💡🔌Interesting read. The agreement earlier this month between Google & Brookfield Renewables is huge (3GW)! Lots of aging hydro facilities across the country & many existing large dams (for flood risk mgmt) that could be upgraded to also produce power. trellis.net/article/goog...

💡🔌Good stuff. Meta signs deal with Enbridge for Clear Fork, an enormous 600-MW solar project near San Antonio, Texas with an in-service date in 2027. ☀️ More please! www.enbridge.com/media-center...

🔌💡Glad to see Meta and Invenergy expand their relationship with another 791MW of wind and solar deals (in OH, AR and TX). Good stuff! wwww.invenergy.com/news/invener...

🔌💡 Sixteen groups urged Senate Republican leaders to maintain language that allows companies to receive solar, wind and other clean energy technology tax credits when projects begin construction. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

🔌💡Google & CTC Global partnering to accelerate the deployment of advanced conductors (i.e., transmission lines). Reconductoring is a great way to take advantage of existing rights-of-way to increase transmission capacity quickly. Just need states & utilities to step up! blog.google/feed/ctc-glo...

🔌💡A voltage surge in southern Spain caused the widespread blackout on April 28 due to poor grid planning and shutdowns of key thermal power plants; officials dismissed renewable energy as the cause. Will this follow up story get some legs? www.bbc.com/news/article...

🔌💡Interesting to read that Chevron is following Exxon into lithium mining, 👀 www.mining.com/chevron-join...

🔌💡Having started my career in energy policy in the Western United States, I'm always excited to see geothermal get some attention. More please! 👇 www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...

🔌💡Interesting (and new) SAFE video that makes a national security argument for preserving clean energy tax credits. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cASb...

🔌💡Excellent article! Glad to see my colleagues at the DCC weigh in with the Senate on the clean energy tax credit deliberations. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

I've spent some time recently with NERC's reliability assessments - it's interesting to look back over the last several years of reliability assessments and compare. There's a long-run trend of declining summer reliability risk nation-wide as regions have ramped up deployment. 🧵 #energysky

🔌💡Sharing a letter from 13 House Republicans urging Senate leadership to make favorable changes to the House reconciliation bill's clean energy tax credit provisions, d12t4t5x3vyizu.cloudfront.net/kiggans.hous...

🔌💡 Personal thanks to all those who made it tonight (even the FERC staffers who happened upon us while attending another event!). I very much appreciate all the cool work you all are doing! We have a truly terrific energy policy community here in Washington, DC! 🤓

🔌💡 This so cool. 😎

🔌💡 Great discussion with @volts.wtf and Sen. Heinrich (D-NM) at #CanaryLiveWashingtonDC! Discussed reconciliation bill (clean energy tax credits), need for permitting reform, energy tribalism, “unilateral disarmament”, political theory, & the current mood on the Left. Good stuff! 🤓

🔌💡 Congressman Buddy Carter (R-GA), Chair of the Conservative Climate Caucus, speaking about nuclear, the reconciliation bill, need for permitting reform, DC politics … #CanaryLiveWashingtonDC

🔌💡 Harry Godfrey from AEU talking about their trade group’s “Unlocking Advanced Energy” campaign. 👍🏻

🔌💡 Constellation & Meta sign a 20-year PPA for the output of the Clinton Clean Energy Center to support Meta’s operations w/1,121 MW of emissions-free nuclear. Wasn't long ago these units risked retirement so ZECs were created and paid for by ratepayers. www.constellationenergy.com/newsroom/202...

Electricity Prices Are Surging. The G.O.P. Megabill Could Push Them Higher. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/c... 🔌💡 REPEAT Project work cited here finds repeal of clean electricity tax credits could raise retail electricity rates by 4-5% on average and over 20% in some states by 2030.

🔌💡 Terrific article explaining all the reasons repealing the tech neutral tax credits (or making them unusable because of unworkable provisions) leads to higher US electricity & natural gas prices! 🤨 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/c...

🔌💡Re-upping this for folks who are around in Washington, DC this Thurs, June 5. Come over after the FERC tech conference or your workday! @volts.wtf

🔌💡Flagging a terrific paper from the right-of-center group, R Street, titled, "Twelve Policy Priorities to Secure Bulk Electric Reliability. It's a must-read b/c it ignores energy tribalism & promotes solutions that also support competition. www.rstreet.org/research/twe...

🔌💡Congrats to the Tennessee Valley Authority! It submitted a construction permit application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a small, modular nuclear reactor. It wants to develop next-generation nuclear power in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, at its Clinch River site. apnews.com/article/new-...

🔌💡 We’ll soon have 24/7 available public fast EV charging at Waffle Houses! The South will never be the same! 🎉 www.theverge.com/news/670214/...

🔌💡 For Washington, DC-based former federal employees, if you are interested in transitioning to a teaching career, George Mason University is taking your questions! They've set up an email address, [email protected] (full disclosure, my wife is one of the wonderful staff assisting future teachers). 👍

A new R Street Institute report assesses 12 reforms to address US power reliability concerns and identifies 5 as high-impact — including demand flex & interconnection reform. 🔌💡 www.rstreet.org/research/twe...

Love this! Hopefully more and more of these are the electric versions! ⚡️

🔌💡Celebrating the Invenergy team and their progress with Grain Belt Express, an 800-mile transmission line using state-of-the-art high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology, and spanning four U.S. states—Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana! invenergy.com/news/grain-b...

🔌💡 Today, CEO Rich Powell presented CEBA’s annual State of the Market report. He noted, “The future is bright for CEBA, its members, & all the stakeholders who can benefit from a low-cost, reliable, carbon emissions-free global electricity system.” Read more:  cebuyers.org/blog/ceba-ce...

🔌💡 I’m at the CEBA Connect: Spring Summit 2025 in Minneapolis! 👋🌆 700+ clean energy professionals are gathering to connect, collaborate, and accelerate the clean energy transition—and we can’t wait to get started. Track me down and let’s grab a ☕️

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🔌💡I love, love data when it's presented this way. As my teacher-wife would say, I'm a visual learner!

🔌💡 If you are a U.S. corporate buyer of electricity, come join me next week for CEBA Connect: Spring Summit 2025 (in Minneapolis)! 🔥 Keynotes, roundtables, and new tools for market transformation await. CEBA members: Register now → ceba.swoogo.com/summit2025/home

🔌💡Elevating another terrific article! This time with the CEO of NextEra, a North American wind/solar/natural gas developer, and owner of a Florida utility. The CEO discusses how they diversified their supply chain & are navigating US trade policy uncertainty. 🤓 www.latitudemedia.com/news/nextera...

🔌💡Terrific read! This is an interview with the CEO of North American manufacturer Heliene, maker of solar modules, and how the company navigates US trade policy uncertainty. 🤓 www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-busin...

🔌💡Wow! AEP Texas is gearing up to build one of the first-ever 765-kilovolt transmission lines under the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT. www.kiiitv.com/article/news...

🔌💡Nine US states across the PJM, ISO-NY, and ISO-NE electricity markets have formed a regional collaborative to improve interregional transmission planning across the northeast and mid-Atlantic. More please! portal.ct.gov/deep/news-re...

🔌💡Good read! “With gas-fired generation,” NextEra Energy CEO John Ketchum said, “the country is starting from a standing start.” Between finding sites and procuring supplies, he said, “when is gas really going to be able to contribute at scale? We’re looking at 2030.” www.eenews.net/articles/wan...

🔌💡Terrific article comparing the way Virginia investor-owned utilities design tariffs to serve datacenter load vs a rural co-op. Virginia serves one of the largest (world’s largest?) data center loads, so lots of lessons to be learned here. 🤓 virginiamercury.com/2025/04/25/w...

🔌💡Watching this to see if Exxon emerges as a major US lithium supplier. I recall they’re also developing graphite for use in EV batteries, specifically as an anode material. 🤓 seekingalpha.com/news/4435381...

Love this! youtu.be/_UIVp8Upvj8?...

🔌💡Good stuff! Walmart has partnered with Nexamp to invest in 31 community solar projects across ME, MA, NY, IL, & MN. These projects are expected to generate approximately 120MW of solar energy and are scheduled to come online between mid-2025 & 2026. 😎 www.nexamp.com/article/walm...

🔌💡For those tracking the US debate over clean energy tax credits, the House Ways & Means Committee is reportedly looking at a potential two-day markup — May 12 & 13. Hrm, first draft likely to establish a floor for negotiations, so it may be ugly. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025... (paid)

🔌💡 Exxon Mobil agreement w/Calpine, the US' largest producer of electricity from natural gas, to transport & permanently store up to 2 MMT/annum of CO2 from Calpine’s Baytown Energy Center. "We believe we are on the brink of commercializing CCS technology". 🤓 corporate.exxonmobil.com/news/news-re...

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🔌💡 Beautiful day, here in DC!

🔌💡 Let’s preserve the US Dept of Energy Loan Program Office’s critical role in financing domestic energy projects, including those supporting new, innovative clean energy, domestic mineral production, & modernizing the grid! 🤓 www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energ...

🔌💡 Interesting read. Dow's subsidiary, Long Mott Energy, may forego natural gas in favor of nuclear at its Texas manufacturing complex. finance.yahoo.com/news/dow-wan...

🔌💡 Love this! Google's Tapestry is collaborating with PJM, North America's largest electricity grid operator, to develop AI-driven data capabilities. Fingers crossed for faster interconnection queues! Let's unlock all that pent up clean energy!🤞 blog.google/inside-googl...