Naureen S. Malik

Congratulations to @bloomberg.com for earning an Honorable Mention for “The Hidden Costs of AI”. Read:
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By: Josh Saul, @naurtorious.bsky.social , Leonardo Nicoletti, @michellema.bsky.social , @dinabass.bsky.social , Demetrios Pogkas and Andre Tartar

Double security for domestic flight is new for IAD to NYC at gate now: ID check before scanning boarding pass, then pass a table for a peak into bag, jot note. A security person said it was just the past day. I noted it’s been 2wks & he says: it’s been over past month. Anyone else seeing things?

AI-Powered Model Gives Energy Traders Hourly Forecasts Seven Months Out The tool from tech firm Amperon provides a more granular look at the weather and its impact on power markets.

Utilities + traders are "craving" more detailed forecasts as power demand gets harder and harder to predict. Using AI, a tech firm is pushing to predict swings in weather - down to the hour - months in advance.

Story with @naurtorious.bsky.social (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Monday morning — on the tracks in the wilds of NJ: @amtrak Travel Advirsory: As of 7:56 AM ET, Customers onboard Acela 2107 will also transfer to Train 183. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.

1 hour ride is 90+ miles. Waiting for Train-to-train transfer.

US Weather Boss During ‘Sharpiegate’ Nears Return to a Shrinking Agency Trump’s appointee to run the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has vowed to support the president's massive cuts.

Neil Jacobs - the weather scientist who was in charge at NOAA during "Sharpiegate" - is poised to come back.

“I’m hopeful that he’s learned how to fight within the political system," one former NOAA chief said, "because he is going to have to fight." / 1

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Blackout, Fire Warnings Flashed From Home Sensors Hours Before Crises From the Madrid power outage to wildfires, Whisker Labs has detected voltage swings before disasters struck. Could this startup push utilities to innovate?

Blackout, Fire Warnings Flashed From Home Sensors Hours Before Crises

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How You Can Help Prevent Blackouts During a Heat Wave Utilities have warned extreme heat can lead to power outages, but individuals can make small changes to ease stress on the grid.

As New York City and many other parts of the US are battling their first #heatwave of 2025, utilities have warned that extreme heat can lead to power outages. Here's what individuals can do to help prevent #blackouts 🎁🔗 via @bloomberg.com w @naurtorious.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NYC Heat Triggers Blackout as Soaring Temperatures Stress US Grids Blistering heat is straining power grids across the eastern half of the US, leading to a blackout in part of New York City’s borough of Queens as the local utility issued a warning to conserve electri...

Blistering heat is straining power grids across the eastern half of the US, leading to a blackout in part of New York City’s borough of Queens as the local utility issued a warning to conserve electricity.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via Bloomberg. @naurtorious.bsky.social

Largest US Grid Issues Energy Emergency Alert for Monday Heat PJM Interconnection, which serves about 20% of Americans in the mid-Atlantic to the Midwest, declared an energy emergency alert with power demand expected to climb to a 14—year high amid intense heat.

Heat wave is intensifying in PJM. See the latest:

Houston’s Electric Utility Is Prepared for Storms After 2024 Blackout, CEO Says Houston’s electric utility is confident significant grid investments will prevent a repeat of widespread blackouts that occurred last summer following Hurricane Beryl.

CenterPoint Chief vows there won’t be a repeat of Hurricane Beryl widespread outages. W/ @mchediak.bsky.social

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AI’s Urgent Need for Power Spurs Return of Dirtier Gas Turbines If Stargate’s first AI data center is completed next year as planned, the 900-acre site will need enough round-the-clock electricity to support 300,000 homes. But securing that power isn’t as simple a...

The U.S. AI Boom is driving demand for all natgas turbines. The latest w/ Josh Saul. 🎁⛓️‍💥

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Charging Installations Drop as Trump Ramps Up Attacks on EVs The prospect of House Republicans’ cuts to electric vehicle subsidies threatens to further dim the outlook.

Addition of high-speed EV chargers across the US fell by more than 21% in the first quarter compared to last year. The slowdown may just be beginning as Trump steps up attacks on EVs, and Republicans push to end subsidies.
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The scourge of mosquito is
upon us. I was just swarmed in. the DMV. Not ready for this. Couldn’t they have waited until June at least…

AI Boom Helps Score $12 Billion Deal for Little-Known LS Power LS Power bet on buying and building natural gas power plants at a time when some analysts considered them almost relics, doomed to be sidelined by solar and wind.

NRG’s “Holy Grail” acquisition was built up by little known firm outside the power insisted. Here’s a look at LS Power www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NRG Energy to Buy Gas Power Assets From LS for $12 Billion NRG Energy Inc. agreed to acquire a fleet of natural gas-fired power plants from LS Power Equity Advisors LLC for about $12 billion including debt, betting the fuel will be crucial to meet electricity...

NRG found the “Holy Grail” with its $12b acquisition of LS Power generation, says CEO Larry Coben, an archaeologist. That included 13 GW of gas + 6 GW of demand response. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Extreme Heat Risks Summer Power Shortages, Warns Largest US Grid PJM Interconnection LLC, the largest US electric grid serving about 20% of Americans from the Midwest to East Coast, warned that extreme heat this summer could trigger supply shortages for the first t...

The Largest U.S. grid for the first time warned extreme summer conditions could trigger reserve shortages.

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Spain Blackout Shows Need for Batteries in Renewable-Heavy World Companies are working on technologies from batteries to AI that can help ensure renewables and more electricity demand don’t threaten the grid.

A Quick look at grid frequency. Gift link

The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.

Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water.

A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:

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The Fast Track to the Trading Floor Runs Through a Texas Public University The energy boom has helped give students in a specialized program at Texas A&M a leg up on lucrative finance jobs.

Great, colorful story by @naurtorious.bsky.social about Texas A&M's program churning out some of the energy industry's most coveted first-year analysts... just reading the competitiveness of it makes me nervous and anxious. 😵

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The Fast Track to the Trading Floor Runs Through a Texas Public University The energy boom has helped give students in a specialized program at Texas A&M a leg up on lucrative finance jobs.

The energy boom has helped give students in a specialized program at Texas A&M a leg up on lucrative finance jobs www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... via @naurtorious.bsky.social

Blaze Triggers Alarm Over Rapid Growth of Big Batteries A massive California battery fire has become a rallying cry for opponents of the technology, considered key to the climate fight.

NEW: A massive battery fire is threatening the rapid growth of an industry key to greening the power grid — and keeping the lights on.

It’s become a rallying cry for people alarmed to learn of projects planned in their neighborhoods.

By @arvelisse.bsky.social

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Heathrow Shutdown Shows How Electrified World Depends on One Device A shortage of transformers is causing delays to power projects everywhere, holding trillion-dollar industries hostage—and that was before tariffs.

For the past few months, I’ve been working on a story that was set to reveal this week one of the biggest bottlenecks to our clean, electrified future. Then on Thursday night, it blew up.

Not my story, but the very thing—transformers—I was reporting on. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Facebook, Tinder and Airbnb Apps are Used for Sex Trafficking in Colombia Better internet service, the proliferation of US apps and an influx of tourists have converged to facilitate the exploitation of minors in Colombia

In the past year, we have spoken to several girls who said they were victims of sexual exploitation in Colombia, as well as more than two dozen representatives of law enforcement, academia, local businesses and nonprofits seeking to curb child trafficking.

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US Is Considering Scrapping Multibillion-Dollar Power Auctions The top US energy regulatory agency will debate whether multibillion-dollar power auctions are still the best way to ensure sufficient electric supply amid a demand boom from artificial intelligence.

FERC to debate merits of US capacity auctions in June. Chairman Mark Christie explains in sn interview. He also questions longstanding “FERC candy”

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Ercot winter real-time power demand topped 80 GW for the first time ever -- summertime highs that only broke through that threshold in 2023. (Heating seasons Nov. 1-March 31 are highlighted in image below)
Check out our story about the frigid blast here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

AI-Driven Power Boom Will Drive Demand 38% Higher on Top US Grid Electricity demand on the largest US grid is poised to rise so fast thanks to the AI boom that it’ll be the equivalent of installing two New England networks in the coming decade.

AI-Driven Power Boom Will Drive Demand 38% Higher on Top US Grid www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Electric Lamp, 1913, Natalia Goncharova, Guggenheim.

How cold is it? This is the demand forecast revision by the largest U.S. grid, PJM. Peak demand difference is +11% - l the amount of power 8.9 million people use typically, or the equivalent of like 10 or so nuclear plants.

Pacific Palisades was home to a lot of Teslas. Lots of folks abandoned their vehicles as they rushed to evacuate. Now those batteries are complicating the area’s clean up efforts.

California Battery Storage Plant Fire Prompts Evacuation A fire broke out at Vistra Corp.’s Moss Landing complex in California, one of the world’s biggest battery storage facilities, prompting evacuations. Local officials said a fire suppressant system fail...

A fire broke out at the Moss Landing Power Plant, one of the world’s biggest battery storage sites, prompting evacuation orders for residents in the area. Fire contained to 1 battery area — natgas gen + 2 other batteries not affected, Vistra says

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