Remember those data centers raising electricity prices? In many cases, they are also getting taxpayer subsidies. “At least 10 states already lose more than $100 million per year in tax revenue to data centers” goodjobsfirst.org/cloudy-with-...

1) New paper! Replacing US fossil-fueled vehicles & appliances with electric versions could improve health & climate outcomes, but could cost up to $790 billion in distribution grid reinforcement. Strategic demand-side management could cut 2/3 of those costs.🔌💡 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Excited to share a new paper I got to help out with! How much emissions do EVs cause through the electricity they consume? How do we know? Our paper shows that frequently used metrics *over*-estimate EV emissions. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... by Riti Bhandarkar, Qian Luo, @jessedjenkins.com

Boeing executive "was concerned that 'if we elaborate on the 787 air purification and say how great and important it is,' he’d be asked why the system wasn’t available on Boeing’s other models" www.wsj.com/business/air...

The first stage of Australia's multi-billion dollar undersea power cable has just reached financial close. On completion, the 345km Marinus Link will ease the push to net zero by allowing Victoria and Tasmania to swap their solar + hydro power. Via @bloomberg.com #CleanEnergy #EnergyTransition

Two new papers find renewables are good insurance (they stabilize electricity price volatility in welfare improving ways) www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🔌💡

It's increasingly common to see a justifiable worry that AI data centers will raise electricity prices for ordinary consumers. What should we do about that? There's a lot of remedies, but one overarching solution is to build more wind, solar, and batteries. Why? I am so glad you asked. 1/5

What do real landowners and local officials think about wind and solar projects? We asked them in our last report that focused on Texas: txrenewables.net See below for what they said.

This question came up again - is removing wind/solar subsidies, like Congress has done, bad? Shouldn't markets reflect "the full cost"? Here is a succinct answer 👇

As a reviewer who gets ~15 review requests/week, an editor that has to send 50 requests to find 2 reviewers, and a co-author that watches really good papers get desk rejected, it sure feels like the academic journal system is broken. I have some thoughts on what a better system would look like.

REPEAT Project just completed our rapid analysis of the impacts of the Senate-passed version of the One Big "Beautiful" Bill (OBBB), which the House is considering now, on the US energy sector and emissions. Still working up full report, but here is a sneak peak... 🔌💡 🧵

You love to see it:)

Eliminating welfare-increasing subsidies on wind and solar is still horrible. We can't let the Overton window be shifted so that simply defeating an absurd new tax on wind and solar is enough of a compromise.

Debate and amendments continue today on the Republicans' One Big Horrible Bill. There's still time to make it less bad, especially on energy provisions. If you want energy abundance, cheaper electricity, less pollution, NOW is the time to CALL Senate offices and tell them to... 🔌💡

The Senate now wants to go from subsidizing wind and solar, which makes sense, to taxing them, which very much doesn't. There is no doubt that this bill will raise electricity prices across America. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/c...

If writing is how we discover what we don’t fully understand, we might see AI supercharge the Dunning-Kruger effect.

I am hearing coal plant developers in China often don't assume any strengthening of the CO2 pricing system there, which makes me question its promise. These are niche reflections on CO2 pricing. 1/5

The Senate Finance committee just dropped their draft text for the Republican budget bill. www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-ne... Like the House, it is hot trash and terrible for America. But it is marginally better for clean energy credits. Some key details... 🔌💡 🔌🚗

Exactly as I said after the blackout: voltage regulation was issue, not a lack of spinning inertia, as so many quickly speculated (or asserted). It was an off peak spring day, plenty of cheap solar available, and the grid operator cut it too close, failed to commit sufficient voltage regulation.🔌💡

It's almost as if renewables+storage have the underrated benefit of giving us a risk hedge against natural gas volatility.

On the House tax bill: “It’s a big win for China and bad for American manufacturing,” said Mike Murphy, a veteran Republican political operative who is chief executive of the EV Politics Project. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/b...

The House tax bill is bad for American manufacturing.

An important consequence of the House tax bill is that it will likely increase energy bills for households and businesses.

The fight over the future of the Inflation Reduction Act is here. This week on a special SHIFT KEY, we guide you through the budget reconciliation process & break down the biggest provisions in the House budget bill with former Senate & Treasury advisor Luke Bassett heatmap.news/podcast/shif... 🔌💡

Nemik: "The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it and that is the real trick of the imperial thought machine. It's easier to hide behind forty atrocities than a single incident." #Andor

Interesting new paper on climate policy mixes finds no equity-efficiency tradeoff b/n CA's CO2 price and Low-Carbon Fuel Standard. CO2 pricing is similar in terms of equity to the LCFS, but only after CO2 price revenues are recycled back to consumers. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

What exactly led to the Spain-Portugal blackout is still unknown, but this pod provides a great explanation of the power grid dynamics that are involved in these kinds of events. #energysky You will come away smarter, & not b/c you will know "the answer" but b/c you will know the questions to ask👇

Hear hear!

What is happening to US clean energy manufacturing investments? Since Trump took office, 14 projects totaling $12.2 billion in investment and 14,115 jobs have slowed. My students @wellesley.edu and I are tracking it. Details 🧵 below. 🔌💡🔌🚗 www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...

“Let’s just take it 1 part per million at a time.” - Kim Stanley Robinson

A good book thread here.

Across all cancelled or delayed projects since passage of IRA, the vast majority has been in GOP districts, based on this graphic from @politico.com

“This country will not be a good place for any of us to live unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.” - Theodore Roosevelt

The emergency is here.

Wait, how come "Trump Defies Supreme Court" is not on the front page of our major newspapers? What am I missing?

This is terrifying! Trump admin wrongly deports a man to gulag in El Salvador. Supreme Court says admin must effectuate his return. Presidents of El Salvador & USA say they wont do so. If this stands, what's to stop Trump from abducting ANYONE, sending to prison abroad with NO recourse??

Several big companies stand up for energy tax credits in a letter to Michigan's Congressional delegation, arguing these tax credits help them "remain competitive in a rapidly evolving national and global market," attract $29 billion in private investment in MI's economy & create 127,000 jobs. 🔌💡

New paper! Data center growth, electrification, and H2 plans have made electricity demand highly uncertain. So how should we future-proof our power systems? We show that deploying more renewables and storage can hedge against demand risk. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🔌💡

Defenders of clean energy tax credits seem to be making progress. House tax committee chair now says "rather than eliminate them, as he and other conservatives have advocated for in recent weeks, the GOP may simply look to phase out ... incentives more quickly" www.eenews.net/articles/rep... 🔌💡

According to internal emails, Environment Protection Agency officials knew they had no contractual right to cancel dozens of grants for clean energy and environmental justice. They did it anyway. 😡 wapo.st/4iDFKAw 🔌💡

Trump’s repeal of U.S. electric vehicle policies could lead to the shuttering of American factories. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Speaking from experience it is an uphill battle to convince certain conservatives that Musk’s cuts are bad, in part because some folks’ reasoning is that if Musk is cutting something that already means it’s something worth cutting.

Hear hear!

Global climate goals require a shift in policy, decision-making, and investments, and open energy models can play a crucial role here. We outline the potentials and benefits in our policy brief: www.linkedin.com/fee... or zenodo.org/records/1... #FreetheModels #EnergyTransition #OpenSource

New REPEAT Project report: repealing federal tax credits and regs supporting deployment of electric vehicles would slow sales and threaten the economic viability of dozens of manufacturing projects taking shape across the country. zenodo.org/records/1500... 🔌💡

In Nature Climate Change, @chrisbataille.bsky.social and I describe three common situations when energy/economic models are detrimental to climate policymaking efforts 🧵 rdcu.be/ecSMX

Worth remembering: “Musk’s fortune rests on more than his individual talent. He built his business empire in a nation with a stable political system & an unwavering commitment to the rule of law and he built it on a foundation of federal subsidies, loans & contracts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/o...

Tesla sales in Germany dove 76% in February compared with a year earlier. They're down 50% in Norway, 48% in Denmark, 42% in Sweden & 26% in France (though up 20% in UK). Tesla shares are off 40% from December highs, erasing all gains made after Trump's election www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/b... 🔌💡 🔌🚗

“Some Tesla owners are selling their cars because they’re fed up with Musk, or with being hassled about him by strangers.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/b...

Counting on new natural gas plants to power data centers and demand growth? Good luck getting those gas turbines! @heatmap.news with some critical reporting on how supply constraints will severely limit how many new gas power plants can be built before 2030 heatmap.news/ideas/natura...