Microgrid Solutions Combat Weather-Related Outages

Microgrid solutions let businesses keep operating when storms knock out the utility grid by providing on-site, controllable power that can disconnect from the grid and run independently during blackouts. That resilience is increasingly critical in places like Northeast Ohio, where last week’s high-wind warnings and 60–80 mph gusts downed trees and power lines, leaving hundreds…

Ampica Energy Market Signals: March 11, 2026

U.S. Weather and Demand Outlook Most of the U.S. will see warmer-than-normal temperatures through midweek, with highs mainly in the 40s–70s across the northern states and a few cooler pockets in the 30s. A weather system moving from the West into the northern and central U.S. Thursday–Friday will bring scattered showers and brief cooling. In…

PJM Sets Capacity Costs Through 2030

PJM’s decision to keep a hard ceiling on capacity prices at about (325) $/MW‑day through 2030 means customers in PJM can expect high, but more predictable, capacity costs in their power bills over the rest of this decade. Quick background: what capacity is What the 325 $/MW‑day ceiling actually does Why PJM is doing this now What…