the metaphor of the frog in the pot of slowly boiling water applies to so many things right now
Mike O'Boyle
@oboylemm.bsky.social
Sr. Director, Electricity Policy at Energy Innovation
Have the billionaires considered getting together and giving their money away transparently to worthy causes like education, healthcare, and the arts to preempt the wealth tax? Wouldn't they get more happiness out of that than, say, funding super PACs to stop wealth tax legislation?
We're so emotionally and socially disconnected in SF that people can't even ask to sit in the muni window seat because someone is at the aisle. Not will that person move. So people just stand and stare at their phones
Increasing gas generation does not strike me as a responsive long-term affordability strategy.
California Outlines Clean Cars Roadmap After Federal Repeals open.substack.com/pub/thepower...
California Outlines Clean Cars Roadmap After Federal Repeals
But the road ahead for clean vehicles remains uncertain
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Can I just say, @energyinnovation.org has the best communications and editorial team in the business. @silviomarcacci.bsky.social and @shannonstirone.bsky.social worked wonders turning my wonky ass prose into understandable, compelling narrative to make this piece shine.
Silvio Marcacci@silviomarcacci.bsky.social · 12mo agoThe "Big Beautiful Bill" will spike consumer bills, cost America jobs, and threaten power supply shortfalls. But smart states are moving quickly to accelerate deployment before tax credits go away. Psyched to work with @oboylemm.bsky.social on this NYT column. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...
With clean energy tax credits rapidly expiring, states need to be more creative than ever to maximize these savings for consumers. That's why former Gov. Bill Ritter and I wrote this piece for @nytimes.com urging states speed up procurement of wind and solar energy www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...
Opinion | Quick! Get the Wind and Solar Discounts Before It’s Too Late!
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California could move quickly to enable 23 GW of renewables near existing thermal generators, in time for the projects to qualify for tax credits before they expire, says a think tank policy director. Quoted in my latest story for PV Magazine USA is an LA Times opinion piece by @oboylemm.bsky.social
An ambitious proposal to quickly add 23 GW of renewables in California
California could move quickly to enable 23 GW of renewables near existing thermal generators, in time for the projects to qualify for tax credits before they expire, says a think tank policy director.
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thanks @latimes.com for sharing my perspective on the opportunity for California to pull forward clean energy procurement and qualify for rapidly expiring federal tax credits. I hope other states can similarly act quickly to pull forward these savings. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... #energysky
Contributor: How California can cash in on federal incentives for green power before they disappear
Our state's leaders need to think strategically and act immediately. Capitalizing on existing infrastructure will be key.
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shout out to @senangusking.bsky.social for BRINGING ADVANCED CONDUCTORS to a hearing. King this morning was correct that advanced conductors can up-to-double the throughput of power in existing ROW. Apparently he read the #2035Report on the subject. www.2035report.com/reconductori... #energysky
🚨New Report🚨 🔌💡 The U.S. Senate's “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” #Energy Provisions, will cost America 300GW of new power, $960 billion in GDP, and 770,000 lost jobs. Check out the other economic impacts of the bill 👇 energyinnovation.org/report/econo... #greensky #energysky
Economic Impacts of U.S. Senate “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Energy Provisions • Energy Innovation
The Senate's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" will cost America 300GW of new power, $960 billion in GDP, and 770,000 lost jobs.
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What do people think happens when you can't build gas any faster, you kill the more than 100 GW of planned solar, and load keeps growing? What new energy sources will we build? batteries charged by expensive gas and 50 year old coal plants that the owners want to retire? What the fuck. #energysky
The hydrogen hype cycle has confused the industry's growth trajectory--with implications for electric and gas utilities. @oboylemm.bsky.social and I worked with the Regulatory Energy Transition Accelerator on a new @energyinnovation.org hydrogen regulation paper: energyinnovation.org/report/regul...
The House reconciliation bill will harm grid reliability by killing projects we need to meet rising demand: www.realclearenergy.org/articles/202...
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Explaining what's happening in the US on climate to non US audiences is the most depressing
Friendly reminder that climate action is not a dangerous ideology, it's a genuine effort of empathetic human beings to make the world a better place for current and future generations of humans, without prejudice to country, race, or creed.
#energysky check out @energyinnovation.org @brendan.bsky.social @ericgimon.bsky.social breakdown of what happened in the #spain and Portugal outage, and what it means (or doesn't mean) for the energy transition: thepowerline.substack.com/p/who-done-i... And Subscribe to our Substack The Power Line!
Who Done It: The Spanish Blackout Mystery
Like Murder Mysteries, Answers To The Blackout Only Start When The Lights Come Back On
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An Energy Innovation meta-analysis reveals repealing 45Y and 48E would force Americans to pay $6 billion more in annual #electricity bills by 2030, soaring to $25 billion annually by 2040. thepowerline.substack.com/p/25-billion... by @silviomarcacci.bsky.social #greensky #energysky
NOW Scene outside GOP 'town hall' in Chandler w Rep Andy Biggs (running for gov), Senate President Warren Petersen (running for AG), MariCo Sheriff Jerry Sheridan. 12News photog not allowed in. Per organizer: private event on private property for Republicans only. #AZ05
This has to be one of the most pathetic things I’ve seen in AZGOP politics. Man up and hold a real town hall guys. Answer for the pain and destruction you are aiding and abetting. #weakness #cowardice #DOGE
Brahm Resnik@brahmresnik.bsky.social · last yr.NOW Scene outside GOP 'town hall' in Chandler w Rep Andy Biggs (running for gov), Senate President Warren Petersen (running for AG), MariCo Sheriff Jerry Sheridan. 12News photog not allowed in. Per organizer: private event on private property for Republicans only. #AZ05
Helpful list of policy tools for addressing data center load growth, via a short new resource guide by @brendan.bsky.social @energyinnovation.org 🔌💡 energyinnovation.org/report/data-...
Building on Tyler’s excellent report below and a range of other resources, our @energyinnovation.org team put together a short fact sheet / resource guide on encouraging data center demand flexibility. Check it out here: energyinnovation.org/report/data-...
Data Center Demand Flexibility • Energy Innovation
Data centers are causing huge increases in electricity demand. However, there are smart ways to manage this new load without resorting to a major gas buildout.
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Tyler Norris@tnorris.bsky.social · last yr.1/ 🚨New study alert!🚨 🔌💡 My DukeU colleagues and I just released a 1st-of-kind study on how the US grid could integrate up to 100 gigawatts of data centers w/out major new infrastructure, provided modest load flexibility (0.5%/yr). AI load growth can be managed faster, cheaper, & cleaner. 🧵👇
Did you know solar is unstoppable even facing federal headwinds? @marketplace.org on 2024's record solar year, featuring @robgramlichdc.bsky.social @solarindustry.bsky.social and yours truly. #energysky www.marketplace.org/2025/03/12/s...
US solar power boomed in 2024 despite Trump's threats - Marketplace
Even as President Donald Trump threatens clean energy tax credits, solar power has become too cheap for consumers and utilities to ignore.
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They are counting on a lack of solidarity. So what are we going to do? Show the fuck up
About 90% of the 190GW of planned capacity through 2028 is clean resources, mostly solar (109GW) and batteries (62 GW), according to EIA data. 24 GW of new gas and 20 GW of onshore wind fill out most of the rest. #energysky www.datawrapper.de/_/LlpnI/
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Fake solutions to energy affordability: tariffs, tax credit repeal, gas pipelines and power plants, ban wind Real solutions to energy affordability: build solar plus storage, grid enhancing technologies, streamline interconnection at existing sites, reduce utility rates of return
I really hope recent NOAA firings don't affect our ability to predict and respond to severe weather events... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/w...
Sprawling System Brings Threat of Extreme Weather to Much of the U.S.
An “unusually strong” storm system for March may bring a range of hazards that includes wildfires, blizzards and tornadoes.
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