Ask the Author: Meredith Angwin

“My new book, "Shorting the Grid: The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid," launches on Monday October 19. I will answer one question a week.

Meredith Angwin

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Meredith Angwin People always say, "Write what you know." I would say, "Start with something that you know something about, but if you are going to write about it, you are going to have to learn a lot more about it."

Write about what you are interested in. If you are interested, you probably know something about the subject already. Just launch yourself into your writing, and doors will open.
Meredith Angwin Right now, I'm working on getting over having completed a book that required far more research than I had ever dreamed it would take! However, the grid situation continues to evolve, and I plan to write more about it.
Meredith Angwin Having worked in the utility industry, I thought I knew more than the basics. In atttempting to understand a headline, I realized that I knew the basics about technologies, but almost nothing about grid-level decision making. The headline I read was "Grid operator: Vermont Yankee not allowed to de-list from Forward Capacity Market." Ten years later, with my new book, I can explain this headline and its implications.

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