Trump Is Immiserating His Own Voters With His War on Renewable Energy www.splinter.com/trump-is-imm...

Meanwhile, electricity prices be like

A new study has concluded that solar power plants are now cost-competitive with diesel for many rural Alaska communities, even if solar is only usable during part of the year. (via Alaska Beacon)

Just a colossal self own ceding 21st manufacturing to other nations we compete with. Unbelievably short sighted.

American Energy Impotence

PRISONER OF ICE

Am I doing this right? How does a middle-aged energy nerd do memes? #EnergySky

GAS TURBINE SHORTAGE 🚨⚡ Orders for turbines for natural gas power plants are vastly outpacing supply, threatening the world’s ability to keep pace with rising electricity demand 🧵 Thread on how we got here and what it means for power-hungry nations www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

FERC: Solar + wind made up 90% of new US power generating capacity to July 2025

💡 Good idea 💡 “Hyperscalers should pay for heat pumps, rooftop solar, and storage to get the capacity they need on the grid now, while setting us up for an affordable, reliable, and clean energy future.”

An important reminder, trans people are much more likely to be killed than kill someone else. Trans people are over 4X more likely than cis people to be the victim of a violent crime: williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/ncvs-t...

Federal Cringe Commission

Every regulatory lawyer knows the dumb guy who learns a statutory regulatory standard for the first time and then goes around invoking it like a magic spell. “Oh, you don’t like <worst policy idea you’ve ever heard>? Too bad it’s ‘just and reasonable’” 😏

Looking forward to my favorite band LiNkiN_Park(1) playing their famous hit “Numb(Live)RARE.exe” at the next Fyre Festival

I wrote about the large number of incorrect or just plain weird claims from Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s X account. It’s starting to influence how actual energy professionals perceive the Department of Energy, I argue: heatmap.news/politics/chr...

This year’s RE+ has everything: 35,000+ attendees; a record-breaking number of exhibitors; Al Pacino’s brother handing out autographed photos of Al Pacino

The current administration has claimed renewables are making the grid less reliable. If that were the case, I'd expect states adding the most renewables over the past decade to have the largest increase in outages. However, the opposite seems to be true!

Following the Hyundai raid, LG Energy Solution suspended most business trips to the US and directed employees to return home immediately. It comes less than two months since South Korea committed $350B in US investments, including a $26B Hyundai steel mill in Louisiana.

More people in DC than in Wyoming or Vermont. Coming up on Alaska and North Dakota. Per capita, we pay more federal income tax than any of the states. (Incl NY, CA, CT, etc.) Voice in Congress: Zero. Have never before felt as much DC-specific patriotism—across race and class—as now.

"Why is my utility bill so high?" It might have something to do with unfettered natural gas exports being forced on allies with the full weight of the federal government! Who are the "subsidy farmers" again? www.utilitydive.com/news/-electr...

NEW: As America strives to meet skyrocketing energy demands, @SEIA has released a policy blueprint to chart the course for an affordable and reliable energy future. Read more: seia.org/news/reliabi...

Smuggling fossil fuel policy proposals in packages acceptable to moderate/left-of-center types was always a recipe for failure. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.

Utilities' speech violates the First Amendment when its paid for by the public. New article by my colleague Eliza Martin shows that a 2018 Supreme Court case prevents utilities from charging ratepayers for advertising and political activity -- www.utilitydive.com/news/unconst...

Texas "is on course to meet those electricity demands, but largely through advancements in solar technology and battery storage, which are significantly cheaper than natural gas power plants to install." Whoops! www.texastribune.org/2025/08/26/t...

Can’t wait to hear about this from the good faith energy poverty concern trolls

Today was the day Donald Trump finally became president

A desperate tactic from a failing movement.

Are they looking for the stolen REAP grants?

Solar executives warn that Trump attack on renewables will lead to power crunch that spikes electricity prices — via @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2025/08/24/s...

If someone claims to be scared of the subway but isn’t scared of being in a car on the highway—which is exponentially more dangerous + deadly—they are not a serious person

Why is the fossil fuel industry completely silent on the nationalization of major steel and semiconductor manufacturers?

American Energy Petulance

"Oil and gas get most of the attention, but clean energy has been the Texas economic boom’s secret ingredient. All but 6% of new electric capacity added to the state’s grid since 2020 has come from renewables or batteries." And energy use is up over 25% in that time! 1/2

The real scam is blaming solar for fossil fuel price spikes. Farmers, families, and businesses choose solar to save money, preserve land, and escape high costs of the old, dirty fuels being forced on them by this administration.

Almost made it to 9am without reading a Nazi’s opinion online

Went ahead and updated my map of cities with higher crime than D.C. to accommodate the two new states from the Deep South who are sending troops to the capital. In the five states there are 64 cities, home to 1.7 million people, that had more crime in 2024 than D.C. www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...

The story that is going to blow up soon is soaring electricity prices. All those AI bots, Bitcoin mining and so on are causing a historic spike. And I know from experience that voters *hate* utility price hikes.

Electricity bills rising 2x faster than inflation. We have cheap renewables but this administration is choosing expensive fossil fuels. This is a policy choice. www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...

The Trump administration tightened long-standing eligibility requirements for clean energy tax credits, a move that could threaten the viability of hundreds of wind and solar energy projects under development. #energysky www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

“In China, renewables are framed as a cornerstone of the economy because they make sense economically and strategically, not because they carry moral weight.”

Reaping, sowing, etc.: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I unironically support deploying the National Guard to the K Street bike lanes

I actually love being lectured about crime in the city I’ve lived in for 20 years by a bunch of dorks who moved to Falls Church 6 months ago and are afraid to ride a city bus.

We are seeing in real time why DC needs the full power and protection of statehood. Deploying the National Guard to a state without a request from state leaders is unlawful. The fact that he could do it in the capital city is a massive vulnerability to our entire national democracy.

DC statehood is now an imperative. No more dicking around. Next Dem majority, get it done immediately.

DC statehood must be a Day 1 priority for the next Dem trifecta

Loser shit

The Administration is stopping clean energy projects at a time of rising electricity demand because of AI. The result? Your electricity bills will be higher and there will be more pollution.

Congrats to Chairman Rosner!