Podcasts – Energy Policy and Innovation Center (EPIcenter)

Wind intermittency and supply-demand imbalance: Evidence from U.S. regional power markets

Publication date August 14, 2025
Categories: Energy Systems, Oliver, Podcasts, Research
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Listen to the podcast: This study examines how short-term variability in wind power—known as wind intermittency—affects real-time electricity system imbalances in U.S. regional power markets. The authors, Victoria Godwin and Matthew E. Oliver of the Georgia Institute of Technology and EPIcenter affiliates, analyze data from four major system operators: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), New York […]

Curtailment 101: Understanding the Basic Economic Trade-Offs

Publication date June 9, 2025
Categories: Doshi, Energy Systems, Oliver, Podcasts, Research

Listen to the Curtailment 101 podcast: EPIcenter affiliates Gaurav Doshi and Matthew Oliver’s article in The Energy Forum discusses the why grid operators occasionally curtail wind and solar output when transmission capacity is insufficient or demand is low, and the economic and environmental impacts of these decisions. Congestion-based curtailment arises when the transmission network cannot […]