Excellent short video explaining #transmission and #cleanenergy! did a fantastic job and I tried to offer some commentary. Closest to an Emmy I will ever get!
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In this week’s Voices article, explores the opportunities for leadership from and collaboration between states to transform the U.S. power grid. Read more:
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My op ed on the state of transmission policy. We've got a lot of unfinished business! (scroll down a bit in the Cipher newsletter). Thanks !
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In Cipher this week, we reflect on the strides clean energy made in 2022, w/ a Data Dive exploring recent findings from @BloombergNEF and @EmberClimate. Plus: A Voices article on building a more reliable grid from @RobGramlichDC & Singapore’s Supertrees: nt-z.ro/3HmMOQp
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It's starting! Utility-independent transmission partnerships. Prediction: joint ventures, joint ownership, and joint transcos will join forces to build infrastructure, serve specific utility load, and upsize to serve wider market demand.
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Happy January! Bees buzzing around, crocuses up, daffodils starting. Guilty pleasure…
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👀👀👀Michael Skelly and team at Grid United are building across the interconnections seam...
The North Plains Connector HVDC line will be the first transmission connection between three regional U.S. electric markets—MISO, WECC and SPP.
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Wrong take though solar should be huge. Electricity is more like a basketball team with role players than a track meet with a winner.
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I think it's pretty clear by now that solar photovoltaics will be the dominant energy technology of the 21st century.
A bit like oil in the 20th and coal in the 19th century, it will not only be the largest energy source but shape energy systems and economies.
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it’s pretty remarkable how switching from beef to pork/chicken reduces carbon emissions far more than going from pork/chicken to vegetarian
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Missing solar panels! C’mon building owners on the left! What’s the holdup? See how its done on the right?
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Great time talking western markets at CEWI’s Western Power Players! Team SPP Markets + beat team CAISO EDAM in the biathlon! Interpret that how you want. I’m just glad we are all moving and shooting at the same target of regional integration.
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Every power sector resource cost estimate in an IRP could be risk-adjusted to account for probability and magnitude of cost overruns
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This is an amazing table of the cost overruns of mega projects
Nuclear storage has a mean cost overrun of 238%, while with nuclear power its 120%
Solar power has a mean cost overrun of 1%
enr.com/articles/55774
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Random electric industry history: 20 yrs ago Ethan Brown, now CEO of Beyond Meat, developed a proposal for for Multi-State Entities to guide RTOs on transmission and power markets. That is the origin of today’s Regional State Committees.
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Take note! You don't have to be one of the great systems thinkers like to see how the grid is the critical next step for the country's decarbonization. He explains it quite simply here.
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We need to "build more high-voltage transmission lines that can carry electricity long distances, and use those transmission lines to better connect regions and communities to one another."
Check out the latest GatesNotes from
@Breakthrough founder: gatesnotes.com/Energy/Transmi
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We need to "build more high-voltage transmission lines that can carry electricity long distances, and use those transmission lines to better connect regions and communities to one another."
Check out the latest GatesNotes from
founder: gatesnotes.com/Energy/Transmi
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We're hiring influencers and by that I mean firefighters who influence the forest to no longer be on fire.
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Today, we’re breaking ground on an energy transmission project that will help accelerate our nation’s transition to a clean energy economy by unlocking renewable resources, creating good-paying jobs, lowering costs, and boosting local economies.
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I really loved this concise walk through utility history that captures key points relevant today about appropriate roles of regulated utilities vs competitive sectors! What do you think, #energytwitter? pubs.naruc.org/pub/B284311B-1
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Big news— taking over as Executive Director of !! She will be great. And what a reflection of WATT’s progress to have another strong leader willing to serve a Chair—thanks Hilary!
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The WATT Coalition has new leadership: Hilary Pearson, VP of Policy and External Affairs, @LineVisionCo will be the Chair.
Our new Executive Director is Julia Selker (@kgm2pers2) Director of Policy and Strategy at Grid Strategies LLC.
watt-transmission.org/wp-content/upl
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"Since 2012, utilities in the Southeast uneconomically committed coal at a $5.6 billion price tag for customers"
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For the past few years, you all have put up with me constantly talking about self-commitment. And today isn't going to be any different.
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Awesome work, ! And then there was my project there, determining consumer preferences for energy efficiency in refrigerators. There was no relationship in the data whatsoever. Total flop. But even more sad for me at the time was learning was probably the truth!
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That makes sixteen! Today we added our latest #NobelPrize recipients to the Nobel Laureates wall in Building 50. Introducing @CarolynBertozzi (
in #Chemistry) and John Clauser ( in #Physics). If onsite, stop by and take a selfie 
with our latest nobelists and tag us. 
in #Chemistry) and John Clauser ( in #Physics). If onsite, stop by and take a selfie with our latest nobelists and tag us. 
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Much better analysis of “deregulation” and retail rates than that story a couple weeks ago. Lots of things can raise rates. Competition in generation has not been the cause.
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Only a VP and two Cabinet Secretaries? Where are all the others? Don’t they know how important #transmission is? Let’s do more of these!!
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Is there a mute button for American politics in 2023? There'll be brinksmanship on debt, the Republicans are going to impeach Biden, there'll be endless Hunter Biden investigations, and everything from schools to stoves will be subject to culture wars.
asking for the world.
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After massive loss of fossil power in multiple weather incidents and multiple regions, why not require gas generation to have dual fuel or firm gas supply in order to qualify as a capacity resource? Reliability is the campaign theme of the gas generation sector after all.
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Where are all the defenders of capacity markets now? "this is quite reminiscent of challenges that struck generation portfolio in Texas during winter Storm Uri." Maybe energy-only had nothing to do with the Texas outages. 45 GW of fossil out in PJM. rsch.baml.com/r?q=amsQzkXD7J
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This is the best season of cspan…ever.
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BREAKING: Willie Phillips will serve as acting chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission following the departure of Rich Glick, a White House official said. Phillips, a Democrat, takes the reins of a FERC split 2-2 b/w the parties. #energytwitter
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Let’s keep this work going!
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A grid that is bigger than the weather would keep the lights on. - and
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Best wishes to Chairman Rich Glick! As I said at Dec mtg, Rich is in public office for the right reason: to DO something important, not just to be something important. Agree with him or not on all policies, I respect that.
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How would improve ⚽️? Examples:
- Make goals bigger
- 2-pts for goals outside penalty area
- 35yd shootout instead of PKs
- Kick-in option on throw-in
- Hockey “penalty box”for player punishment
- Offside only applies last 35-yds
- Handball simply any ball contact with hand/arm
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LBJ to Leland Olds: “Lee, I hope you understand there’s nothing personal in this. We’re still friends, aren’t we? It’s only politics, you know.”
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So much for vacation reading getting my mind off of work. Chapters 10 and 11 of Caro’s excellent history of LBJ and the US Senate are all about LBJ toppling a Chairman of the Federal Power Commission in order to get fossil fuel campaign contributions. #energytwitterbookclub
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Power outages are resulting from downed local distribution lines, tracking closely with areas with high wind gusts as the storm moves through. This is the most common cause of outages. No evidence of generation supply shortages that I’ve seen. Anyone seeing it differently?
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1.2 million electric customers are currently without power across the USA due to a large winter storm system. [2022-12-23 5:39 PM EST] poweroutage.us #PowerOutage
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We've captured the 10 best articles, opinion columns, and insights from 2022 explaining the need for an expanded and upgraded U.S. #transmission grid.
Starting with #10, we're counting them down…⚡️
#energytwitter
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Thanks ! The broader public needs to understand the importance of the grid.
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Sammy has committed to Occidental College! Will play soccer . and I are super proud and excited. Seems to be a great fit. Beautiful spot to spend four years for sure. Also, #solarenergy !
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