He’s basically daring the world to tax extreme wealth and create a universal basic income so the productivity gains from AI go to everyone… right?

Hold your wallets, everyone, OpenAI is talking about taxpayer backing so it can continue its data center building craze without having to show profitability. www.wsj.com/video/openai...

Great run down of Tuesday's election results.

Is the capital markets money spigot drying up or something?

Delighted that USA Today published my opinion piece today on @americanprogress.bsky.social's plan to undo Citizens United through state corporation laws.

Critics of renewables often point to land use as a reason not to do wind & solar. Land use IS a real issue for all energy assets incl renewables unless onsite. But what critics conveniently forget is huge land impact of fossil fuels. Aerial view of fracking sites in Texas. 👇

In a key race for energy policy, Democrats just won 2 seats on Georgia’s utility commission — changing the dynamic for first time in nearly 20 years. Here’s a quick hit on what it all means. heatmap.news/politics/ali...

Good work today America.

Cost estimates for new gas power plants just keep rising! www.utilitydive.com/news/gas-pow... 🔌💡

I have a @nytimes.com op-ed today on managing power demand growth. Central point: load growth is an opportunity to *offset* upward rate pressure (and avoid gas overbuild), if we plan the system to make fuller use of infrastructure we’ve already paid for. 🔌💡 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...

“Maybe truly understanding the world requires participating in it.” A really really good long read. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Data centers are a unique kind of electricity user, and a better understanding of how they use electricity can help policymakers and regulators integrate these loads onto the system with lower costs and emissions. From my colleague Eric Gimon: energyinnovation.org/report/dodgi...

Great resource from RMI on electricity affordability policy solutions: affordability-toolkit.rmi.org

huge: new york’s largest battery project has been canceled. would’ve stored enough energy to power more than half a million homes. why’d it die? a protest movement in NYC against battery storage, backed by curtis sliwa & national GOP politicians. my latest for @heatmap.news #greensky

Late night filing from Chris Wright that could greatly expand federal authority over interconnection -- and fast track the process for flexible large loads. By me for @latitudemedia.bsky.social ⤵️ www.latitudemedia.com/news/wright-... #energysky

Major development!: Department of Energy directs @ferc.gov to consider an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on large load interconnection. THREAD with some key highlights:

ROSENBERG: “.. the AI spending boom has taken over everything, and when we strip out all the direct and indirect spending related to this theme, there has been absolutely no growth in the economy so far this year.”

1. Rising electricity bills are becoming a hotbutton issue, but pundits and politicians often talk about them in ways that are misleading or flat-out wrong. A new paper from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory examines actual data on retail electricity prices. The results may surprise you. 🧵

Something unusual just happened in Oregon: A utility asked for a rate *decrease*

Jenny Chase’s annual solar opinions thread is here! 👇

Rondo Energy begins commercial operations of the world's largest industrial heat battery — 100 MWh — capable of converting low-cost electricity from wind & solar into heat at >1000°C and supply constant heating needs for industrial processes. 🔌💡 share.google/rniuYqTcGHfo...

If you like good maps, check this out: aerowhere.com

This is a good article and interesting topic and question. Fundamentally there are a few things to consider:

Something about the way many AI technologists talk about what they're building makes me worry that they have little to no grounding in the systems, pedagogies, approaches, experiences that lead to critical and empathic human intelligence, even as they attempt to replicate it with machines.

Under-appreciated dynamic: - Over 1/3 of US nat gas production is associated gas from oil wells - Demand and price outlook for oil looks like it won't support a lot of new wells (eg link) - Add rising gas demand and exports and we're in for some gas price volatility. www.spglobal.com/commodity-in...

Legislation filed in Illinois would commission a study to evaluate the creation of the 'Energy Reliability Corporation of Illinois', a new independent system operator for our electricity grid. Good riddance PJM and MISO! 🔌💡 www.ilga.gov/documents/le...

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency @heatmap.news

Tech companies want "speed to power" for data centers far more than clean power. Some in the gas industry believe they can win this race w behind-the-meter natural gas produced with single-cycle turbines - which generate nearly double the GHG pollution than combined-cycle. Via @zeitlin.bsky.social

Would love to see more analysis of how this behind-the-meter strategy works in light of the gas industry's long track record of outages and its vulnerability to extreme weather events. Gas is arguably more vulnerable than any other power source. www.utilitydive.com/news/gas-pow...

Hey #energysky I’m a reporter writing about increasing electric #utility bills. Here to connect with people who have personal experience with their power being turned off for an upcoming story. Please reach out at [email protected]. I want to know how disconnection impacted you #electricbill

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

So it’s infrastructure week again, huh?

It’s a good thing Texas installed so much reliable solar, wind, and battery capacity to shoulder the load in the event the state’s unreliable coal generation suffered a catastrophic failure. Because apparently it did. 🔌💡 ieefa.org/resources/ne...

Some additional info on the new list of axed DOE projects circulating. - All 7 H2 Hubs - All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg - 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities - 10 of 38 grants for battery materials heatmap.news/politics/doe...

So if OpenAI and Meta have apps that just publish AI-generated videos created by their models, and not third-party user content, do they become publishers and lose immunity for content-related liability (i.e. Sec. 230 immunity)?

"More than half the world's economies are already past the peak of fossil fuels," an @ember-energy.org researcher said. "There is no turning back now." www.newsweek.com/world-nearin...

Trump & his Cabinet say wind & solar are making electricity more expensive. Federal data say the opposite. Our analysis showed states w/ > avg wind/solar generation & > avg acceleration of wind/solar since ‘21 were likelier to have < avg power prices. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Isaac Stanley-Becker traveled to Portland and spent time at the demonstration that Donald Trump wants to crush. What he found is an atmosphere that is more like a carnival than combat:

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

For one, 11/12 of our city commissioners are new this year and were not in office when most of the policies and taxes mentioned in the article were enacted, and many of the policies mentioned were enacted by city or region-wide ballot initiative.

Well gang, it's happened: OpenAI has built a platform filled exclusively with fake, AI content. I've been playing with it for a few days, and I think it's safe to say we're basically kissing reality goodbye. Here's the story: www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n... And some thoughts 🧵

Looming over what would otherwise be a beautiful stretch of pacific coastline, this facility represents about 1.5% of the US’s refining capacity. www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...

The $15 billion IPO of Rick Perry-Backed Fermi is wild. Brand new company, no revenue, has spent about $5 million in its lifetime, has one site, no equipment orders placed, no data center tenant lined up. $15 billion for an idea and an initial agreement to use a site. www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...

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...

Legacy air-conditioning giant Carrier has a simple solution to ACs stressing the grid: Pair them with a battery that charges up when power demand is low. Here’s how it’s testing the concept.

Who wants to pick winners when you can pick losers? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/c...

"SNAP Changes Will Upend State Budgets" www.georgetownpoverty.org/issues/snap-...

In Coal-Powered West Virginia, Sky-High Energy Costs Strain Residents: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/b...

"Over the past 15 years, electricity rates in [West Virginia] have risen almost twice as fast as the national average." Coal ain't cheap. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/b...

Want to reduce electricity bills 20% by 2030? Release the data! We have over 37GW of batteries, water heaters, etc that can participate in demand flexibilty. But without data access they can't bid into the PJM/MISO capacity auction to bring down costs.