CHASE Difference Makers – Brigham McCown
Grid Security – Between Hype and Heads in the Sand
Brigham McCown was privileged to speak to the students at George Mason University on the importance of grid security and maintaining our infrastructure. You can read the transcript of the talk here:
Baseload Power Will Keep The Lights On
Several recent papers have questioned traditional notions regarding baseload power requirements for the electric grid. For example, the Natural Resources Defense Council released a report prepared by the Brattle Group. The NRDC says that, “baseload is an outdated term” as it “does not refer to any electricity system values or services, and it is not equivalent to …
U.S. LNG Exports to Lithuania A Chink in Russia’s Eastern European Energy Dominance
On Monday, a shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) arrived in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda. That in and of itself was not overly remarkable, but where the shipment came from was. The shipment was the first purchase and importation of American natural gas by a former Soviet state. While the quantity of gas sold was …