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FERC Approves SPP "Topology Optimization" Plan For Cutting Grid Congestion
FERC Approves SPP "Topology Optimization" Plan For Cutting Grid Congestion
By Ethan Howland of UtilityDive
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Wednesday approved the Southwest Power Pool’s proposal for using “topology optimization” to reduce grid congestion and its related costs.
Traditionally, grid operators respond to grid congestion by redispatching power plants, which can lead to higher production and congestion costs, SPP said in its May 21 proposal to FERC.
However, with grid-enhancing technologies, grid operators can use topology reconfiguration to change power flows as a less expensive way to handle congestion, according to...
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Feb 13, 2026 / Tyler Durden
"An Astonishing Sign Of Cultural Decay..."
"An Astonishing Sign Of Cultural Decay..."
Authored by James Howard Kunstler,
Sure, Take That Time-Out
“Crisis is when brittleness meets shock. “
- Yuri Bezmenov’s Ghost on X
By shutting down the government for a minimum of ten days supposedly over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Wile E. Coyote Democratic Party is about to blow up another Acme bomb in its mangy muzzle.
I will tell you why.
First, this DHS business is just a stupid prank to bamboozle the public.
It will not shut down ICE operations, as Chuck Schumer pretends. ICE...
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Jul 21, 2026 / Tyler Durden
'I See Dead People': Treasury Blocks $99 Million In Federal Payments To Deceased Americans
'I See Dead People': Treasury Blocks $99 Million In Federal Payments To Deceased Americans
The Treasury Department announced Tuesday morning that it has successfully implemented new safeguards to prevent government payments to dead people in an effort to reduce waste and fraud.
The verification system includes screening 885 million federal payments against expanded death records, effectively auditing payments totaling nearly $2.7 trillion.
It has already flagged and stopped payments totaling roughly $99 million that had been marked to be sent to dead people.
"Treasury has delivered on a key promise of President Trump’s...
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May 31, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Manufacturing Consent For Trump's Invasion Of Cuba
Manufacturing Consent For Trump's Invasion Of Cuba
Authored by Natasha Bannan via Common Dreams,
Yves here. I wish I had the time to research and unpack more clearly is the set of legal theories the US is abusing to prosecute Nicholas Maduro and his wife and now to justify the arrest of Raul Castro and the conquest of Cuba. The US seriously takes the position that we can impose strained invocations of US rules against terrorism and engage in extrajudicial seizures, as in kidnapping.
The article below describes how we are now...
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