Good story, Rao. Especially interesting that he's from Virginia and the state's massive data centers would be a topic for any regulator. Good experience as data centers move across the country.
But Virginia should be afraid of becoming the no. 1 importer - next to several RTOs (but still not sure what the “Southern RTO” is doing.) And maybe TVA can get its act together to export next door. PJM likely won’t.
I think the whole point of being in a RTO for a state is, to buy energy when deficient and sell energy when excess. And RTOs by nature take care of their"native load" first before exporting to their neighbors. Each capacity zone within RTO also tells us how much capacity that zone needs called local clearing requirements to meet the 1 day in 10 reliability standard. Meaning, in a capacity market, the RTO signals the capacity needed within a zone.
Good story, Rao. Especially interesting that he's from Virginia and the state's massive data centers would be a topic for any regulator. Good experience as data centers move across the country.
I hadn't thought about that data center alley aspect, Chris. Thanks!
In that vein, Chairman Christie recently tweeted his praise for an article explaining how Virginia has now become the nation's #1 energy importing state. https://x.com/ChristieFERC/status/1882055340503752957
Yes, that's the good thing about Chairman Christie. He tweets.
But Virginia should be afraid of becoming the no. 1 importer - next to several RTOs (but still not sure what the “Southern RTO” is doing.) And maybe TVA can get its act together to export next door. PJM likely won’t.
I think the whole point of being in a RTO for a state is, to buy energy when deficient and sell energy when excess. And RTOs by nature take care of their"native load" first before exporting to their neighbors. Each capacity zone within RTO also tells us how much capacity that zone needs called local clearing requirements to meet the 1 day in 10 reliability standard. Meaning, in a capacity market, the RTO signals the capacity needed within a zone.
Good summary of Christie's past and recent statements.
But aren't those Greyhounds,, not Great Danes? (Could the latter be a political liability given the Greenland situation? :-)
I think you are correct. Thanks for letting me know.