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Power prices are up 76% on America’s biggest grid, and a watchdog is pointing fingers

Power prices are up 76% on America’s biggest grid, and a watchdog is pointing fingers

Published by skeptic

The largest electrical grid in the U.S., the PJM Interconnection, saw prices nearly double over the last year, according to a report published yesterday by Monitoring Analytics, an independent market monitor that serves as a sort of watchdog for the PJM grid. The culprit? Data centers. Wholesale prices for one megawatt-hour of electricity rose to $136.53, up from $77.78 at the same time last year. Crain’s Chicago Business was first to report on the spike. Monitoring Analytics pointed the finger at data centers and PJM’s failure to handle their surging demand adequately. The market monitor pulled no punches. “The price impacts on customers have been very large and are not reversible,” Monitoring Analytics wrote. “The price impacts will be even larger in the near term unless the issues associated with data center load are addressed in a timely manner.”  PJM is a ripe target for such criticism. In 2022, just as data center construction was ramping up, the grid operator paused applications for new generating sources, citing a years-long backlog. It only recently started accepting …

Jon Pointing | Radio Times

Jon Pointing | Radio Times

Published by Daniella Wilson

Star of Big Boys. Nominated for actor in a comedy Jon Pointing’s Top 10 Comedy Picks Jack wrote this character for you, Jon — does that give you more leeway to tinker with the script? I think with this show in particular, Jack wanted me to do it because he saw something in me that he knew worked forthis part, for Danny. So I sort of took that as licence to bring something to the role. That said, you can get carried away by the improvising. You’re so keen to make people laugh in the room that it sort of takes away from what the scene is doing. You’ve also been in hit comedy Small Prophets recently — how different is a Mackenzie Crook script to a Jack Rooke one? Crook or Rooke? That’s the question. The pace is different – with something like Big Boys, you’re charging through the years with this group of people. With Small Prophets, it’s more like Mackenzie is trying to slow the world down a little bit. What’s your …

New Orleans Leaders Blast Immigration Crackdown, Pointing to Video of Agents Chasing US Citizen

New Orleans Leaders Blast Immigration Crackdown, Pointing to Video of Agents Chasing US Citizen

Published by Sam Flores

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ mayor-elect said Friday that a federal immigration crackdown launched this week is already causing harm as encounters between masked agents and residents, including some caught on video, has prompted public backlash in the blue city. Frustrated city officials pointed to the case of Jacelynn Guzman, a 23-year-old U.S. citizen who was walking back to her Louisiana home from a trip to the grocery store on Wednesday when a truck pulled up beside her and two masked federal agents approached her, according to security footage obtained by The Associated Press. Guzman began running away as a second vehicle arrived and the agents pursued her down the sidewalk until she reached her family’s home in Marrero, a neighborhood across the Mississippi River from downtown New Orleans. Guzman’s mother has lived there her entire life. “We’re legal, we are from here, born and raised,” Guzman shouted back at the agents. “Don’t chase me, that is disgusting.” Guzman, who has no criminal record, told the AP that she panicked when agents approached. “That …