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Andy Kowalczyk

@ascottkoala.bsky.social
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Transmission Director for the Southern Renewable Energy Association

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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Here comes the sun in MISO....
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athada.bsky.social @athada.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Big jump in the record solar production for MISO today. Hit 20% of total demand, besting wind. I've not seen it surpass fossil gas yet, but I'm betting that happens this spring. #EnergySky
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
US utility-scale wind & solar is on track to reach 430 GW by November 2028. That's up 28%! Small solar is ~58 GW now and will add another ~21 GW by 11/2028. So, total W&S capacity will be ~509 GW by 11/2028! Petrostate politicos are losing the war on W&S. cms.ferc.gov/media/energy... #energysky
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Temps in the low 20's-30's in the South and renewables holding it down again today: Texas (ERCOT) - ~50% solar! v. ~30% gas, with batteries dispatching earlier at ~ 6GWs #energysky
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Aside from the persistent outages in LA, MS and TN, things were mostly back to normal today on the grid, with another big showing from solar and storage in ERCOT (once again solar outperformed nat gas for a good chunk today), great wind and solar in MISO, and lower wind in SPP. #energysky
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Tuesday, and outages still number close to half a million in TX, LA, MS and TN as temps start to thaw. Temps will plummet this weekend too however, and MISO has already declared a Capacity Advisory for this Friday in the North of the footprint. www.misoenergy.org/markets-and-... #energysky
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Spanish electricity grid reaches 85.7% saturation after losing 2.8 GW of capacity in two months #energysky -- via pv magazine global:
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Spanish electricity grid reaches 85.7% saturation after 2.8 GW loss
Spain’s electricity grid has lost nearly 2.8 GW of available capacity in two months, lifting substation saturation to 85.7% and leaving more than 5,200 facilities without spare capacity, according to new analysis.
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I get the sense we’re missing out on something or somethings in the EU 🤔
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Entergy LA and MS's system got really hard by Fern, as did TVA's. At this time I have not heard of loadshed in either territory so it seems likely that this is probably heavy distribution damage from ice loading. #energysky
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
www.eenews.net/articles/win... #winterstormfern #energysky
eenews.net
Winter storm batters electric utilities in the Southeast
Bitter cold in the coming days could affect Appalachian natural gas producers as a broad swath of the U.S. shivers in the blast of Arctic air.
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
A Million Households Face Outages During Winter Storm #energysky -- via Heatmap News heatmap.news/am/wint...
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Currently ERCOT is serving more load with solar than natural gas 25,207MW's of solar vs. 23,787MW's of gas The average price in ERCOT is currently ~$23 #energysky
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
With subzero temps as far south as Jefferson, MO, and freezing temps all the way down to NOLA, outages are still around 800k in the South. SWEPCO and Entergy maps show a lot of the same outages, likely from ice + sustained freezing temps. #energysky
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
A lot of outages with the amount of ice loading throughout TX, LA, AR, MS, TN and already a lot of others in the Southeast. #energytwitter
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Already seeing some outages in the South with Winter Storm Fern. Around 900k are without power currently. Simultaneously, TVA is importing about 2GW's from SOCO, while simultaneously exporting ~ 2GW's to MISO. #energytwitter
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I remember hearing at recent MISO Board Meetings that due to drought conditions Manitoba Hydro was also set to be in a pinch - hoping for the best for our neighbors to the North! #energytwitter
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
As the sun sets in Central Timezone, here's a couple energy trends as precipitation is at a lull in Eastern TX and AR (where there's currently sleet and snowfall already), but building towards a second round later this evening. weather.com/storms/winte... #energysky
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Winter Storm Slams South With Ice, Snow As Midwest, Northeast Wait | Weather.com
This historic storm is already hitting the South, and will spread destructive ice and heavy snow over 34 states through Monday including the Midwest and Northeast. Here is the very latest forecast.
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
www.douglewin.com/p/its-going-...
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It's Going to Happen First in Texas with Nat Bullard (Part 2)
In Part 2 of my conversation with Nat Bullard, we talk about the rise of batteries in Texas, the Texas Energy Fund, the value of distributed energy, demand flexibility & more
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Great content from ESIG 😄
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Jeremy Hoffman @380vdc.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
🔌💡
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RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The United States is on track for a record increase in power generation capacity in 2025, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reports. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/igHP50WJfPE Writer: John Cropley
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
It looks like MISO's routine price separation is supporting Ukraine today. #energysky #transmissionwouldfixthis
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Same congestion pattern, different day in MISO South
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Can someone make me a map of all the NREL geospatial wind and solar data and all of the existing and planned HVDC lines across the U.S. superimposed? #energysky
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Vietnamese energy dominance with #windpower
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Next level distribution planning in Ho Chi Minh City. I’ll add, contrary to my experience with Entergy NOLA. The power hasn’t flickered even a bit for 9 million people
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
#energysky Where does one find SPP's ITP Futures forecasted buildout? Like what MISO provides in their Futures Series 1a report?
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Simon Mahan @simonmahan.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Today, March 18, states like Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and other nearby states are getting 60% of their power from wind energy. #energysky
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I find this stakeholder process for MISO's ERAS proposal utterly absurd. The gap between the first and second meeting discussing their proposal was 2 whole weekdays. Feedback requested, not reviewed
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Awesome insight on Pakistan’s market for solar podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...
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Pakistan's solar boom
Podcast Episode · Volts · 02/26/2025 · 1h 1m
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Doug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Another solar record in ERCOT today, this time with exactly 24,000 megawatts of output just a few minutes ago. That's 7,000 megawatts more than this time last year, a 40% increase in one year. Prices, of course, are low, <$15 per megawatt-hour.
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Pretty scathing take on what is happening with the Ai market in the U.S. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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What The Hell Is DeepSeek?
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 01/31/2025 · 33m
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
As a former Caltrain rider this one is close to my heart;)
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Hugh Daigle @hdaigle.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
ERCOT storage showing the typical cold winter pattern of high discharge in morning and evening… it ain’t a duck, so can we call this the jackalope? (Annotation mine) #energysky #txenergy
ERCOT energy storage profile showing high discharge in calm, cold morning and evening. I drew a funny face on it to look like a jackalope (the discharge peaks are the horns)
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Well this is not nice
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
#energysky Challenging demand conditions starting throughout MISO, but wind ramping up in both MISO and SPP.
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
First flurries coming down in NOLA
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
#energysky Monitoring Winter Storm Enzo, both MISO and SPP are forecasting a decent amount of wind in the latter half of the 21st which coincides with some of the lowest temps. This should be good for balancing out high wholesale costs, and SPP imports could be big given the temp difference
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
I filled out all my availability polls, now what do I win?! More meetings? Aww shucky darns
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Good morning with good news: India doubled solar installations in 2024, compared to 2023, to a record high 24.5 GW. Wind additions also rose 21% Utility-scale additions nearly tripled & rooftop rose 53% to 700,000 rooftop installations in 10 months! www.pv-magazine.com/2025/01/10/i... #energysky
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
While I respect the very important efforts of Entergy in restoring power in the aftermath of extreme events, the deal is not just to be there as a disaster aid service, it’s to provide power 8765 hours of the year. It’s incongruous for them to be lauded with awards by their trade association.
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Currently not powering my life;(
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Connor @waldoch.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
updated and expanded a winter hazards and grid ops dashboard - focused on the eastern interconnection let me know if there are other things you'd be interested in seeing in something like this! #energysky
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
👀
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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
It is now cheaper to build new solar or wind power plants than fossil fuel power plants in much of the world. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 Source: about.bnef.com/blog/cost-of...
It is now cheaper to build out new wind power plans in much of North and South America, Europe and China, and to build out new solar in Mexico, Australia, much of Europe and some of sub-Sarahan Africa than to build out coal or gas in any of those areas.
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
It is true that there are challenges to meeting explosive data center demand and electricication, it is also true that this is a collection of inputs provided by TO’s www.utilitydive.com/news/explosi...
utilitydive.com
‘Explosive’ demand growth puts more than half of North America at risk of blackouts: NERC
“Simply put, our infrastructure is not being built fast enough to keep up with the rising demand,” said John Moura, NERC’s director of reliability assessments and planning analysis.
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Remember when everyone was so worried about EV demand? So quaint
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Question: if Atlanta is in the South, why does it get so dang cold?
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Andy Kowalczyk @ascottkoala.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
CoNnEcT aNd MaNaGe
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Andrew Gelston @agelston.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
🤔
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