Congrats to @grayflood.bsky.social and @groundwork.bsky.social on putting forward such an ambitious proposal to build a federal public power institution that can balance economic development and decarbonization. BIG and NECESSARY roles for public coordination, development, and finance here:

Grayson Flood@grayflood.bsky.social · last mo.

Big Tech has a dirty little secret: you’re paying for their AI boom. My new paper from @groundwork.bsky.social shows how federal lawmakers can hold Big Tech accountable, build the affordable grid we need, and lower bills now. 🧵

NEW: AI data centers and decarbonization are driving the largest increase in electricity demand in 50 years. Who's paying for the grid upgrades? You are. And that’s not a coincidence - it's the system working as designed. We have a bold solution.

"The case laid out below is not for the nationalization of incumbent utilities nor the federal takeover of state regulators; it is to plan, finance, and build the public backbone on which state and private actors rely." @groundwork.bsky.social groundworkcollaborative.org/work/gridloc...

Gridlocked: How Public Power Can Build the Grid of the Future and Lower Bills Now - Groundwork Collaborative

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For the newsletter, I wrote about an interesting new proposal — from AOC’s former climate policy adviser — laying out how you might be able to do an electricity rate freeze without starving the grid. It also has new ideas about how to harness the AI boom for public good: heatmap.news/daily/google...

A Progressive Plan to Freeze Electricity Rates Without Starving the Grid

Plus, Google and Amazon report on what hyperscaling has done to their emissions.

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Big Tech has a dirty little secret: you’re paying for their AI boom. My new paper from @groundwork.bsky.social shows how federal lawmakers can hold Big Tech accountable, build the affordable grid we need, and lower bills now. 🧵