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New England Renewable Standards Depend on The Worst Software
"What is a REC? A miserable little pile of jank"
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F. Ichiro Gifford
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[BONUS] One Fifth of ISO-NE's Staff is Retirement-Age
ISO-NE's 2026 budget has some bad news on staffing.
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The Most Innovative Electric Rate Died Before It Started
An obituary for the Transactive Energy Rate
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Taking Spot Price Anarchy Seriously
Contra a specific booster of microgrids
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July 2025

[BONUS] The Master Said: “F— the Paper; Stay Based”
Turning to Confucius for career advice
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F. Ichiro Gifford
The Spanish Grid Was "Fine" Three Minutes Before It Collapsed
TL;DR It was VARs, not intertia; undoing renewables won’t fix it
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F. Ichiro Gifford
[BONUS] Will China Invade Taiwan? (no) (but in 2027)
I'm technically not the least qualified person talking about this
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How Process Charts Kept the Lights On
A guest writer applies 1940s management to his day job
Published on State Capacitance • 
FILE: AI In Electric Utilities Presentation
A PowerPoint I'm pretty proud of
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2025 Energy Predictions: Mid-Year Check-In
Holding myself to account
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F. Ichiro Gifford
AI in Electric Utilities is NGMI
Not. Going. To Make It.
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F. Ichiro Gifford
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June 2025

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