Solar light show over my solar panels #NorthernLights not still so northern, all the way down here in Omaha.

During a policy breakdown at the federal level, our community is dedicated to supporting one another. The fresh food drive this afternoon distributed over 400 boxes of healthy fruits and vegetables. Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen. #TogetherWeCan #OmahaLeads #OmahaFeeds

Happy Opinions About Solar Day, to all who celebrate. ☀️🔋🔌⚡️ Thanks as always to @solarchase.bsky.social for providing thoughtful and understandable analysis of the current situation, and views looking forward.

if you see this quote with the energy u bring to blue sky #EV #RipIt

Talking about 300x more miles per acre on Solar + EV than ethanol + ICE… is my love language. Calculations vary slightly, but the conclusion is the same: solar is better on all measurable metrics than corn ethanol. No matter how “prime” the farmland is.

"We are, quite suddenly, living in a world-changing moment" 380 GW of solar deployed in the first half of the year. No other technology can deliver speed to market or anchor the load growth coming the next few years. The US can add 100GW of rooftop solar+ storage in record time.

An exciting time at OPPD as AMI meter deployment is about to begin. Great to have something as helpful and critical to the clean energy transition on the on cover of our local paper.

The Trump Administration just issued a new order trying to kill solar and wind because they allegedly use too much land. But somehow this new fervor for "capacity density" won't apply to ethanol, which uses 100X as much land as solar per unit of energy. www.eenews.net/articles/ano...

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

Additional reminder that for a given land area needed to drive 1 mile in an ICE vehicle fueled by ethanol you can drive *_300_* miles in an EV powered by solar For more, check any of the great recent podcasts where @mikegrunwald.bsky.social has discussed his book "We Are Eating the Earth."

Heading for my return trip. The L2 charger where I was staying had a problem so I am fast charging before hitting the interstate. ChargePoint: out of service 😒😡 Tesla: parked every other, in a way I couldn’t access a charger, eventually was able to nose in. Some process improvements are needed.

Back on the road to continue my electric adventure. Having driven an EV every day for ~10 years, I don’t have any range anxiety even on this trip. I know where I’m headed, I know there is a charger available, and I’ll make it there very easily. Driving range estimates in my Mach E are very accurate.

I am on my first EV roadtrip in my MachE. Started from home with a full charge (extended range battery, 91 kWh). Let’s see how this goes…

Reminder that there will be *NO* credibility for anyone who pretends they didn't know the severe damages from #OBBBA when it was written, voted, and signed. Literally everyone knew it meant: - higher energy prices for families - to fund tax cuts for the wealthy www.npr.org/2025/07/15/n...

Meanwhile in the US:

This is essentially a playbook for how to make our energy system more expensive and less reliable as customer demand for increasing demand / consumption strain utilities and our entire grid.

I very strongly disagree with the priorities of this administration as shown in the reconciliation bill. The consequences of the spending cuts are devastating, all to give tax cuts to the rich. Now is the time to contact your Representative in the House. ericwilliams.substack.com/p/higher-ele...

Out to dinner and a movie to stay cool during a massive #HeatDome which will be increasingly common due to climate change from fossil fuel emissions. #ShowYourStripes

Very weird and disappointing to watch the US fall farther and farther behind through intentional policy choices.

I'm glad so many people showed up to protest on June 14th. I wanted to suggest one thing motivated people can do that will help with the long term structural changes we need: If you have fossil fueled equipment that is approaching the end of its life, replace it with an electric version.

These are the graphs we need. Hopefully more people will understand the relative scale and benefits from #EV adoption, and stop pretending that #hydrogen passengers vehicles will ever be a significant portion of the overall market.

Make Our Energy Clean Make It American

It’s #BikeToWorkDay so I rode to a meeting to approve funding for more trails. On my way home, I stopped by the #OmahaBeltlineTrail construction site I’m currently managing for my day job. By next year, there will be even more places in our community to ride. #ActiveTransportation is #ClimateAction

Here is a rundown of exactly how the GOP proposal would change every clean energy tax credit. While it looks like a bunch of nips and tucks, it's probably more akin to a full repeal. More analysis from us to come. heatmap.news/politics/way...

Combustion is ~33% efficient for energy into travel distance. So one step farther to a "field to wheels" number, acres of corn ethanol into an ICE vehicle for 1 mile vs. the same acres with solar into an EV for *300 miles* Two orders of magnitude improvement. "When the sun shines, charge EVs."

Why aren’t utilities paying to install that solar along with on-site storage enrolled into VPPs to both reduce delivered energy costs and provide resilience during increasingly frequent catastrophic weather disruptions to the grid?

Which chaotic, disjointed, spiteful, destructive actions from this administration will have the worst long term impacts for our country? Intentionally choosing not to understand the world where we live is at the top of that list.

This is excellent news. I have a HPWH and love it.

Administration identifies another industrial opportunity to reduces costs and improves lives where the US will intentionally *not* be a technological or economic leader There @reuters.com, I fixed the headline for you.

The spending graph is a stark visualization of the outcomes of policy. A huge portion of that investment was in clean energy technology; solar, batteries, EVs. All of those products help to *lower* energy costs for Americans, and those benefits will now be less available. #CHIPS #IIJA #BIL #IRA

Energy burden is not a joke. This is ridiculously cruel treatment of some of the most vulnerable people in our country. LIHEAP provides assistance to keep lights on for families, and the heat on so people don't freeze in the winter, and the AC running to literally save lives during heat waves.

Oh, is that all it will take? If only there were a few technologies that had already been through a few decades of development, brining them down the cost curve by > 90% and being manufactured in the United States today. #wind #solar #batteries

Texas smashed records for solar, wind, and battery output. This isn’t just a milestone; it’s a signal. Clean energy is creating jobs in America’s most iconic oil & gas state. We should invest more in it. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Does more renewable energy mean more expensive electricity? The data for the US suggests no. @hannahritchie.bsky.social has crunched the numbers for us. www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/us-states-...

"I decided to run for public office so that I could help protect public power, and work toward an equitable distribution of the benefits of the clean energy transition. I look forward to working alongside you all to protect our power." nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/02/22/o...

It’s Valentine’s Day, and I love both electrified transportation and low cost wind and solar energy. The connection between EVs and clean energy is new romance, and they will continue to build an even more mutually beneficial relationship in the future. ericwilliams.substack.com/p/evs-clean-...

When people, companies, and ultimately other countries have to legitimately wonder about the “full faith and credit” of the US federal government to honor contracts, the problem and risk is *much* more widespread than just clean energy.

Very glad to be joining other community members at the Empowerment Network to discuss ongoing efforts to help improve lives in #NorthOmaha Related to my ongoing work, thank you to Sen. Spivey for introducing, LB 163 - Create the Office of Climate Action nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_b...

If you're wondering about the energy implications from 25% #tariffs on a close ally and one of our largest trading partners, this episode of #ShiftKey is excellent. Reminder, as always: tariffs are taxes we impose on ourselves. This will likely cause an *INCREASE* in prices for US consumers.

@bsky.app please give me the option to contribute financially each month to help pay for the costs to reduce the obviously-fake accounts before they become too large of a problem and spoil the platform. Thanks.

Yah but #EnergySky and #DER advocates want to know

Why aren't there any batteries in SPP? This isn't the California #DuckCurve but power was literally *below zero* all night (again), now we're running on 42% coal + 30% gas. Accelerating the clean energy transition will be cheaper and cleaner. Thanks @gridstatus.io www.gridstatus.io/live/spp

Heat pumps offer vast energy efficiency gains. They are 4x more efficient than gas boilers.

I left FB and IG because my feeds were - overwhelmed by accounts I don't follow - showing content I don't want - with ads that I find offensive - and with no way to update preferences to help the platform be useful to me And it has become completely ineffective as an mechanism for outreach.

SPP has a Resource Advisory from Monday morning until Wednesday at noon. spp.org/markets-oper...

It's unfortunate the meaning of these economic policies aren't clearly communicated or broadly understood. The implications of the top two lines can be summarized in much simpler terms: Tariffs. Are. Taxes. On. Working. American. Families. Stopping clean energy projects will *raise* energy bills.

Another #NewYearsDay and another clean, easy, safe #induction prepared meal. This time it is smoky tomato and white bean chili. Here’s to even more #ElectrifyEverything projects in 2025.

I dream of a small ground-source network with my single family residential neighbors. A single well field, with a central utility building, and then pipes distributing to the ~3-6 houses that are close enough to be directly connected without crossing other property (if they choose to join).

NEW: Electricity-fueled heating is actually 54% cheaper than previously reported! Get the scoop in our new report: www.rewiringamerica.org/newsroom/new...

This is more evidence that electrification is not just the Ghost of Transportation Future, but the Ghost of Transportation Present as well. Countries who have policy that doesn’t recognize the influence that Chinese EVs will have world wide are in for a bumpy ride over the coming years and decades.