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LANSING, Mich - MISO’s 2023 Regional Resource Assessment depicts what the system operator calls a “resource gap” between accredited capacity (supply) and future load (demand) for most of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is not shown on this chart as it falls under a different subdivision of MISO territory, though it too has a resource gap.
The orange bars, for “demand load,” represent what MISO projects as the Lower Peninsula’s electricity demand. The system operator has multiple scenarios, and the chart represents the one with the lowest demand.
Even at that lowest estimate, Michigan’s supply is multiple gigawatts below meeting expected demand. When the quantity supplied is less than the quantity demanded and prices are fixed (as they are in Michigan), a shortage results. There will be blackouts.
What’s behind the insufficient supply? Utilities are replacing dependable sources of energy with less dependable ones. “Controllable, dispatchable resources are being retired and replaced primarily with weather-dependent, non-dispatchable, and variable generation types to achieve carbon reduction goals. These weather-dependent generators are increasing reliability risks,” a senior representative of MISO told the U.S. House Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security last September. Click here to read more.
WASHINGTON (TND) — Supply chain backlogs, reminiscent of what we faced in the pandemic, appear poised to make a comeback as getting goods from around the world is getting more difficult.
This time, the international shipping industry is facing a slew of problems all at once. The chaos now causing global shortages and rising prices.
The world's busiest ports are experiencing traffic jams as ships sit offshore waiting to unload cargo. Meanwhile, workers in the U.S., Germany and Canada are threatening to strike as they demand higher pay and better working conditions. A severe drought hit Central America leading to extremely low water levels in the Panama Canal limiting the number of ships that can pass through.
Perhaps the biggest contributor to the ongoing problems is the situation in the Red Sea where Iranian-backed Houthi rebels continue their attacks on commercial ships crippling commerce through the important Suez Canal. Click here to read more.
WASHINGTON D.C. - The CIA interfered in the 2020 election by colluding with the Biden campaign to discredit the Hunter Biden laptop story, a congressional report found Tuesday.
“It’s inappropriate for a currently serving staff officer or contractor to be involved in the political process,” former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell acknowledged to Congress during its investigation of the incident. The House Judiciary report on Monday alleged three key facts about the CIA’s involvement in the 2020 election:
• High ranking CIA officials, up to and including then-CIA Director Gina Haspel, were made aware of the Hunter Biden statement prior to its approval and publication. Because several former senior intelligence officials signed the statement, the PCRB sent the draft statement to the CIA’s then-Chief Operating Officer (COO) Andrew Makridis, who said he subsequently informed then-Director Haspel or then-Deputy Director Vaughn Frederick Bishop that the statement would be published soon. Senior CIA leadership had an opportunity at that time to slow down the CIA’s process for reviewing publication submissions and ensure that such an extraordinary statement was properly vetted. Click here to read more.
KEY WEST, Fla. – The Key West Library will be reading a book that teaches children how to be a drag queen during their “Pride Month Storytime” event Friday.
According to the library, story time is typically for children ages 0-6. The book that will be read during Friday’s story time is titled “The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish,” written by Drag Queen and founding member of Drag Queen Story Hour “Lil Miss Hot Mess.”
In a WNET Education YouTube video aimed at children, Lil Miss Hot Mess explained what a drag queen is before reading the book aloud and dancing along. The book encourages children to act out the dance moves.
“I wrote this book because I wanted everyone to get to experience the magic of drag, and to get a little practice shaking their hips or shimmying their shoulders to know how we can feel fabulous inside of our own bodies,” Lil Miss Hot Mess explained. Click here to read more.
LOS ANGELES, CALIF - An anti-Israel mob descended on the Adas Torah synagogue in Los Angeles Sunday in a display that turned violent as keffiyeh-clad activists attacked a Jewish woman on the street.
The video capturing the beating also shows a masked woman spraying a Jewish man with what appears to be mace.
The chaos on Sunday began when anti-Israel agitators gathered outside the synagogue and attempted to block its entrances. Congregants then exited the building to counter-protest.
As the Los Angeles Times reported, only one arrest was made. The arrested individual was reportedly carrying a “spiked flag,” ostensibly meant to be used as a weapon.
Other videos show police escorting an anti-Israel couple out of their car — alongside their keffiyeh-clad toddler — as the woman, holding her own keffiyeh, flipped off congregants who emerged from the synagogue to stage a counter-protest. Click here for more.
