☀️Shannon Anderson ☀️
@wyoshan.bsky.social
Wyomingite, conservationist, distributed solar enthusiast, flower obsessionist, and Scooby's human. Posts are my own.
Hot hearing alert! 🔥 The #Minnesota Public Utilities Commission meets now to debate the Xcel Energy Capacity*Connect proposal to build and own distributed battery storage. Decision expected by 3 PM. Read my initial critique. www.canarymedia.com/articles/dis...
We need distributed solar and energy storage, not utility monopolies
Xcel wants to build 800 MW of distributed energy in Minnesota, but makes it hard for its customers to own their own solar and batteries. That’s bad for…
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At @solarunitedneighbors.org, in 2025 we helped 32,668 people go solar, protected net metering in 5 states, and built a movement that cannot be stopped. 🔋 Learn more in our Annual Report: solarunitedneighbors.org/about-us/our... #solarpower #batterystorage #virtualpowerplants #energysky
More from the flower show 🌼❤️🌺💜🌸🌱💛 #Sundayyellow #flowersonsunday #flowers #gardening #plants #tulips #bloomscrolling #adamsflowershow #kingston #newyork #photography
Moments of joy are all we have these days. #spring #springisspringing #sundayyellow #flowerreport #lifeisbetterincolor #flowersky #gardeningsky
Read this very deep dive from @jakebolster.bsky.social : "you’re not supposed to get a permit...unless you...prove that you can bring the land back to what it was like before mining. Of course, if you don’t follow the science, then that means nothing.” - Shiloh Hernandez at @earthjustice.org #coal
Jake Bolster@jakebolster.bsky.social · 5mo agoEnvironmentalists have filed a new lawsuit aimed at the Bull Mountains mine in MT. This could revive bitter local debates over the value of the mine. “Whoever can grab the messaging wins,” one person told me. “It’s the psychology of being a coal town."
Where did winter go? "Over the 90 days of winter in Sheridan, temperatures breached 60 degrees on 20 different days and 50 degrees on 44 days." #protectourwinters #climatechange #actonclimate
WyoFile@wyofile.com · 5mo agoLow-elevation snowfall hit new record lows and temperatures soared to new highs at almost every weather station in the state. "Generally speaking, around the state, it's been the warmest [winter]," the Wyoming state climatologist said.
Tap networks of distributed resources, save money, repeat. vist.ly/4tjss h/t @jeffstjohn.bsky.social @canarymedia.com
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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#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.
‘Rural areas are very powerful — and often underestimated’ - High Country News
#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.
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This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal
Fun to listen to the one and only @sammyroth.bsky.social at #IESNA - #cleanenergy has a problem communicating with everyday Americans so folks should pay attention to what he has to say. #climatechange #energysky #solarpower #energyaffordability
I'm honored to be speaking at #ISENA this week in San Diego. It's been a wee bit rainy but the #solarenergy still shines bright 🌞🔌 #solarpower #renewables #thefutureisnow #energysky #gridflexibility
Minnesota utility Xcel Energy says it can build more effective virtual power plants by owning and controlling its own batteries. But solar groups, consumer advocates and state agencies think customer solar and batteries are a faster and cheaper path: www.canarymedia.com/articles/vir... #energysky
Why Xcel’s bid to reinvent the virtual power plant is so controversial
Most VPPs rely on customers’ solar and batteries. Xcel says its utility-owned alternative can do a better job in Minnesota — but critics question the cost.
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BREAKING: We secured another court order blocking the Trump-Vance admin’s unlawful immigration raids at houses of worship. This ruling restores essential safeguards to religious freedom, and protects people of faith from ICE intrusion.
Hmmm other states are requiring reporting from data centers on water use. Big tech should be paying to generate the info not taxpayers.
Lynne Huskinson@moodycreek.bsky.social · 6mo ago
"The data from January shows that the nation’s two operating utility-scale offshore wind farms ... performed as well as gas-fired power plants and better than coal-fired facilities, including during last month’s Winter Storm Fern." www.canarymedia.com/articles/off... by @mariagallucci.bsky.social 🔌💡
Offshore wind showed up big during the East Coast’s brutal cold
America’s two utility-scale offshore wind farms performed as well as gas power plants and better than coal in January — including during Winter Storm Fern.
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Listen to @electronecon.bsky.social and @volts.wtf dig into utility return on equity, why it's not the same as the utility's cost of equity, and what we should do about it. You won't regret it. www.volts.wtf/p/are-utilit...
Are utilities making too much money?
Joe Daniel on why trimming utility profits is good governance.
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This shot gives you a pretty good idea of how much larger the female Bald Eagle is. The female is Hannah and the male is Mr. Majestic! #LakeCasitas #Birds #Raptors #Nature #Photography
Excited to see the opportunity of #pluginsolar come to Wyoming. www.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/... #wyleg #energyfreedom #energyafforability #balcolnysolar #energytwitter #solarenergy #solarpower cc: @dbleizeffer.bsky.social @wyofile.com
When sparks flew out of utility poles during #BadBunny 's #halftime performance yesterday, his message was clear: #PuertoRico 's grid has long been unstable.🇵🇷
Wyoming native Breezy Johnson won the gold medal in the Women’s downhill at the Winter Olympic Games in Cortina, Italy, today. Johnson, 30, skied the course in 1:36.10 to beat Germany’s Emma Aicher by 0.04 seconds. A field of 36 racers tackled the 1.6-mile course, which drops 2,500 feet.
Had a bald eagle give some chances at sunrise and I really liked how they came out #birds #baldeagles #BlueSkyPhotography #NatureLovers #Wildlife
Winter Olympics start tonight! I wrote about Jacquie Pierri, a women's hockey player who is also a sustainable energy engineer and vocal climate advocate when she's not winning championships around the world. Such a badass. You need to hear her story: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/jacquie-pi...
Meet Jacquie Pierri, your Winter Olympics climate hero
She grew up in New Jersey, built a career in clean energy and is playing hockey this month for the Italian women's team in Milan Cortina.
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SPP outages. If I happen to say gas and coal fail the most out of any generation resource, I'm gonna get a lot of angry people that don't like math, so I won't mention it.
The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:
After taking photos 📷 for 3 days of the leucistic bald eagle 🪶hanging around here in Southwest Missouri these are the best ones I had at that distance. Awesome to see and wanted to share these as they are a little better than previous post #Birds #BlueSkyPhotography #NatureLovers #Eagles #Rarebird
Hello 👋 it's #flowersonfriday There is a lot of cold ❄️ icey 🧊stuff out there in the world right now so wishing you all moments of beauty and joy. #flowerreport #flowers
