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You’ve seen the headlines about winter weather stressing the grid this weekend. But what does that actually look like in real time? Our market analysis team is posting live updates all weekend on our site There’s nothing like watching pros track the grid as it happens.

With most of the country expecting above-average temperatures, the chances of a white Christmas are low. However, visit Grid Status and we’ll see what we can do about it. Type in "snow" or quickly tap five times on your phone, and you just might get what you wish for.

Set the table, pass the stuffing, and get ready to watch the gridiron and the latest key metrics between the two largest battery markets in the US

ERCOT's massive RTC+B cutover is still a few weeks away, but trial data is already flowing into Grid Status. Curious what it looks like? We just released an ERCOT RTC+B dashboard with a visual preview of trial data. You can check it out on the ERCOT Live Page here: #rtc_b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">gridstatus.io/live/ercot#rtc… While the data doesn't reflect actual market outcomes, it's still worth getting familiar with. We'll keep iterating on the dashboard over the coming weeks, and once RTC+B goes live on Dec 5, we'll migrate it to live data.

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A nuclear unit came offline yesterday in MISO. What started as a normal, unplanned outage may leave MISO without 1.25 GW of nuclear generation for an extended period of time.

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CAISO max battery discharge was reduced yesterday due to lower solar, more natural gas, and higher midday prices.

We're not trying to trick you, but if you factor Halloween into your decision-making, you might be in for quite a treat. Over the past 9 years, real-time load has underperformed almost all of PJM’s forecasts over the evening peak, precisely during prime trick-or-treating hours.

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A little teaser of our next product release: Grid Status Insights. Insights is a real-time feed of expert commentary on energy markets and the electric grid — straight from our team of talented analysts. If you’ve enjoyed our blogs or social posts, you’re going to love this!

Wildfire smoke complicated NYISO’s BTM solar forecast this week, overforecasting by over 500 MW on Monday and underforecasting by 1,000 MW on Tuesday This miss was not even with downstate zones staying close to the forecast, while upstate zones saw large swings

Look for a blog from us later this week on recent PPA action in PPL and PJM's tight capacity conditions. blog.gridstatus.io

With this in mind, rates seem likely to continue rising in PJM, and there's no sign of slowed acquisition of clean firm resources within the RTO, as hyperscalers are willing to pay almost anything to win the AI race.

PJM's Capacity Auction (BRA) for 2026/2027 just cleared at the cap for the entire market. This comes on the heel of Google's recent procurement of hydropower capacity in PJM, signaling no end to Big Tech's insatiable demand for datacenter power.

Good illustration of how much the Texas grid has changed in just 6 years. yellow = solar; purple = batteries; dark green = wind; blue = gas; brown = coal; light green = nuke via @grid_status