Last week, we delved into the opaque and complex world of utility filings, exploring the hidden — and valuable — knowledge contained within integrated resource plans (IRPs) and rate cases.
Imagine a vast, dimly lit library of dusty old books. There is no librarian, and the indexing is so faded that it’s not useful. A daunting starting point for a hopeful researcher, but the books contain essential secrets that can predict the future and bring the reader great wealth. This is the world of electric utility filings and dockets — specifically Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs) and rate cases.
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Last week, New York City hosted two events which wear out the shoe leather (and sometimes the patience) of New Yorkers and visitors alike: the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), and Climate Week NYC.
In April, I attended an SF Climate Week panel on the ways in which artificial intelligence solutions could support the transition to net zero electricity. When the session opened for comments, I was a bit surprised that the first ten audience members confronted the four panelists with variations of the exact same pointed question: “Aren’t your data centers going to overwhelm the electric grid and ensure climate disaster?”
When Bruce and I were initially discussing what Halcyon would become, the question of what data and information to prefer in our ingestion processes, at first, was important. Perhaps I did not help matters much when Bruce asked me “what information do you want?” and I responded “all of it.”