Recently, a friend sent me a copy of Bakke’s book, The Grid. Two days ago, after getting a draft journal article off my desk, I took it off my stack and cracked its cover. My hope is that the remainder of it is as good as its introduction and first chapter. It's quite an accomplishment; and a very well written one. She quickly gets to the heart of the challenge posed by integrating intermittent renewables (a tautology, once hydro is excluded) on p. 13. She writes ”Power production isn’t just an industry, it’s an ecology. And renewable resources are not just about the planetary good kept from public offer by corporations with other visions for their own profitable futures. Making American power is about how technological, biological, and cultural systems work in concert to keep our lights on, our basements and roadways clear of flood water, and fresh fish on our tables. It’s delicate in all sorts of ways….it does the reader well to remember tha...