"Neil Chatterjee, a Republican who served as the chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission during Trump’s first term, wrote ... 'I find this to be incredibly reckless ... Now more than ever we need it all.'" www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

US coal generation has collapsed from about 50% of electricity in 2005 to just 14% today. It’s one of the fastest energy transitions in modern history. Operating a coal plant now costs more than building new wind and solar in every state. buff.ly/lhSKS7D #ShareGoodNewsToo

This holiday season, I’m deeply grateful to have taken up setting cryptic crosswords, found the wonderful My Crossword community, & benefited from guidance & insights of @liari.bsky.social, @guineverecryptic.bsky.social, @crypticblah.bsky.social, @mossdef.bsky.social & others. Happy holidays to all!

1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated 2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements 3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program 4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states

States' rights? States are in charge of deciding what power plants we have on the grid - until the GOP in Congress decides they're not. All to prop up the losing hand of coal.

No one is pining for the return of 12 MPG death traps. Get a grip!

Joel Eisen, of @richmondlaw.bsky.social, called the proposed rule a “particularly interesting and new assertion of jurisdiction by the commission.” @joeleisen.bsky.social www.eenews.net/articles/lit...

New puzzle on My Crossword (mycrossword.co.uk) with a little something extra. Grateful to @guineverecryptic.bsky.social @crypticblah.bsky.social @mossdef.bsky.social for testing & input! Learning so much from detailed & helpful conversation.

All Dems have to say is "I support whatever energy is cheapest" which is what voters care about and also...happens to be solar+storage pretty much everywhere Like let's not buy the false narrative that energy is a culture war issue when we can simply win on the economics, folks!!

I’ve assigned my Admin Law students to write about the tariffs case. This answer would deserve a F.

This wonderful 1st edition crossword magazine arrived yesterday from across the pond! Many thanks to @unchcrosswords.com (& @wyrd.systems , @liari.bsky.social , @guineverecryptic.bsky.social , @henriwords.com , @cranberryfez.bsky.social , @archelina.bsky.social . . .)

DOE's "emergency" orders are causing all kinds of new problems for FERC. For an administration that says they want "energy dominance" and less regulation, the approach has been far from thoughtful: www.utilitydive.com/news/kentuck...

Streaming crosswords in a couple of hours, join us at 12 noon GMT to help solve new cryptics by Skirwingle @skirwingle.bsky.social and LeoNessie @joeleisen.bsky.social! #CrypticSunday twitch.tv/crypticsunday

I'll be there! See you soon, @archelina.bsky.social and @wyrd.systems

New puzzle on My Crossword (mycrossword.co.uk); clues like Some people purr at first sign of pampering with a serving of Ben & Jerry's (3,5) Grateful to @liari.bsky.social for testing & answering (many!) questions & to @willsnow8.bsky.social for advice, solving my last puzzle on his Twitch stream

The final exam questions in Admin Law just keep writing themselves

This is what it's come to. DOE illegally cancels projects and GOP Senators say it's OK because they can go hat in hand to beg to keep the ones in their states going. Not how Congress works, folks.

My alma mater steps up bravely and unequivocally. So proud!

Racing to the finish line.

Thanks so much to @willsnow8.bsky.social for solving my crossword puzzle at www.twitch.tv/contocrosswo...!

While our federal government is dunking on renewables, they just became the world's largest source of electricity.

New crossword puzzle now up on My Crossword (mycrossword.co.uk). I’m so grateful to @liari.bsky.social, @guineverecryptic.bsky.social, and others for thoughtful critiques and encouragement. Your support is helping me grow and sharpen my skills! So thanks a ton.

Electric vehicles - and other sources of demand flexibility - are an underrated element of the strategy to meet increased demand from data centers. Nice story about (finally!) progress toward vehicle-to-grid functionality.

Naked and brazen politicking, indeed.

NEW article - Energy Data Justice - with my outstanding co-author @lawprofpayne.bsky.social - proposing a new framework for governance and access of energy data. Download at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Now doing essential reading for an aspiring crossword setter:

Here we go.

There was no legitimate reason to stop Revolution Wind, judge says, calling it "the height of arbitrary and capricious"

CA takes big step for ratepayers & planet, advancing legislation to pave way for Western RTO (part of suite of climate & energy policies to be celebrated as national government takes us backwards on these issues). Still, many hurdles & obstacles remain to establishing a well-functioning Western RTO:

Many thanks to @liari.bsky.social and @guineverecryptic.bsky.social (and Gennaro) for their very helpful feedback on this cryptic crossword, now up on MyCrossword. I'm learning a lot from them and others on this wonderful site!

So excited to have two selections in ELPAR! Summary of Utilities With Purpose (with my amazing coauthor @joeleisen.bsky.social) & abstract of Repurposing Fossil Infrastructure in this issue. Full length articles at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (UWP) & papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (RFI).

Beyond its precise and completely convincing validation of Lisa Cook's argument, this is an outstanding, well crafted legal brief.

"The darker agenda behind Trump’s obsession with wind turbines" | My #ScienceUnderSiege-themed op-ed for the @bostonglobe.com is now outside the paywall: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/10/o...

This is the official spokesperson for the White House, stating that the President hopes to deploy the United States military to occupy every city controlled by the political party that opposes him. Explicitly.

If you happen to be at one of these law schools in the South, be sure to check out one of my fabulous colleague @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social’s book events!

Federal appeals court shakes up transmission line siting. 3rd Circuit holds PA PUC's permit denial based on lack of need is preempted by PJM's regional planning process. Opinion is on PACER but not yet posted by 3rd Circuit on its site

This doesn't look good. Can anyone explain what could possibly have happened at the beginning of 2025 that caused things to go downhill?

Fantastic post about the illegality of Lisa Cook's firing. Highly recommended!

The Trump administration has halted work on an offshore wind farm that was almost completed, citing vague “national security” concerns with its construction #GreenSky

This is really an excellent post. Strongly recommended.

The "Big Beautiful Bill" will spike consumer bills, cost America jobs, and threaten power supply shortfalls. But smart states are moving quickly to accelerate deployment before tax credits go away. Psyched to work with @oboylemm.bsky.social on this NYT column. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...

Year-on-year core PPI: “.. In the last 10 years, only April 2021 had a bigger jump.” @mikezaccardi.bsky.social

Fantastic news!

Wind and Solar Energy Are Cheaper Than Electricity from Fossil-Fuel Plants Even without subsidies, renewable energy is staying competitive with power from gas and coal www.scientificamerican.com/article/wind...

True ignorance knows no boundaries.

Losing out on much-needed storage on the grid is the very definition of the US shooting itself in the foot.

Putting your head in the sand about climate change - with dangerous consequences - doesn’t make it any less so. Might as well try to repeal “water is wet.”

Waste, fraud and inefficiency don’t count when lobbyists’ interests are at stake, apparently.