Very helpful study as clean energy advocates regroup & re-strategize. "'In political terms, the IRA yielded 'visibility without traceability,'" said @agazmararian.bsky.social, the study’s lead author and a political science professor at the University of Michigan." www.eenews.net/articles/stu...

This breaks my heart. These are the communities at greatest risk of being left behind by the energy transition. Biden EPA took great care to make these awards, and they were withheld (probably illegally) by the Trump 2.0 EPA: www.utilitydive.com/news/epa-ins...

Regardless of who ends up being right here, a reminder that reliability forecasts are only as good as their assumptions, and that transmission planning (and follow through) is key to grid reliability: www.utilitydive.com/news/nerc-ov...

The case for a Massachusetts Climate Bank: commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/why-...

Oregon takes on buildings sector emissions: www.canarymedia.com/articles/hea...

In electricity policy, the details are everything. And the so-called "ratepayer protection plan" is sorely lacking in them: www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

Great opportunity to help shape electricity policy in Louisiana 👇

"That group, the Center for Environmental Accountability, has little presence outside of its website and its physical address at a P.O. Box in a strip mall outside Houston. But its influence reaches across federal agencies and into the office of Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff."

"Governors can’t rate-freeze their way out of this problem. Utilities still have lawful pathways to recover costs, and deferring decisions can dig a deeper hole. States need a plan that changes the cost trajectory, not just the headlines." www.utilitydive.com/news/governo...

The logical state-level response to what is going on right now with our federal government: www.eenews.net/articles/min...

Some professional news: after an amazing four years at Tulane, marked by wonderful colleagues and students, I will be joining Case Western Reserve University as an advanced assistant professor of political science and environmental studies beginning July 1. (1/2)

Big news out of Washington State: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

“'If you have not violated the law, there is no reason to seek immunity,' said Richard Wiles, president of the Center for Climate Integrity ... 'No matter your politics, we should all agree that no corporation or industry should be above the law.'" www.eenews.net/articles/lou...

Pennsylvania is out, Virginia is (back) in. RGGI continues to be a political football: www.eenews.net/articles/vir...

Big step forward for California's nation-leading corporate climate disclosure law, but hurdles remain: www.utilitydive.com/news/carb-ap...

The EPA was created by Republicans. They'd be rolling in their graves. www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

"The administration can't claim EPA's statutory authority to regulate GHGs preempts the ability of Vermont and other states to operate climate Superfund programs, while also disavowing its own statutory authority for regulating the biggest source of GHGs in the country, the groups argued."

Nice article explaining in lay terms the relationship between climate and extreme weather events (which need not be extreme heat, can be blizzards too!): www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/28/s...

👇 I want to hear from you

If you don’t like long TSA lines, you can maybe ask your Republican congressional representatives to reform ICE so it doesn’t murder American citizens? Or at least to separate other DHS line items, so they can be funded in the interim.

This is why states rolling back climate laws to save a few pennies in short term are so misguided. We all end up paying for unmitigated climate change one way or another. A case in point: monopoly utilities recovering storm costs from captive ratepayers: insideclimatenews.org/news/2602202...

Worth reading: insideclimatenews.org/news/2702202...

Virginia legislators step up to the plate, insisting data centers and their highly profitable owners pay their fair share: insideclimatenews.org/news/2302202...

This explains a lot of what's wrong with existing grid governance: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

Investor-owned utilities are experts at saying the right things to the right people at the right time. It's what they *do*, not what they *say*, that people - policymakers, investors, and customers alike - must be paying attention to. They're also good at making that non-transparent.

California doubles down on cheap, clean energy: www.utilitydive.com/news/cpuc-ca...

EPA is essentially admitting that regulatory rollbacks, which harm public health and well-being, do not benefit anyone other than corporate friends and donors: www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

They've always said the legislative branch is "closest to the people" ... www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Climate laws shouldn't be the first place state policymakers look to cut costs because in the long run the costs of climate inaction will dwarf any short-term savings. (1/)

Worth noting that investor-owned utilities in Maine outspent public power advocates 34:1. No wonder the latter's message was muffled! Legislative route makes sense. However, as my and others' research shows, investor-owned utilities are quite entrenched in state legislatures, too. (1/2)

Missed opportunity: www.eenews.net/articles/fer...

Here is a map from @keenanclimate.com's new book, North, which I highly recommend, showing the distribution of flood risk exposure and social vulnerability across the United States. I have highlighted Florida (1/2).

NCAR, which Russ Vought and the Project 2025 gang are trying to dismantle, isn't "one of the largest sources of climate alarmism." It's a tremendous resource that provides data insurance companies use to determine property insurance premiums. (1/2)

At a time everyone is complaining about electricity affordability, House GOP wants to eliminate programs that help low-and-middle income Americans reduce their electricity consumption: www.eenews.net/articles/hou...

Don't be fooled by "pledges" from this White House. State public utility commissions and regional transmission organizations (under FERC's loose supervision) will determine who actually pays for the data centers' insatiable thirst for power: www.eenews.net/articles/why...

Lawmakers in 28 states have introduced bills that would let households install do-it-yourself, plug-in solar systems — aka “balcony solar.” Some of the lawmakers are Republican, too! www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... via @alisontakemura.bsky.social

#ClimateInTheCourts www.eenews.net/articles/4-t...

If MA politicians want to save ratepayers money on their electric bill, why would they undermine a program that is ultimately designed to reduce consumption? Why not instead rein in utility ROE or pursue other ratemaking reforms? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/24/m...

There's a reason the feds were doing this in the first place ... This admin is happy to attack states for pursuing clean energy, but when it comes to environmental protection, they (& their polluting friends) prefer to let under-resourced states handle it: www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

California legislation aims to facilitate utility municipalization: sfstandard.com/2026/02/23/s...

👏. That's a lot of carbon-free energy, which is exactly why it was so threatening to this administration's oil and gas industry friends ("national security risks" = BS). www.eenews.net/articles/aft...

"The major problem, analysts and environmental groups say, is that governments often lack the staff and resources to properly vet data — making it difficult for agencies to track how accurate the data and reports they receive are." www.eenews.net/articles/reg...

#ClimateInTheCourts heatmap.news/climate/enda...

Given ever-increasing vacuum at the EPA, state leadership on environmental regulation is more important now than ever: www.eenews.net/articles/sta...

NJ definitely a state to watch on the electric affordability file. While using RGGI revenues is a "bandaid" that may have unintended consequences, some of the other reforms now being considered (described in this article) could have a real enduring impact: www.utilitydive.com/news/new-jer...

This NC case shows how investor-owned utilities have designed playing field in which they always win. Court sides w/ ratepayers, but law on the books (which Duke presumably helped write) - ironically called the "Power Bill Reduction Act" - means no refund.

I teach a class in which students can choose a policy change to pursue through the political process (they devise a strategic plan for their final). The most commonly chosen issue, of course, changes with the times. This time around AI regulation is in the lead by a lot.

"Weeks after receiving relief from federal judges to allow their projects to continue construction, the developers have yet to see details of Department of Defense reports that the Interior Department cited when pausing construction in December." www.eenews.net/articles/off...

The reality here is that universities would love to hire visible and capable conservative scholars. That they have to create separate centers, and then hire people who would never make it in an open search, underlines the fact that its not anti-conservative bias, its a lack of strong candidates.

New Research: utilities dominate press coverage of state-level RPS policies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....