Weekly Briefs are the primary cadence artifact of NJ Energy Observability.

They provide a time-ordered, public-data-based record of how New Jersey’s electricity system conditions evolve over time.

Each brief is:

  • descriptive, not prescriptive
  • reproducible from public sources
  • reviewed via pull request
  • archived as part of the project’s institutional memory

What a Weekly Brief Contains

Each Weekly Brief includes:

  • Executive Snapshot
    High-level situational awareness (non-forecast)

  • Executive Order Tracking
    Status of EO-related milestones based on public artifacts only

  • Scorecard Highlights
    Zone-first descriptive metrics contextualized against baselines

  • Signals -> Questions
    Structured questions raised by observed changes (no conclusions)

  • Public Docket Delta
    Notable new public filings or postings since the prior brief

  • Traceability Section
    Data sources, manifests, and definition references

What Weekly Briefs Do Not Do

Weekly Briefs do not:

  • forecast prices or reliability outcomes
  • recommend regulatory or policy actions
  • evaluate utility or program performance
  • use nonpublic or confidential information

They are observability artifacts, not decision documents.

Published Briefs

Week Ending Status Link
2026-02-02 Example (placeholder) https://github.com/chaseobservability/nj-energy-observability/blob/main/reports/weekly/2026-02-02.md
– Live briefs (To be published once API access is active)

Review & Integrity

All Weekly Briefs are:

  • generated from versioned definitions
  • reviewed prior to publication
  • preserved without silent edits

Corrections, if required, are documented explicitly.

Relationship to Other Artifacts

Weekly Briefs exist to support clarity over time, not reaction in the moment.