-100 Degress -- Wind Chill -- Mount Washington, New Hampshire -- January 5, 2018

Updates

January 6, 2018: spot price is about $330 right now, early morning, in New England.

Later, 7:50 p.m. CT: see first comment, how much this is going to cost the average consumer in New England. And that cost is wholesale.

Original Post

 
From Travel And Leisure:

If you think it's cold where you live today, just be glad you're not at the summit of Mount Washington.

Temperatures atop the New Hampshire mountain, which is known for its bitterly cold temperatures and fierce winds, were forecast to sink below -20 degrees Friday, dropping to somewhere between -70 and -80 degrees after accounting for windchill. Overnight, air temperature is set to hit -40 degrees, with 100-miles-per-hour winds causing windchill to hit -100 degrees.

But despite the punishing temperatures, at least three hearty weather observers will be stationed at the Mount Washington Observatory, recording information about air temperature, wind speed, visibility and cloud cover at the summit every hour — manually, since extreme cold destroys most automatic equipment. 

From Agore: cold is the new warming.  And they say Trump is demented. LOL.

One of my older cars has been to the top of Mount Washington. I was not in it at the time. Our older daughter and her family took it to the top. She has the bumper sticker (actually a magnetic auto sticker).

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Climate-Change Policies Can Be Punishing For The Poor

Just Ask New Englanders Next Week

From The WSJ: climate-change policies can be punishing for the poor. 

Freezing temperatures in the U.S. Northeast have pushed up heating costs, creating serious stress for many Americans. Although the rich world’s energy poor are largely forgotten in discussions about climate policies, they bear an unfair burden for well-meaning proposals. That reality is being laid bare this icy winter as energy and electricity prices surge.

When we think about energy poverty, we imagine a lack of light in the world’s worst-off nations, where more than one billion people still lack electricity. This is a huge challenge that the world can hope to address as it reduces poverty and expands access to grid electricity, largely powered by fossil fuels.

But there is a less visible form of energy poverty that affects even the world’s richest country. Economists consider households energy poor if they spend 10% of their income to cover energy costs. A recent report from the International Energy Agency shows that more than 30 million Americans live in households that are energy poor—a number that is significantly increased by climate policies that require Americans to consume expensive green energy from subsidized solar panels and wind turbines.

This is a great, great op-ed, but the author is almost worthy of being named a nominee for the Geico Rock Award for 2018.