026: Shorting the Grid with Meredith Angwin, How to Support Electrification

Join author Meredith Angwin and I as we discuss the movement of electrification and some of the major hurdles we must overcome to increase power production and support elimination of energy poverty. We rely on a grid system that is extremely fragile but one that must carry us into the future that is demanding it to supply more electricity than ever and will only increase. How do we support this increased power need, towing on such a fragile line, pun intended… In this episode we discuss:

• What is Power Generation 101
• Explain the “On Demand” situation the grid encounters and what the addition of renewables does to the power grid
• The Fatal Trifecta the grid is currently encountering (resulting in winter Storm Uri, Texas, 2021)
• The ideal base load power situation
• The overall relationship between electricity and oil and gas
• What the solution is to aide in the support of increasing electricity production while maintaining reliability and affordability
• An introspective look on movement away from Microgrids  

Watch her recent appearance on Robert Bryce’s Juice Mini Series here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3G3HFmpb4Y&t=4s

Author of Shorting the Grid: The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid