Between Changpeng Zhao and reporting on the Trump Admin trying to force WB to sell to Skydance, today was a bad day for America as a free market economy and a good day for gangster capitalism.
Avi Zevin
@azevin.bsky.social
energy and climate law and policy. Partner at Roselle LLP (www.rosellellp.com). Until recently: Special Assistant to the President for Clean Energy Implementation, before that Deputy GC at US Department of Energy. in a band (currently on hiatus).
Roselle partner @mfarmer.bsky.social outlines thoughts on DOE's start of a rulemaking process at FERC on large load interconnection. This is MUCH better than the last time the Trump Admin kicked off a rule making process at FERC (in 2017 aimed at keeping piles of coal around)
Miles Farmer@mfarmer.bsky.social · 10mo agoMajor development!: Department of Energy directs @ferc.gov to consider an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on large load interconnection. THREAD with some key highlights:
So, let's say, save $50k by going to CAVA instead of paying DHS? www.theverge.com/report/78228...
Trump’s H-1B visa fee isn’t just about immigration, it’s about fealty
Trump’s H-1B visa fee isn’t just about immigration, it’s about making tech companies bend the knee in exchange for a pass.
theverge.com
Starbucks-obsessed 4 year old, who has never seen the movie but has suffered through the soundtrack on the rare occasion I get to pick what's on the radio: "can you tell me a cake pop demon hunters story?"
Turns out forcing old, uneconomic coal plants to remain online when the operator wanted to retire them is expensive. Keeping Campbell running in MI has cost $29 million over 5 weeks: www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
Consumers Energy spends millions keeping coal plant open per fed order
The utility expects the cost to be shared by customers in the north and central regions of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator.
detroitnews.com
We had such a hard time again like 6 EV chargers. Good luck
southpaw@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · last yr.The hall of mirrors at Versailles is about 8,000 sqft; the largest room in the palace, the Gallery of Great Battles, is like 16,000 sqft.
Trump's electricity tax hike is bad. @costasamaras.com explains on KQED Forum www.kqed.org/forum/201010... 🔌💡
Why Your Energy Bill Has Gotten So Expensive (and What Can Be Done About It) | KQED
We explore the steps we can take to make California's electrical grid more sustainable.
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As someone with several papers cited, I can say that - at least for the sections I know most about - this "report" is full of selectively chosen studies, misrepresentations and half-truths, specious logic, and dated science
Avi Zevin@azevin.bsky.social · last yr.This is an embarrassment for the sterling reputation all of the real scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy. Shame on Chris Wright.
This is an embarrassment for the sterling reputation all of the real scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy. Shame on Chris Wright.
Ari Peskoe@aripeskoe.bsky.social · last yr.Ah ok - DOE just posted it - www.energy.gov/topics/climate
There will be lots of debate today about climate action, and how it affects politics and whether Democrats should remain steadfast in their advocacy for it or instead focus on other things (or perhaps even actively disclaim the importance of action) as a path to political power.
In addition to the AI Action Plan, a few new AI-related EOs out this evening. The most interesting for energy nerds is the Data Center Infrastructure EO. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Policy and
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The 2024 transmission build # is out from Grid Strategies and ACEG. Mileage is up, but it's nothing compared to the past. cleanenergygrid.org/wp-content/u... Yet transmission spending is up. Why? The answer is in my report from last year: rmi.org/insight/mind.... Time to close the gap! #EnergySky
As a lawyer, you know you're having a bad day when a federal judge uses an exclamation point. As the Executive Branch you SHOULD know you're having a bad day when it's used to tell you to follow the law.
Sam Bagenstos@sbagen.bsky.social · last yr.An update to this story: Judge Sullivan in the DC District Court today held that the Trump/Vought OMB was unlawfully hiding their spending decisions in violation of Congress's "apportionment transparency" law. He vacated their action and issued a permanent injunction.
Interior issues new memo in response to anti-wind/solar Executive Order that requires any of 69 types of decisions/actions to go to the Office of the Secretary. This is the way you stall and kill projects. Intentionally red-tape projects to death.
US withdrawal from the IEA because we're mad about modeling assumptions in reports would be extremely shortsighted (and ironic). The IEA coordinates international strategic petroleum withdrawals. Without it, our ability to respond effectively to a global oil shock would be significantly diminished.
not to be the flyspeck nyt copy as if it's the most important thing guy, but seriously wtf is this?
One of my favorite most outrageous parts of the bill is the $1 BILLION giveaway to metallurgical coal producers in the US, even when that coal is exported. We’re going to subsidize iron and steel in countries like China to compete with U.S.-made steel. There’s your govt waste right there.
This is extremely true of the energy sections too. A paperwork and regulatory mess for businesses. Any assertion about this Administration's "deregulation" agenda that does not include this new impenetrable web of requirements is missing a key aspect of the story.
The Senate bill raises the deficit by more than $3 trillion to give tax cuts to the richest people in America. The idea that the difference between slashing $400 billion & $500 billion in job-creating clean energy incentives creates sincere concerns for “Republican fiscal hawks” is beyond laughable.
We’ve got this surging energy demand. Our ability to deploy more stuff that’s not wind, solar and storage is supply-chain-limited. And what Congress wants to do is make it significantly more expensive to build out the stuff we can build www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
GOP tax bill draws flak on energy provisions from some onetime allies
The GOP’s massive tax and immigration measure slashes federal funding on renewables and clean energy initiatives just as U.S. energy demand soars
washingtonpost.com
Wrote a thing (with @jakehigdon.com). Congress is killing IRA tax credits in an effort to look "tough on China." But the effect will be the exact opposite.
Heatmap News@heatmap.news · last yr."In the end we will cede not only our supply chains to China, but also our competitive edge in the race for AI and manufacturing dominance." Former DOE staffers @azevin.bsky.social and @jakehigdon.com argue that the Senate megabill will hand energy dominance to China ⬇️
"In the end we will cede not only our supply chains to China, but also our competitive edge in the race for AI and manufacturing dominance." Former DOE staffers @azevin.bsky.social and @jakehigdon.com argue that the Senate megabill will hand energy dominance to China ⬇️
The GOP Megabill Is Playing Right Into China’s Hands
Two former Department of Energy staffers argue from experience that severe foreign entity restrictions aren’t the way to reshore America’s clean energy supply chain.
heatmap.news
Let’s be clear. New solar and wind plus batteries is how we are avoiding close calls this decade. And that was before the advent of AI driven demand growth.
i think this is in part why you see the energy and climate advocacy community a bit at a loss
Tyler Norris@tnorris.bsky.social · last yr.No predictive model could foresee this degree of national self-sabotage – an act of willful decline that transcends political theory.
Basically overnight, “foreign entity” restrictions are at the core of all U.S. energy policy. Not cost, not global competitiveness, not even GHG emissions. Entire industries will live and die based on untested and poorly defined concepts of foreign “assistance.” Absolute madness.
Manufacturers and data center operators better get used to Europe-level electricity prices, because that’s maybe a best case scenario under the latest Senate BBB. Looking like a 50% or greater tax increase on clean energy development at a time when demand is skyrocketing. Truly self-defeating.