"Across the U.S., people like Shepard are finding that used EVs are more attractively priced than ever — and are snapping the cars up as a result," reports @jeffstjohn.bsky.social: www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele... 🔌💡

As @jeffstjohn.bsky.social points out it’s an even better time to get a used EV. My wife just did, 35K off sticker price with just 10K miles on it. www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...

Life's better with an EV, especially second hand!

Will #California Fund Or Kill Its Thriving Virtual Power Plant Program? @jeffstjohn.bsky.social reports for @canarymedia.com #news #environment , @sejorg.bsky.social EJ Today Headlines: sej.org/headlines/list www.canarymedia.com/articles/vir...

Used #EVs are having a moment. New EV sales: ↓28% YoY Used EV sales: ↑12% Prices: near parity with gas cars Add $4–$6 gas, and the cheapest way to switch to electric is now… buying used. via @jeffstjohn.bsky.social in @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...

Love the comprehensive overview in @jeffstjohn.bsky.social story 👇 - very compelling reason to purchase a used EV especially if it's just coming off lease. Better maintenance, newer tech, and less of a upfront price delta between EV + ICE/hybrid Check out his piece for @canarymedia.com

New EV sales are falling, but used EV sales are booming, driven by a flood of off-lease EVs that offer high-end value — and good range — at near-price parity with gas-fueled used cars. That’s a big opportunity for people facing pain at the gas pump: www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele... #energysky

Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration has two options for California's biggest and most successful virtual power plant program: Give it money to keep running this summer or scrap it altogether. State lawmakers are asking — why end a VPP that's working? www.canarymedia.com/articles/vir... #energysky

Want to know more about the world’s biggest solar- battery project being planned in California’s agricultural heartland? It’s called the Valley Clean Infrastructure Plan, and here it is in a nutshell:

Welcome to @canarymedia.com's new series on clean energy in rural America! For the inaugural feature I went to California’s Central Valley, where water-starved farmers are planning what could be the world's biggest solar and battery project: www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... #energysky

Energy Secretary Chris Wright's second order forcing the continued operation of a Pacific Northwest coal plant continues to mean bupkis. The plan is producing no power because it's way too expensive to operate, and isn't needed anyway: www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos... via @jeffstjohn.bsky.social

In Washington state, the Trump administration’s crusade to force aging coal plants to stay online is meeting resistance from state lawmakers — and the reality that the state’s power grid is doing just fine without coal: www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos... #energysky

Four years ago, California lawmakers told utility regulators to create a community solar-battery program to curb rising electricity bills and meet state climate goals. But state regulators have failed to deliver — and lawmakers are demanding action: www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... #energysky

We must "use more of the grid we have" — but how? @elizouzts.bsky.social explains how Virginia's House Bill 434 sets the state's utilities to this key money-saving task — and doesn't skimp the grotty details on just how complicated that's going to be: www.canarymedia.com/articles/tra... #energysky

Re-posting this as Chevron and Shell reportedly near signing an oil production deal with Venezuela drilled.media/news/hopenhaym

California utility PG&E is testing how self-throttling home power controls from startup Span and grid-balancing smart meter controls from Itron can help customers install more EVs and heat pumps without costly grid upgrades. Here's how it works: www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti... #energysky

U.S. smart-panel startup Span has landed a $75M investment and strategic partnership with global electrical equipment giant Eaton, aimed at growing markets and cutting costs of digital tech to streamline home batteries, EV chargers and heat pumps: www.canarymedia.com/articles/cli... #energysky

This major steelmaker is using a novel heat battery at its plant in India to curb emissions from its dirty, energy-intensive operations.

Ohioans are still feeling the effects of a massive utility bailout scandal. But now, two former FirstEnergy executives may finally be held criminally accountable.

From the State of the Union to your town hall, here’s how data centers are shaping the political conversation — and could drive this year’s midterm elections.

Data center developers are betting of fossil fuels to prop up their massive power demand. Smarter, cheaper, cleaner, less-risky options exist, saying Amory Lovins and Justin Locke. www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...

From New England to the West Coast, we round up the latest clean energy news from across the U.S. and deliver it to your inbox. Sign up for our newsletters and get a preview here:

Balcony solar is taking off across the country. Here’s which states are considering bills to allow for the plug-in clean energy solution.

Quaise’s deep-drilling Oregon geothermal project is heating up.

Tap networks of distributed resources, save money, repeat. vist.ly/4tjss h/t @jeffstjohn.bsky.social‬ @canarymedia.com

There are plenty of reasons to get a heat pump. In California, a lower monthly utility bill isn’t one of them. From @calmatters.org:

Data center developers are turning to gas power. Renewables and batteries are by far the cheaper, faster choice, write Amory Lovins and Justin Locke.

Roughly half the electric grid goes unused about 99% of the time. Virginia wants to change that.

Can “large load tariffs” shield the rest of us from paying for AI's energy needs? Many state plans still push cost risk onto utility customers, experts warn. But those that push data centers to secure their own clean energy resources are the safest bet: www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat... #energysky

Can virtual power plants curb rising utility bills? A dozen state legislatures are pushing measures to expand programs that pay customers to let their smart thermostats, batteries, and EVs relieve grid pressures—and save money for everyone else: www.canarymedia.com/articles/vir... #energysky

Building back after wildfires is a costly and time-pressured task — but we don't have to forego climate and energy-smart building to get it done. Thanks to @julietgrable.bsky.social for in-depth reporting on how Oregon did it after the 2020 Labor Day fires: www.canarymedia.com/articles/ene...

Big batteries could save billions of dollar in U.S. transmission grid upgrades—if grid operators let them. Jupiter Power's massive 2.8gWh Trimount battery project near Boston could spur New England to rethink this "storage-as-transmission" concept: www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat... #energysky

Let us all embrace our inner Jimmy Carter ;-) : www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti... #energysky

Digital power conversion could transform how solar, batteries and data centers connect to the power grid. Tesla alum Drew Baglino says his startup Heron Power has customers ready to try its SST tech—and $140M to build a factory to supply them: www.canarymedia.com/articles/cli... #energysky

Hey, I'm watching the Colbert interview with James Talarico, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, which CBS declined to air on broadcast TV, likely due to Trump administration threats... wanna watch it too? www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...

Minnesota utility Xcel Energy says it can build more effective virtual power plants by owning and controlling its own batteries. But solar groups, consumer advocates and state agencies think customer solar and batteries are a faster and cheaper path: www.canarymedia.com/articles/vir... #energysky

On Tuesday, the Minneapolis City Council will be voting on a resolution urging Congress to adopt the Abolish ICE Act and Melt ICE Act. lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/RCA...

“I was taken out of that place unconscious."

Every word of this 🔥 “The mask is off… for so long, many of us have been able to say that there is something deeply anti-democratic and racist at the heart of this MAGA project and of Trumpism.” - @maragay.bsky.social

The board will ignore this sort of Astroturfing when it confirms their own biases. When Republicans are in charge, it's not easy being Green. #energysky

"Executives with Ørsted, the company behind Revolution Wind, said the $6.2 billion project would begin producing electricity 'in a matter of weeks.'" subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene... via Ben Storrow 🔌💡

Washington Wants Data Centers to Bring Their Own Clean Energy #energysky -- via Heatmap News heatmap.news/plus/th...

"There is perhaps no greater sign of the coal industry’s decline than the Trump administration’s demand this week that the Pentagon purchase more energy generated by the fossil fuel," writes the @washingtonpost.com editorial board: wapo.st/4tyd2Xu 🔌💡

God damn the monsters who subject children and families to this torture. www.thebulwark.com/p/kids-arent...

Offshore wind rocks. "Once fully operational, [Vineyard Wind] will deliver power at a price of $84.23 per [MWh] to the New England grid. That’s markedly less than spot wholesale prices during the storm, which spiked to over $870 per MWh on Jan. 25."

I'm pretty sure the ALEC / TPPF folks tried this same "capacity factor" backdoor attack in Texas. But Texas lawmakers were too smart — and too aware of the vitality of solar and batteries for the state's energy reliability and affordability — to bite. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle... #energysky

More proof that offshore wind is a reliable and cost-effective part of New England's winter power mix — no matter what the Trump administration says: www.canarymedia.com/articles/off... #energysky

"The data from January shows that the nation’s two operating utility-scale offshore wind farms ... performed as well as gas-fired power plants and better than coal-fired facilities, including during last month’s Winter Storm Fern." www.canarymedia.com/articles/off... by @mariagallucci.bsky.social 🔌💡

New York City needs more batteries to cushion peak power demands and close dirty power plants. "Community battery" projects could help a lot—and NineDot Energy's new $431M financing will let it build 494 megawatt-hours of them in the next two years: www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat... #energysky

Energy Secretary Chris Wright says wind and solar were "a cost center" and "not actually helpful" for the East Coast grid during Winter Storm Fern. He ignored renewables' year-round value, the Texas solar-battery boom, and winter risks to fossil fuels: www.canarymedia.com/articles/tra... #energysky