Status Check
Heartbeat of the wholesale power markets in 15 minutes from your friends at Grid Status.
Episodes
17 episodes
Memorial Day Cool Down
With Abby out this week, Tim is joined by a special guest, Co-Founder and Head of Strategy at Grid Status, Connor Waldoch. They discussed how markets dealt with high cooling load in the East, power flow dynamics in New York with the addition...
Curtailing Anything but the Heat
In a busy episode, Abby and Tim break down a host of new records in the West, April curtailment trends, Tim’s trip to the PJM Meeting in Baltimore, the launch of the CHPE, and a round of heat in the East next week.
CHP E-DAM?
Abby and Tim break down the first week of operations in EDAM, hydro availability in the west heading into summer, CHPE-driven volatility in New York, data center alley congestion, and the increasingly healthy nuclear fleet. <...
Anniversaries and New Beginnings
Abby and Tim break down the first Day-Ahead clear of CAISO’s EDAM program, the first anniversary of the launch of IESO’s nodal market, Conastone 500kV XF congestion in PJM, and MISO summer capacity prices.
The Sun Rises on SunZia
Abby and Tim break down the launch of SunZia, news first broken on Grid Status, EDAM preparation, how PJM is handling early-season record-breaking heat, and another round of challenges plaguing Vineyard Wind.
Spring Into Summer
Abby and Tim break down a week of pricing trends in SPP West, solar records in New England, including BTM calculation methodology, CAISO wind re-powering, and the compounding impacts of warm weather and high outages across the East Coast next w...
Not So Seamless
Abby and Tim break down the SPP West expansion, CAISO and MISO records, delayed nuclear outages in NYISO, PJM congestion, and why ISO-NE might see elevated prices starting next week.
Charging into Spring
Abby and Tim break down new storage records in CAISO and ERCOT, how the western US is grappling with record heat, increasing nuclear outages, and two offshore wind milestones in New England.
Spring Forward, Same Old Mistakes
Abby and Tim break down the bullish impact of daylight saving time across markets, the return of nuclear units in the East, and look ahead at market developments in SPP and what to expect in New England ahead of Boston's St. Patrick's Day parad...
All’s Fair in Shoulder Season and War
Meteorological spring is here, and shoulder season is in full swing across the country. Abby and Tim break down export trends in the West, volatile congestion in Virginia, natural gas futures with the war in Iran, and nuclear outages and return...
Nuclear Naps and Western Wrangling
While Boston shovels out from another snowstorm, Abby and Tim break down developments in offshore wind, nuclear derates, renewable-driven congestion, and changes to the Western markets coming down the line.
Blizzard Conditions
Abby and Tim preview another Northeast snowstorm, examine battery storage behavior in MISO, rainfall in CAISO, RTO West expansion, and assess the impact of the Calvert Cliffs nuclear refueling outage in PJM.
A Dream of Spring
Following springlike temperatures across the West, Abby and Tim discuss rising solar-driven congestion in CAISO, Super Bowl demand impacts, Western Market expansion, LNG deliveries into New England, and declining oil generation as the Northe...
Cold Continues in the East
Ahead of another arctic blast in the Northeast, Tim and Abby break down the landscape following Winter Storm Fern, including oil and gas inventories nationwide, PacifiCorp parallel operations, and record breaking solar generation in ERCOT.&n...
Windy City Special
In a very special episode, Tim and Abby are live from the Grid Status office in Chicago, breaking down Fern and its impacts across the central and eastern United States.