the metaphor of the frog in the pot of slowly boiling water applies to so many things right now

Have the billionaires considered getting together and giving their money away transparently to worthy causes like education, healthcare, and the arts to preempt the wealth tax? Wouldn't they get more happiness out of that than, say, funding super PACs to stop wealth tax legislation?

How are things on X these days? Bsky is depressing

We're so emotionally and socially disconnected in SF that people can't even ask to sit in the muni window seat because someone is at the aisle. Not will that person move. So people just stand and stare at their phones

Increasing gas generation does not strike me as a responsive long-term affordability strategy.

California Outlines Clean Cars Roadmap After Federal Repeals open.substack.com/pub/thepower...

Can I just say, @energyinnovation.org has the best communications and editorial team in the business. @silviomarcacci.bsky.social and @shannonstirone.bsky.social worked wonders turning my wonky ass prose into understandable, compelling narrative to make this piece shine.

With clean energy tax credits rapidly expiring, states need to be more creative than ever to maximize these savings for consumers. That's why former Gov. Bill Ritter and I wrote this piece for @nytimes.com urging states speed up procurement of wind and solar energy www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...

California could move quickly to enable 23 GW of renewables near existing thermal generators, in time for the projects to qualify for tax credits before they expire, says a think tank policy director. Quoted in my latest story for PV Magazine USA is an LA Times opinion piece by @oboylemm.bsky.social

thanks @latimes.com for sharing my perspective on the opportunity for California to pull forward clean energy procurement and qualify for rapidly expiring federal tax credits. I hope other states can similarly act quickly to pull forward these savings. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... #energysky

shout out to @senangusking.bsky.social for BRINGING ADVANCED CONDUCTORS to a hearing. King this morning was correct that advanced conductors can up-to-double the throughput of power in existing ROW. Apparently he read the #2035Report on the subject. www.2035report.com/reconductori... #energysky

fuck

🚨New Report🚨 🔌💡 The U.S. Senate's “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” #Energy Provisions, will cost America 300GW of new power, $960 billion in GDP, and 770,000 lost jobs. Check out the other economic impacts of the bill 👇 energyinnovation.org/report/econo... #greensky #energysky

What do people think happens when you can't build gas any faster, you kill the more than 100 GW of planned solar, and load keeps growing? What new energy sources will we build? batteries charged by expensive gas and 50 year old coal plants that the owners want to retire? What the fuck. #energysky

It is a big blackout bill folks #energysky #bigblackoutbill realclearenergy.org/articles/2025/06/02/one_big_blackout_bill_the_house_reconciliation_bill_threatens_grid_reliability_1113662.html share.google/Lq7zXiLd58VU...

The hydrogen hype cycle has confused the industry's growth trajectory--with implications for electric and gas utilities. @oboylemm.bsky.social and I worked with the Regulatory Energy Transition Accelerator on a new @energyinnovation.org hydrogen regulation paper: energyinnovation.org/report/regul...

The House reconciliation bill will harm grid reliability by killing projects we need to meet rising demand: www.realclearenergy.org/articles/202...

Explaining what's happening in the US on climate to non US audiences is the most depressing

Friendly reminder that climate action is not a dangerous ideology, it's a genuine effort of empathetic human beings to make the world a better place for current and future generations of humans, without prejudice to country, race, or creed.

#energysky check out @energyinnovation.org @brendan.bsky.social @ericgimon.bsky.social breakdown of what happened in the #spain and Portugal outage, and what it means (or doesn't mean) for the energy transition: thepowerline.substack.com/p/who-done-i... And Subscribe to our Substack The Power Line!

An Energy Innovation meta-analysis reveals repealing 45Y and 48E would force Americans to pay $6 billion more in annual #electricity bills by 2030, soaring to $25 billion annually by 2040. thepowerline.substack.com/p/25-billion... by @silviomarcacci.bsky.social #greensky #energysky

NOW Scene outside GOP 'town hall' in Chandler w Rep Andy Biggs (running for gov), Senate President Warren Petersen (running for AG), MariCo Sheriff Jerry Sheridan. 12News photog not allowed in. Per organizer: private event on private property for Republicans only. #AZ05

This has to be one of the most pathetic things I’ve seen in AZGOP politics. Man up and hold a real town hall guys. Answer for the pain and destruction you are aiding and abetting. #weakness #cowardice #DOGE

Helpful list of policy tools for addressing data center load growth, via a short new resource guide by @brendan.bsky.social @energyinnovation.org 🔌💡 energyinnovation.org/report/data-...

Building on Tyler’s excellent report below and a range of other resources, our @energyinnovation.org team put together a short fact sheet / resource guide on encouraging data center demand flexibility. Check it out here: energyinnovation.org/report/data-...

Did you know solar is unstoppable even facing federal headwinds? @marketplace.org on 2024's record solar year, featuring @robgramlichdc.bsky.social @solarindustry.bsky.social and yours truly. #energysky www.marketplace.org/2025/03/12/s...

They are counting on a lack of solidarity. So what are we going to do? Show the fuck up

About 90% of the 190GW of planned capacity through 2028 is clean resources, mostly solar (109GW) and batteries (62 GW), according to EIA data. 24 GW of new gas and 20 GW of onshore wind fill out most of the rest. #energysky www.datawrapper.de/_/LlpnI/

Fake solutions to energy affordability: tariffs, tax credit repeal, gas pipelines and power plants, ban wind Real solutions to energy affordability: build solar plus storage, grid enhancing technologies, streamline interconnection at existing sites, reduce utility rates of return

I really hope recent NOAA firings don't affect our ability to predict and respond to severe weather events... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/w...

Our @michelle-solomon.bsky.social joins the Center on Global #Energy Policy at Columbia to discuss how the race to power artificial intelligence is dramatically reshaping America’s #electricity landscape. 🔊 www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/ai-power-dem... #energysky #greensky

New Report: 🚨Grid Reliability in the Clean Energy Transition: A Primer for Policymakers from @energyinnovation.org w/ co-author @michelle-solomon.bsky.social offers a primer on grid reliability in the context of the clean energy transition. energyinnovation.org/report/grid-...

New byline in Real Clear Energy: a "meta" analysis: fuzzy math for a 100% clean gas powered data center www.realclearenergy.org/articles/202...

Just like all my posts, and “retweet” the good ones. ;)

I never know what to say here

It's the 5th(!) season of the Electrify ⚡This! podcast! and the 1st episode is my ❤️ valentine ❤️ to the electric grid 🔌 Grid expert, @ricoconnell.bsky.social of Grid Lab and I discuss load growth, electrification, clean energy trends, and building an affordable, reliable grid! #energysky #greensky

#Solar, #wind, #nuclear, and #batteries accounted for 95% of new capacity in 2024, according to EIA preliminary data. Up from 78% in 2023. This is not inclusive of rooftop solar. From a climate perspective, the ratio is improving, but we're still not adding clean resources fast enough. #energysky

The U.S. is moving into a leading position in solar panel manufacturing. We are now installing the equivalent of 27 Hoover Dams a year—and doing it all with U.S.-made panels. The U.S. is the third largest solar manufacturer in the world, with great jobs for 263,000 people. seia.org/news/united-...

The whole progressive community -- no matter what their subject matter focus happens to be -- should speak out against the anti-transgender executive order. Environmentalists. Labor. Consumer rights. Everyone.

Dems are once again In Disarray, apparently. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

Granholm is a national treasure

As White House resources disappear, the IRA + CHIPS Dashboard remains alive and well. If you need battery, EV, solar, wind, and semiconductor manufacturing data, you can find it all here. Jobs, investment dollars, and important political data too. It will continue to be updated.

Hate cancel culture all you want. We. Cancel. Nazis.

No one has ever done this—TWICE—by accident. On camera. Before an international audience. Again, I've lived a long time. I have never done a Nazi salute. My parents, uncles, in-laws, etc would have gone berserk. I've seen this explained away as "autism." If so, keep him miles away from govt.

So the president can just choose not to enforce the law. What's the point of a legislature then?

America’s Lithium Industry Can Lead The World—If We Protect Its Growth www.forbes.com/sites/energy... from @jackconness.bsky.social

because of starter packs I now have more followers on Bluesky than I did on X. Thanks @tnorris.bsky.social! But I get less engagement (so far). How does this thing work?

Curious for thoughts whether it would be insane to rewrite this headline as: "datacenters put other customers at risk if they don't pay for power and infrastructure to cover their explosive demand needs." www.utilitydive.com/news/explosi...

I was moderating a conference lately on transmission, and one panelist was from EarthGrid (Troy Helming) which uses ROBOTS TO BORE HOLES THROUGH HARD ROCK UNDERGROUND WITH PLASMA BLASTERS. Seems easier to permit than greenfield transmission.

Don't worry, I survived the great San Francisco tornado warning of 2024. I'm sure this is a totally normal climate event...