By: Diane Benjamin Last Friday I attended the annual Corn Belt Energy meeting. These aren’t boring, they throw in enough humor and fun to keep my interest. (Which they wouldn’t if all they did was read financial statements!) I found out why Corn Belt rates aren’t skyrocketing while Ameren rates are. Corn Belt buys electricity […]
By: Diane Benjamin I posted a screen shot of the US Debt Clock on July 29th. That was TWELVE days ago. US National Debt then was $35,003,234,351,843. Debt per citizen was $103,827. Today it is $104,225. Debt today: By the end of today the Federal government will have added $150 BILLION to the debt in […]
By: Diane Benjamin Saturday when I was driving across Bloomington my vehicle said the temperature was 92. When I passed the airport it jumped to 94. At my country house it was only 89. What that proves is “record temperatures” depend on where the temperature is taken. This story is in the latest issue of […]
By: Diane Benjamin This is a link to a 52 page report on electricity nationwide: https://www.nerc.com/pa/RAPA/ra/Reliability%20Assessments%20DL/NERC_SRA_2024.pdf If you need a nap, try reading it. Jump to page 51. Illinois is in PJM (reference PDF page 27). Both wind and solar are underperforming, see ACTUAL vs. EXPECTED. Forced outages in PJM are second only to Quebec. […]
