Big wind coming for the PNW tonight following a strong cold front. These setups tend to bring very strong westerly gusts (60+ mph) to northern Puget Sound. Saturated soils increases odds of tree damage & power outages to places already facing flooding. Blizzard conditions possible in the Cascades.

Influencing the elite public conversation around the issues you care about is a worthy pursuit but if you’re a normal person with <5k followers you can have a much bigger real world political impact by calling your local elected officials and asking them to vote your way on specific legislation.

only real gar nerds will get this you've heard of elf on the shelf, have you heard of...

(cue 'hooo boy' whistle)

Cool job alert: Arkansas Advanced Energy Legal Counsel, $120k www.arkansasadvancedenergy.com/work-with-us...

Georgia hashes out plan to let data centers build their own clean energy www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

SREA Georgia Director Taylor Schindler interviewed on the USEA The Energy Stakeholder podcast; take a listen! open.spotify.com/episode/7aOF...

$5.4 billion* for a 300 MW* SMR by 2032*. If TVA can't get it done on time and budget, no one can. For comparison, you could build about 10x more solar 4 years sooner, for less cost. Opportunity cost is a real thing with finite cash. *subject to changes www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/de...

“the combination of wind and solar provided 15.1% more electricity than coal during the first nine months of this year… Capacity additions by solar, wind, and battery storage continue to dramatically outpace gas, coal and nuclear.” #CleanIsCheaper www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2025/12/sola...

Alabama Power’s two year rate freeze is about politics, not people, nonprofit says www.al.com/news/2025/11...

Thanksgiving is upon us. If you're able, consider donating to Heifer International, a great group helping folks in poverty around the world. You can even donate solar panels! www.heifer.org/campaign/her...

Thanksgiving is upon us. If you're able, consider donating to Heifer International, a great group helping folks in poverty around the world. You can even donate solar panels! www.heifer.org/campaign/her...

“These are just phenomenal numbers for an industry that was built over the past couple of decades to handle much lower load growth,” said John Wilson, Grid Strategies’ vice president and the report’s lead author. www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...

if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.

"At its best, ERSC could be a forum to ensure that Entergy participates fairly in MISO’s broader transmission planning, unlocking access to cheaper, cleaner resources." southernrenewable.org/news-updates...

MISO's first interconnection queue fast lane turns up 47 projects, 74% of which are natural gas. Despite the apparent dominance of natural gas across 22 project requests, MISO leadership said the applicant pool represented a “large, diverse” assortment. www.rtoinsider.com/113407-gas-g...

A $1.2 billion investment, the Vicksburg Advanced Power Station represents a significant economic impact for the area... Entergy will employ about 21 personnel to operate the plant once completed. www.entergy.com/news/next-ph...

Evergy...The two 710-megawatt facilities, located in Sumner and Reno counties, are expected to cost $788.75 million and $800.52 million, respectively. kansasreflector.com/2025/08/01/e...

If you haven't worked in Georgia, you're probably not familiar with Peter Hubbard, a new PSC Commissioner-elect. He's been engaged in IRP hearings for a long time, and you can listen to his most recent testimony, below. Peak #energytwitter content www.youtube.com/live/LmpxU6_...

A view from Georgia Georgia PSC Election Takeaways: It's STILL the Economy, Stupid southernrenewable.org/news-updates...

I'm not a Georgian, but I've done a lot of work in the state over the past 10 years. If you want the real story on the ground, I'd be happy to point folks to the locals grinding it out.

State regulators are allowing Kentucky’s largest power companies to spend $3 billion on two new gas power plants, which LG&E/KU say are needed for future data centers. www.lpm.org/news/2025-10...

Southern Renewable Energy Association Executive Director Simon Mahan said while MISO and SPP’s coordinated system plan studies in the past have been disappointing, this fresh list of project candidates seems promising. www.rtoinsider.com/118071-30-pr...

Vultures cool themselves down by urinating on their own feet. Big Cat intern Geoff did the same thing when he began cleaning what he thought was an empty cage.

“We’re starting to put more pressure on the gas system, and it’s not clear that the cumulative demand for gas is going to be sustainable or met in the next five years,” said Simon Mahan, executive director of the Southern Renewable Energy Association. www.ajc.com/business/202...

With natural gas pipeline contracts for electric utilities, if an electric utility signs a more firm pipeline capacity contract, is the firmness of that contract rolled into the retail customers fuel charge, or is it a separate line item paid for by the utility?

Arkansas' first wind farm! The Crossover wind project just outside of Wynne.

First Arkansas wind farm operating in Cross County www.arkansasonline.com/news/2025/oc...

Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.

Look, we're gonna build transmission one way or another. We can either attempt to be proactive and thoughtful, or reactive and panicked. I know my hot water tank will die someday soon, I don't know exactly when, but I want to replace it before it explodes. Why is this hard?

Cool job alert with the Southeastern Wind Coalition, Program Associate, $65k, must be in either MS, AR, AL, TN, or GA; www.sewind.org/central-stat...

Back in 2022 @simonmahan.bsky.social told me*: "I know folks who know Congress reps’ phone # by heart but they don’t know the PUC even exists." Maybe this Georgia election will also be an inflection point for public awareness of PUCs' huge power. *for this piece: www.nybooks.com/online/2022/...

Dang

MISO MTEP25 sneak peek: MISO south is blowing up

$305k subsidy for nuclear in Arkansas, when the state utilities provide this sort of analysis ~for free~ (it's called an IRP, look it up) www.arkansasonline.com/news/2025/oc...

“[Entergy Arkansas] has known about the retirement of White Bluff for almost a decade, and has effectively waited until the last minute to announce public plans,” Mahan wrote. www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/arka...

So close to such a great day

The PSC recently brought in consulting firm Bates White to examine the numbers and assess whether or not Mississippi benefits from staying in MISO. The result? Mississippi benefits from staying in MISO. southernrenewable.org/news-updates...

Duke Energy’s Resource Plan Delays Wind Energy Development Until 2040s www.sewind.org/news/duke-en...

The facility will be powered .... a new 600-megawatt solar project backed by a 350-megawatt battery-storage system that will be located in Jefferson County. Google will pay rates that cover the cost of this resource. armoneyandpolitics.com/state-local-...

This year's Arkansas State Fair fly tying entry. A mayfly life cycle.

Most terrifying moment at a conference: Me: Hi, I'm Simon. Them: Oh, I know who you are. Is that...good? haha

Entergy Mississippi Launches $300M Grid Upgrade with No Added Cost to Customers www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/e...

At #FRISymposium2025 today in Columbia, Missouri. The theme is Field of Dreams. Lots of state regulators from all over the country. Great group of dedicated public servants working on reliability and cost savings.

Heading to #FRISymposium2025 this week up at Mizzou and looking forward to talking about transmission! web.cvent.com/event/5534b8...

Looks like FNET/GridEye UTK ORNL hasn't been updating for six months. www.youtube.com/@fnet/videos

Hyundai is now delaying its EV battery plant that was raided by ICE

See ya next year RE+!