Not very active on here, but crossposting for the friends and colleagues who have left Twitter/X. Very excited to announce I've joined @ifp.bsky.social as an Infrastructure Fellow covering energy, tax, and regulatory policy. New email to hit me up: (pavan at ifp dot org).

On here very infrequently but posting this because quite a few left of center folks I respect have migrated: folks should guard against reflexive backlash to permitting reform when the new admin inevitably pursues a fairly significant deregulatory agenda.

I agree with @arnabdatta.bsky.social. This is not 2016. We cannot just abandon federal efforts and “pivot to states”—it’s both/&. Clean energy cost and enabling infrastructure (Tx) are critical, and we need new clean firm resources to enable massive amounts of RE: 🔌💡 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/o...