{"id":262071,"date":"2023-06-14T12:55:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T10:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=262071"},"modified":"2023-06-14T12:55:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T10:55:09","slug":"federal-energy-regulatory-commissioner-mark-christie-power-grid-is-facing-dire-consequences-due-to-coal-gas-retirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=262071","title":{"rendered":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner Mark Christie: Power grid is facing \u2018dire consequences\u2019 due to coal &amp; gas retirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"262074\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=262074\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0-Blackout-457.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0-Blackout-457\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0-Blackout-457.jpg?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0-Blackout-457.jpg?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-262074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0-Blackout-457.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0-Blackout-457.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0-Blackout-457.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0-Blackout-457.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0-Blackout-457.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2023\/06\/13\/federal-energy-regulatory-commissioner-mark-christie-power-grid-is-facing-dire-consequences-due-to-coal-gas-retirements\/\">CLIMATE DEPOT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/author\/rbushway\/\">Admin<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/\">Climate Depot<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3jyODQQmqjc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Testifying before the US House, FERC Commissioner Mark Christie says America\u2019s power grid is facing \u2018very dire consequences\u2019 due to the ongoing retirement of coal and natural gas power plants.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>US House Committee on Energy and Commerce<\/strong><br><strong>Oversight of FERC: Adhering to a Mission of Affordable &amp; Reliable Energy for America<\/strong><br><strong>June 13, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FERC Commissioner Christie<\/strong>: \u201cI think we\u2019re heading for potentially very dire consequences, potentially catastrophic consequences in the United States in terms of the reliability of our grid, and I think that the basic reason is that we\u2019re facing a shortfall of power supply. You know the term we use is resource adequacy, but what we\u2019re really talking about is potentially a shortfall in power supply. You have to remember about the grid. The grid has to have power being fed into it every second of every minute of every hour of every day to keep the lights on. You can\u2019t store it up and bring it out the next day. Because of that you have to have a power supply that is feeding into the grid on a continuous basis. We can\u2019t tolerate shortages because shortages mean the lights go out. So what\u2019s going on now and what\u2019s the threat to reliability? In summary, what the threat is is this. We are facing cascading retirements of dispatchable resources, specifically coal and to a lesser extent gas. And, the problem with losing that many dispatchable resources is you\u2019re losing the supply that is going to keep the lights on. The problem is not the addition of wind and solar. The problem is the subtraction of coal and gas and other dispatchable resources which are the ones we need during this transition to keep the lights on. That\u2019s the fundamental problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/06\/13\/catastrophic-consequences-ferc-power-grid-biden-green-regulation-reliability-alarm-coa-gas-power-plant-closures\/\">\u2018Catastrophic Consequences\u2019: Top US Grid Official Sounds The Alarm On Coal And Gas Power Plant Closures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2023\/05\/11\/catastrophic-situation-federal-energy-regulatory-commissioner-christie-warns-americas-power-grid-is-in-big-trouble\/\">\u2018Catastrophic situation\u2019: Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner Christie warns America\u2019s power grid is in big trouble \u2013 \u2018Threatening our ability to keep the lights on\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FERC Commissioner Christie: \u201cThe one issue I want to focus on today, I think is reliability, and I\u2019m really afraid to say that I think the United States is heading for a very catastrophic situation in terms of reliability \u2014 hope it doesn\u2019t happen, but I think were heading for potentially catastrophic consequences. And, the core of the problem is actually very simple. We are retiring dispatchable generating resources at a pace and in an amount that is far too fast and far too great and it is threatening our ability to keep the lights on.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/2023\/05\/11\/federal-energy-regulatory-commission-warns-senators-pace-of-coal-retirements-threaten-reliability-going-to-be-catastrophic\/\">Federal Energy Regulatory Commission warns Senators: Pace of coal retirements threaten reliability \u2013 \u2018Going to be catastrophic\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Testifying before the US House, FERC Commissioner Mark Christie says America\u2019s power grid is facing \u2018very dire consequences\u2019 due to the ongoing retirement of coal and natural gas power plants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":262074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691819409,691818580,691818130],"class_list":{"0":"post-262071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-ferc","9":"tag-power-grid","10":"tag-renewables","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0-Blackout-457.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-16aX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":263187,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=263187","url_meta":{"origin":262071,"position":0},"title":"Top U.S. Grid Official Says Fossil Fuel Power Plant Closures Could Have \u201cCatastrophic Consequences\u201d","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"21\/06\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Mark Christie warned of the potential for \u201ccatastrophic consequences\u201d for the reliability of the American power grid if the U.S. does not stop phasing out fossil fuel infrastructure before renewable infrastructure is capable of replacing its output.","rel":"","context":"In \"Blackouts\"","block_context":{"text":"Blackouts","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=blackouts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/0blackouti.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/0blackouti.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/0blackouti.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/0blackouti.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/0blackouti.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":264096,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=264096","url_meta":{"origin":262071,"position":1},"title":"Planned For Failure: Shutdown Coal-Fired Power Plants &amp; Get Ready For\u00a0Blackouts","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"27\/06\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Power grids are finally balanced affairs that were never designed for the haphazard occasional delivery of wind and solar. 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