By Paul Sankey
Published on January 27, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Sorry I was meaning to write this session with Rory up properly, but got distracted by PJM etc over the weekend, what with this brutal cold. The week ahead forecast for Brooklyn is sub-zero all the way. Beyond a week is anybody’s guess. Link to Rory replay below. We are opening this to all subscribers to promote Rory’s independent research effort. And encourage you to go Premium Subscriber to enjoy these calls live and replay …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on January 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Greetings, Presumably you have power, if you are reading this. Good for you. I bought an emergency power pack yesterday: “Anker Portable Power Station SOLIX C300, 288Wh LiFePO4 Battery, 300W (600W Surge) 140W Two-Way Fast Charging, for Outdoor Camping, Traveling, and Emergencies (Solar Panel Optional)” so we should avoid an outage. Or get a three day outage that renders that wee power block absurdly under-sized. It cannot run a heater, for example, you need 1,000W …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on January 24, 2026 at 1:56 PM
We wrote to you regarding the world’s largest traded power market covering the world’s biggest data center cluster, Pennsylvania-Jersey-Maryland (PJM) capacity auction in mid-2025. Unsurprisingly, although sidelined by mega-headlines such as Venezuela, Iran, Greenland and Davos, there has been more controversy. And this massive ice storm is likely to further escalate the sense of crisis that is growing regarding PJM. Basically we forecast a PJM slow motion trainwreck, that will require crisis management. We predicted …
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