Cold Air

I write to right: exploring and communicating on topics of interest including energy, data, politics, and education

[Cold Air @ScottLuft]

not only is BC looking to natural gas to help, they're looking to ensure it is there to do so: https://t.co/EhABC1TvtX

[Heather Exner-Pirot @ExnerPirot]

BC Hydro Turns Back to Natural Gas to Help Fill Electricity Gap

https://t.co/S9SkgQ98UB

[Emmet Penney @nukebarbarian]

speed to power

[Cold Air @ScottLuft]

nearly 3 hours into this history of the grid pod, and still going strong.
I can see why @JesseJenkins pinned this xeet.

highly recommend👍

[Jesse D. Jenkins @JesseJenkins]

The blokes at Stepchange Show have produced an epic history of the US grid, "the largest machine ever built," and it is TRULY GREAT. I think it is THE best single piece on the arc and accidents of history that results in our unique American power system.

https://t.co/DrHko03uwg

Give it a listen and share widely. This will be required listening in all my future Introduction to Electricity courses at Princeton. A+ work Ben Eidelson and Anay Shah. 👏

[Cold Air @ScottLuft]

@HarrisBerton @flexibledragnet I was warily watching as gas bro pushed back on renewa-bros - just waiting to catch some flak, and there it is.

[Cold Air @ScottLuft]

pugilistic rephrase: other people will pay most of the cost to move specific people off of the "expensive" fuel sources put in place when homeowner was the only one paying for their heating

[Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission @CNSC_CCSN]

The final regulatory hold point for Bruce A Unit 3 has been removed.

@Bruce_Power may now operate the refurbished reactor above 35% full power and return it to commercial operation.

Info: https://t.co/O7lSILFP7X

[Bryce Johanneck @BryceJohanneck]

In the last decade CAISO has:
- Built 35 GW of Gen
- Retired 12 GW of Gen
- Built no new Transmission
- Retired no old Transmission

...and has seen negligible load growth. 0 to 2 GW in the same period

Either the electric grid wasn't a delicate balance before

Or it's not a delicate balance now

Or it's never been delicately balanced

[Aaron Pete @Aaronpete_]

I'm prepared to go to jail over this.

My grandmother Rita Pete went to St. Mary's Indian Residential School. She experienced terrible abuse. As a consequence, she struggled with alcohol use most of her life.

My mother was born with FASD as a consequence of her using alcohol to cope with her trauma.

I am Chief of my community Chawathil First Nation. I am working to address the longstanding impacts of these past policies through renovating homes, building new homes, creating childcare, and growing businesses through economic development.

I have interviewed people who went to Indian Residential Schools. I have interviewed people who believe Indian Residential Schools were awful, horrible schools, meant to remove the Indian from the child.

I've also interviewed people who believe they were well intended, generous investments by Canadian taxpayers meant to assimilate a society and had shortcomings.

Like with many things, the history is dark, complicated, and with any policy that existed for a long time, across a whole country - there were different experiences.

No one story tells us everything. No report shares the full experience of the individuals who went. No commentator today can disprove someone's lived experience with statistics.

The path forward is not to criminalize speech, questions, or debate.

The path forward is empathy for past attendees.
The path forward is truth based on facts.
The path forward is real conversations.
The path forward is to lean into complexity.

If the government criminalizes this, then I will be a criminal for having these conversations.

If I am a criminal by the laws definition, then I am committed to going to jail over this.

[Heather Exner-Pirot @ExnerPirot]

The province’s latest study of offshore resource basins, released Monday, concluded there are natural gas reserves of between 19.8 trillion and 35.4 trillion cubic feet, with a best estimate of 27.6 trillion. By comparison, Canada’s first offshore natural gas project was the Sable project in Nova Scotia. It produced two trillion cubic feet over roughly 20 years ending in 2019.

[Reliable AB Energy @ReliableAB]

Is "free" electricity really free?

[Cold Air @ScottLuft]

Pool price was FREE 20% of the time

[Reliable AB Energy @ReliableAB]

Alberta generation mix for May 2026.

[EIA @EIAgov]

Last week, we announced changes to how the Weekly Petroleum Status Report is published. We are pausing implementation to solicit more feedback from users.

[Cold Air @ScottLuft]

Statistics Canada data is now showing the rapid rate escalation for large (class "A") consumers.
Rates for smaller, "B", consumers, have remained below 2016's level (largely due to gov't subsidy), but extreme spending in recent years, and carbon policy, is biting "A" hard.

5/5

[Cold Air @ScottLuft]

A first-look review on Ontario electricity in May 2026 - including a record month for production from 1 supply type/fuel.
the basic IESO GOC by fuel, and market rate reporting show demand up ~364 GWh with net exports down ~203.
Less nuclear output meant more gas as...

1/5

[Cold Air @ScottLuft]

the final class B commodity rate (DAM OZP + GA) will likely end up slightly below 2025's enormous May figure, which might be attributed to higher carbon costs for generators (higher price on a greater share of emissions).
that means less cost transfer from class A, but...

4/5

[Cold Air @ScottLuft]

@Rory_Johnston cc @SStapczynski

[Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱 @jkenney]

Full credit to the @nationalpost for having courageously told the truth about the Kamloops “mass grave” story at the height of the hysteria.

Journalists and outlets who continue to lie or shade the truth about this only bring disrepute on themselves and their profession.

[Cold Air @ScottLuft]

@bataille_chris @ramez I suspect it'd largely be due to dwelling size and type - much more efficient to only have one exterior wall.