The Spanish government has said that the national grid operator and private power generation companies were to blame for an energy blackout that caused widespread chaos in Spain and Portugal earlier this year. Shortly after midday on 28 April, both countries were disconnected from the European electricity grid for several hours. Businesses, schools, universities, government...
Holy smokes. This was some refreshing news breaking from our Energy Secretary Chris Wright during his appearance before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce a couple of days ago. He was using some pretty bald language, too, concerning what were just six months ago sacred cows. Lobbyists’ worst nightmare: 4 minutes of Energy Secretary...
What prompted a system-wide failure in Spain’s power grid on Monday? Thus far, officials in Spain and Portugal remain tight-lipped, leading to a free-wheeling speculation market for armchair sleuths. Was it sabotage? Incompetence? Or bad public policy that made the grid unable to adjust to variables? Jim Geraghty has a great round-up this morning at...