ISO NE -- A Random Observation -- September 7, 2022

Link here.

Resource mix in New England this morning.

Because demand is so low not much "hydro" is needed, keeping the cost for electricity down (at the moment) but look at the full resource mix picture, at perhaps the best time of the year -- along with spring -- with regard to the weather in New England:

• net imports: 17%
• renewables: 4%

Are you kidding me? Net imports at 17% and renewables at a paltry 4% when the wind should be blowing nicely this time of day.

Speaking of wind, the renewable mix: wind is barely winning the bronze medal.

• garbage, landfill: a whopping 53% of the renewable mix; this is third world stuff
• wood: at 33%, it gets the silver medal; again, third world stuff (Africa) except the UK is also big into wood, too -- something that when burned apparently does not emit CO2
• wind: 13%. 

Let's see, 13% of 4% is 0.5%. Wind is contributing 0.5% of the total New England resource mix. How many billions and how many years have the folks in New England been ....

Is anyone paying attention?