Five privately owned utilities. More than I had remembered. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20...

There may have been a couple of utilities that joined a brief actually defending the CPP.

And while nationwide we achieved the CPP targets pretty quickly, that's somewhat different from compliance, which fell on individual sources.

Again, I apologize for intruding but I felt triggered. Sorry.

Sorry to disagree but you've stepped on a pet peeve. The utility industry via EEI did not support the CPP in WV v EPA. It argued against an extreme decision that could have jeopardized their shield from tort liability under the CAA.

Coincidence that I filed a comment in this docket yesterday and then FERC announces the very next day that it's taking action? Yes. Yes it is.

An outdated FERC policy is undermining the White House’s ratepayer protection pledge FERC should revisit its transmission pricing policy and require utilities to assign the full costs of service to power-hungry data centers, writes Harvard’s Ari Peskoe.

I have two pieces today on how a 1990s FERC policy intended to spur competitive markets is being understood to prevent data centers from covering their transmission costs.

FERC Comment: elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/fil...
UtilityDive: www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-tr...

I'm tracking 5 cases filed under Executive Order 14260: Protecting American Energy from State Overreach. What am I missing?
-VT and NY climate superfund laws
-HI and MI (dismissed) to prevent filing complaints against fossil fuel cos.
-Morris Township, NJ ban on fossil fuels in new buildings

Not yet?

Slightly concerned about being trapped on a boat with kids...but I'll add it to the list -- thank you!

Thanks - I had not seen this

Fun! Thank you

Thanks that looks fun. My little one just fractured his arm....does that rule out this place?

Thanks for the list. Much appreciated!

Excellent - thank you!

Thank you!

What should I do in the Bay area in April with kids 11 and 6? Thank you!

They Might Be Giants - Electric Car - Official Music Video YouTube video by Disney Music

youtu.be/4BPU5mKipNo?...

Was listening to They Might be Giants for Kids this weekend while driving with the fam, and now this worm is firmly lodged in my ear.

I just noticed that the domain wecansolveit.org is up for sale --
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi6n...

I regret my decision to watch the White House / Big Tech press conference about their "ratepayer protection pledge."

The highlight was when he went off-script and admitted that this is all about providing "PR help" to Big Tech companies.

Petitioners filed in August. FERC in January. Intervenors and amici in February. Today is petitioners' replies. Do you want me to email you all of the filed briefs so far?

a close up of a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and a green jacket . ALT: a close up of a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and a green jacket .

Who's excited to read more briefs today about FERC Order No 1920?

The cost of datacenters is getting expensive. Therefore I will build them on the Moon. Where I'll also be building my satellites. That I'll be yeeting into Earth's orbit with a giant space catapult. Because I'm all about low cost.

I will never understand the fascination with coal. who are you, thomas the tank engine?

[Episode #269] – Trump's War on the Energy Transition | The Energy Transition Show Can the energy transition in the US survive President Trump’s attacks on it?

In Ep. 269, @aripeskoe.bsky.social rejoins us to review Trump’s attacks on the energy transition in the US and explore the legal options for defending it. Wind farms, solar farms, coal plants, regulations,Venezuela, UN climate bodies, oh my! xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...

I filed a brief for the Organization of PJM States (OPSI) in defense of FERC Order No 1920, which requires long-term regional transmission planning.

The brief emphasizes that protecting consumers requires coordinated fed-state action.

It's free!
statepowerproject.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

Trump admin’s must-run orders put broken-down coal plants in a bind Utilities are already paying to keep aging coal plants open under DOE emergency orders. New demands to revive nonfunctioning units add costs and legal…

The Trump admin’s push to force-run aging coal plants has entered a new phase: ordering two broken-down coal units in Indiana and Colorado that could take months and millions of dollars to bring back online to run under 90-day emergency declarations:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
#energysky

Good lord.

Challenges to DOE 202(c) Orders Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act empowers the Secretary of Energy to order “temporary connections” of generation and transmission in response to a war or an emergency that causes…

Do you wish you could spend New Years reading 6 newly filed briefs about federal/state responsibilities over resource adequacy?

Do you also want to learn why DOE's orders keeping coal plants open are very illegal?

OK, this is for you -
statepowerproject.org/challenges-t...

One of my most delightful academic experiences this semester was our reading seminar on infrastructure. Here were the ground rules:

1. we all read 12 of 15 books new to us
2. no laptops or phones
3. read widely bc of our polycrises

Reading books was just great. Here's what we read and reactions:

You underestimate the 1980s-era reach of the Cooperative Bank of Concord

Shiny plaque

Dilapidated bench

Market inefficiency? Outdated property right? Neglect?

A shiny plaque at my local library notes that this dilapidated reading bench is sponsored by a bank that was merged out of existence in 1988.