by Meredith Angwin | Jul 30, 2022 | Featured 1, Uncategorized
Winter in Vermont Summer afternoon. I stare at the huge yellow blossoms of my daylily patch. I am always amazed by their generous beauty. Midsummer is wonderful in Vermont. However, in Vermont, winter is always on your mind. Looking back at winter oil In the deeply...
by Meredith Angwin | May 30, 2022 | Featured 1
In Vain? When we talk about American’s wars, there is a phrase that we often use. The phrase was used in the Gettysburg Address, though I doubt that was the first use. “That these dead shall not have died in vain.“ We don’t want the bravery and the suffering to be...
by Meredith Angwin | Feb 26, 2022 | Featured 1
Connecticut Legislature Holds A Hearing On February 1, the Connecticut General Assembly sponsored the hearing “Staring into the Storm” through their Energy Committees. The legislators wanted to know whether the New England electric grid was ready for a...
by Meredith Angwin | Sep 4, 2021 | Featured 1
What Surprised You? Eric Meyer of Generation Atomic has started a new on-line book club. Eric starts the conversation with a very important question: “In this book, what surprised you?” Great question! The club meetings started with my book, Shorting the Grid. I...
by Meredith Angwin | Nov 23, 2020 | Featured 1, Uncategorized
Winter Weather As I wrote in Shorting the Grid, the quest for reliable electricity in the winter in New England is far more difficult than it needs to be. The root of the problem is the FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) rules for areas like New England. This...
by Meredith Angwin | Sep 7, 2020 | Featured 1, Uncategorized
As the summer winds down, dangerous things are happening on the grid. As an example, nobody thinks the California rolling blackouts are over. As a matter of fact, it might not be too far-fetched to say, “If you are hopeful about the grid right now, you aren’t paying...