard of living. This means that energy generation must…
Live Event Video : Batteries: Can they be a free backup generator?
Batteries are constantly in the news, but do they make sense for commercial and industrial organizations? Join us as we…
Exergy Energy Visits the National Renewable Energy’s Flat Iron Laboratory
Shout out of thanks to NREL. I had the honor of visiting and touring the National Renewable Energy’s Flat Iron…
Batteries Myth or Reality
Batteries for commercial backup power. Myth or Reality? The confluence of factors such as increasing grid outages,…
How Tao-te Ching Reminded me of the History of CO2
No small problem. According to the Tao-te Ching (The Way and its Power): “Plan for what is difficult while it is still…
Take your energy management to the next level with Energy Star
Many cities now require organizations to report their carbon footprint, energy intensity and greenhouse gas emissions.…
Fuel Deliveries
No sun, no power: no wind, no power: no diesel, no power. I just received a reminder from one of our fuel suppliers to…
Likely Outage
Are you in danger of a heat-related outage: Very Likely. As much as two-thirds of the United States could face power…
Climate change death to business
Yesterday we posted “Climate Change is Deadly”: it focused on the human toll of increased temperatures. Today’s…
Air Conditioning: the life or death appliance needs electricity
Guardian graphic. Source: National Weather Service. Seasonal temperature outlook issued on 16 May 2024. Forecast…
Battle Bots: Danger Will Robinson
While we all (or at least many of us) worship at the altar of Adam Smith and free market economics, few recall an…
Planning for Outages: View from an Operations Executive
Outages are on the rise and every grid operator in the U.S. is ringing the alarm regarding this summer and next…
The Three Body Problem
Standard of Living, Energy and Climate Change The complexity of a system increases with N-factorial of the number of…
Energy views from the Chicken Coop
One of the groups we follow is Doomberg the green chicken on substack. Doomberg is a group of ex-commodity industry…
Reality Check on the Energy Transition
I follow Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder on YouTube. For those of you who do not know her, she is a theoretical physicist and…
Do Your Part to Help the Energy Transition
Do your part to help the energy transition. Get a backup generator. As we transition to a less carbon intensive grid,…
Adaptation
Climate Change. Too Late. Adapt. Extreme weather is here to stay and will continue to get worse for the next couple of…
The Rocky Road Ahead
The Rocky Road Ahead. For those of you who follow our blog and postings, are well acquainted with our concern that we…
Power is Cheap
Power is super cheap. Until you don’t have it. “Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power..” This is a…
Boil the Frog
Missed the opportunity to boil the frog. For those of you who never heard “boil the frog”, it means: “If a frog is…
Reliability Imperative Report February 2024
The February 2024 report by MISO, titled "MISO Region Reliability Imperative," highlights the urgent and complex…
MISO Reliability Imperative Report
The grid’s challenges are your challenges. We all want to decarbonize the grid and many believe that the problem rests…
Rockland Capital
Follow the money! The old saying “put your money where your mouth is:” rings true. Many people are completely…
Power Quality Last
Power Quality is rapidly declining. This is a real problem. Exergy Energy, your Concierge Utility®, has been helping…
Winter Wonderland
Forget winter wonderland. How about winter horror show? Snow can be fun until it takes down trees and powerlines. This…
Consumers Not Onboard with the Energy Transition
An interesting convergence in my inbox this morning. First; Patrick Pouyanne, the CEO of France’s TotalEnergies, said…
Trojan Horse Batteries
Trojan Horse threat to the energy grid: Chinese Batteries. With all the hype around batteries, you would think this…
Heat Pumps
More unplanned load on the grid. Energy efficiency is great and will certainly help move us towards a decarbonized…
Blew Past 1.5 Degrees of Warming
Climate change is happening. What does it mean to the energy system? Just got this in my inbox: “New study says the…
Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY)
Can’t get there if you won’t go there! Every poll indicates there is widespread support for a decarbonized economy and…
FBI Cyber Warnings
Another reason to get a backup generator. The FBI just advised Congress that Chinese hackers are targeting US…
How do we know we caused climate change?
How do we know climate change is caused by humans? As I have repeatedly stated, climate change is real and due to our…
The Use of Coal
Recommended Reading Climate change is real and decarbonization is necessary. That being said, the preservation and…
2023 Record Year for Weather Disasters. Expect More in the Future.
“For millions of Americans impacted by a seemingly endless onslaught of weather and climate disasters, 2023 has hit a…
More Outages to Come
More Outages to Come. Get Prepared. The graphic shows outage locations and severity across the United States as of 10…
No LNG for New England
Christmas Future could be deadly. I just got a photo of my Sister-in-Law, who lives outside Boston, playing in the…
More Chinese Energy Leadership
“Chinese shipyard unveils plans for world’s first nuclear container powered by cutting-edge molten salt reactor”…
Stop cherry picking data! It’s lying.
If you have been following our posts, we have been very critical of LCOE (Levelized Cost of Energy) which is always…
The fallacy of long duration storage
Every day I hear the hype about batteries and how they are the key to a 100% renewable energy grid. The focus has now…
The duck curve is getting worse.
“The duck curve presents two challenges related to increasing solar energy adoption. The first challenge is grid…
Fossil is here to stay
Prepare for increasing extreme weather and power outages. “According to the Production Gap Report, a project of the…
Energy Droughts
Solar and Wind Energy Droughts can last a week. "The paper, Standardized benchmark of historical compound wind and…
Outage Problems to Continue and Get Worse for Next 10 Years
“In a report, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. said most regions of the country face growing risks of…
Live Event Video : Winter Energy Price Outlook: Locking in Your Energy Price Now
Our director of market operations will be discussing the outlook on Winter energy prices and the importance of locking…
Round and round we cannot go.
The energy transition requires a huge increase in many materials, such as lithium, cobalt, copper and several others.…
Digging ourselves a deeper hole.
It may seem contradictory but the faster we build renewables the worse we make the carbon dioxide concentrations. How…
Baltimore Coal Plant Shutdown
Starving is not healthy. As we have said many times, energy is life. Our standard of living is totally dependent on…
COP Out 28
Another year, another circus. Once again, we have climatepalozza. Lot’s of ideologies, platitudes, non-sensical…
Texas Releases Further Winter Electricity Supply Warnings
Texas issues additional warnings regarding electricity supply this winter. “In Texas, the risk of reserve shortage is…
What to Expect: Energy Landscape
The EIA (Energy Information Association) just published their International Energy Outlook 2023. I quote: “We project…
Financial Thermodynamics
Neoclassical economists ignore energy in their economic models. Energy is the very foundation of life and the global…
One thing is not like the other.
One of the most important and best explanations of the risks of the energy transition is the difference in capital…
You need to own a generator. Be long energy.
Throughout 2023 there were constant news announcements from the grid operators warning of potential brownouts and…
Navigating the ESG quagmire.
I am always struck by how everything in life and business is a matter of trade offs. In every decision, we have to…
Live Event Video : The Mainspring Linear Generator – Affordable. Reliable. Clean.
We are excited to host Wissam Balshe of Mainspring Energy to discuss their development of a new linear generation…
The depressing ratio.
One of the most overlooked quantities of the energy transition is Energy Payback Period (“EPBP”) and its implications.…
Forget the energy transition. We’re running the climate experiment. Strap in.
Please disregard the daily renewable energy momentum hype. It gives you a false sense of security and hope. You need…
New Hydrogen Production Technology
I am not a great advocate for green hydrogen as a panacea for our decarbonization needs. However, hydrogen is…
Half of US at Risk of Losing Power in Winter Due to Strains on Power Grid
“Regional system operators in a vast swath of the country stretching from Texas to New England are “at risk of…