Chloe Holden
@chloeholden.bsky.social
Interested in distributed energy and disaster resilience. Advocate at Advanced Energy United, focused on serving peak demand with local power
An Indiana coal plant is still running past its planned retirement. Now, its neighbors are stuck fighting a gas plant and data center, too. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/fossil-fuels/this-indiana-community-is-caught-between-coal-and-the-data-center-boom
The Indiana community caught between coal and the data center boom
In rural Jasper County, two defining energy trends of the Trump era — reviving coal and building gas-powered data centers — are converging.
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As utility bills continue to rise nationwide, United's Chloe Holden encourages lawmakers to invest in robust virtual power plant legislation that supports multiple distributed energy resources & provides reasonable but ambitious deployment timelines. Read more from @canarymedia.com: buff.ly/hxMXXSS
More states look to virtual power plants to fight rising electric…
A dozen state legislatures are pushing measures to launch or expand programs that rely on customers’ thermostats, batteries, and EVs to relieve the grid.
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Can virtual power plants curb rising utility bills? A dozen state legislatures are pushing measures to expand programs that pay customers to let their smart thermostats, batteries, and EVs relieve grid pressures—and save money for everyone else: www.canarymedia.com/articles/vir... #energysky
More states look to virtual power plants to fight rising electric…
A dozen state legislatures are pushing measures to launch or expand programs that rely on customers’ thermostats, batteries, and EVs to relieve the grid.
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Niche post for gay lobbyists: the new MUNA single is a perfect soundtrack for when you are flailing miserably during legislative session
i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts
Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom
Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
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I think "Don't mention climate; focus on affordability" was naively assumed to be a safe centre-right climate position. But in the real world fossil fuel extraction and use are cripplingly expensive. 'Focus on affordability' = oppose fossil fuels. www.citizen.org/news/trumps-...
Trump’s LNG Energy Export Policy Cost Households $12 Billion in First Nine Months of 2025 - Public Citizen
Record-breaking levels of natural gas exports are breaking the bank on your monthly energy bill...
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US House of Reps has passed a bill to criminalize trans healthcare for people under 18. This bill can be still stopped in the Senate, call/write your senators & ask them to oppose. Californians: @schiff.senate.gov www.schiff.senate.gov/contact/ @padilla.senate.gov www.padilla.senate.gov/contact/
Jane Migliara Brigham@janembrigham.bsky.social · 8mo agoHere is the story on the vote. We will have a story on McBride's speech out tomorrow morning.
The most exciting thing about this is that they are planning a DIY option. DIY people are so excitable that this could, with smart marketing, become a Boy Trend and people will get into basic electrical work the way they’ve gotten into woodworking and brewing beer
Canary Media Inc.@canarymedia.com · 8mo agoThis home solar-plus-storage system aims to be as easy to install as any other household appliance.
every neoliberal policy analyst wants to "trim the fat" of society until the lean times come. community level resilience, redundancies, etc are good actually
Josie Glausiusz@josiegz.bsky.social · 9mo agoWhen power went out across all of Puerto Rico on 16 April, a lot of the lights in the town of Adjuntas stayed on. A combination of experimental microgrids, solar panels, and storage kept power on for many businesses and residents. spectrum.ieee.org/puerto-rico-...
Great piece on how better data can help utilities be more responsible with ratepayers' money. We need real-time data for distribution networks, and DERMs providers need to be getting real-time constraint signals from utility distribution network management systems. www.linkedin.com/pulse/proble...
The Problem Isn't Grid Utilization - Its Valuing Flexibility and Having the Tools to Use It
I attended DER Task Force's signature DERVOS event last week, and it was fantastic. However, I’m feeling concerned by the ongoing utility bashing and the heavy focus on grid utilization (see recent po...
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I'm just a Brooklyn resident, standing in front of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, asking him to read Peak Coalition's report on demand flexibility as a tool for energy justice in NYC: www.nylpi.org/wp-content/u...
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The “energy transition” has started to sound a little like “late capitalism” newrepublic.com/article/2008...
“Virtual power plants can respond quickly to deliver power or shift load, making the most out of our existing grid... and lowering costs for everyone.” -Edson Perez @advancedenergyunited.org pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/09/15/v...
Virtual power plant legislation lay in Gov. Newsom’s hands after sailing through California Assembly
California lawmakers passed two bills that aim to facilitate how the state and its utilities handle virtual power plants.
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NORC is doing interesting research on the question of how neighbors can be activated to support each other during disasters. What kind of neighbor are you in a disaster? They came up with some amusing/damning labels: www.norc.org/research/pro... @norc.org
Over 2,800 Bakersfield homeowners recently got paid to participate in California’s Demand Side Grid Support (DSGS) program. Read more from The Bakersfield Californian: blog.advancedenergyunited.org/articles/the...
The Bakersfield Californian: 'Virtual Power Plants' Could Go From Emergency to Everyday Power Source
The Bakersfield Californian reports that Assembly Bills (AB) 740 and 44—which aim to further integrate virtual power plants (VPPs) in California's energy system—are currently under consideration in th...
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Cleantech is an economic opportunity. Following recent US federal policy shifts, states can still develop and deploy cleantech to save money, improve health, and position their businesses and residents to thrive. RMI shares six recommendations for states: bit.ly/4oijwXM
VPPs reliably shave peaks. This shows how one did, in California, during a test event this week. That little shaded sliver represents less stress on the grid, electric bill savings, and money going back into peoples' pockets instead of to peaking generation. Analysis via @thebrattlegroup.bsky.social
Big energy policy question of the decade: Will cost crisis in fact produce a popular swing in favor of clean energy, or a new round of anti-clean revanchism? Current discourse(TM) has me pessimistic- but door's wide open to messaging that presents energy transition as the solution to volatility!
Robinson Meyer@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · last yr.It’s hard to find a trend in the electricity system right now that *doesn’t* point to near-term rate hikes if not a broad affordability crisis. That’s a serious problem for climate policy, but also the American economy writ large. I wrote about it: heatmap.news/politics/ele...
I have said this many many times. When Israel's official policy, is "from the river to the sea", when there are Israeli bulldozers and military working hard every day to make this policy a reality, complaining that university students use these words is ridiculous at best.
Beyond turbine supply, the future of gas is not all bright as domestic prices have exposure to global price shocks via LNG exports, which are set to resume growth and continue becoming a greater share of US gas production tighter supply and increased volatility, another ratepayer stressor
I am in need of some data on (fossil fueled) backup generator participation in DSGS. Anyone know where it can be found?
New report drop: Brattle + Clean Air Task Force just released a must-read on optimizing grid infrastructure to meet load growth, with a treasure trove of actionable ideas. 🔌💡 www.catf.us/resource/opt...
This Texas gas plant would emit as much pollution as 72,000 cars—and most of its electricity would go to private data centers. “There will be a constant roaring of gigantic fans,” one resident said.
Data centers are building their own gas power plants in Texas
Not so long ago, developers of the massive server farms talked about powering them with wind and solar power. But now, with the coming of power-hungry AI platforms, they’re bypassing the grid,…
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Great independent validation of what we found looking at this last year. Different time frame, slightly different y-axis, same general conclusion: energyinnovation.org/report/clean...
Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com · last yr.Has renewable energy reduced electricity prices? As I discuss over at The Climate Brink, empirical evidence over the past 24 years in the US points to yes: www.theclimatebrink.... Here is the change in non-hydro utility scale renewables and electricity prices for each state.
NYC experimented with new window heat pump models in some public housing units. in winter, "The window unit-heated apartments used a whopping 87% less energy than the rest of the building’s steam-heated apartments did, cutting energy costs per household in half." heatmap.news/sustainabili...
Window Heat Pumps Could Change the Game
A new report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy has some exciting data for anyone attempting to retrofit a multifamily building.
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As temperatures soared in New England, solar panels and batteries kept ACs flowing — and may have saved customers millions of dollars.
A heat wave hit New England's grid. Clean energy saved the day.
On the hottest day this year, behind-the-meter solar panels and a growing network of batteries helped prevent blackouts and saved consumers millions of…
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climate & energy angle: Mamdani won his first election by fewer than 500 votes. The key issue differentiating him from the incumbent - the centerpiece of his campaign - was his opposition to a new gas power plant in the district. After the election he worked with the whole community to stop it.