Energy journalist and podcaster at @FactorThisMedia. As seen on TV and in line at Chipotle. Girl dad, Michigander, wonderer, wanderer.
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If you’re in the energy space, may I recommend checking out my new weekly newsletter on @FactorThisMedia? It’s a roundup of power project development updates and financing announcements. This week’s features a shoutout to @GasBuddyGuy 😂 renewableenergyworld.com/ene…
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How can states harness virtual power plants, solar, batteries, & other distributed energy resources to meet rising power demand faster and more affordably?
Join us & @CommonChargeOrg on Nov 13 at 1 PM ET to explore four emerging models and the policies needed to scale them: advancedenergyunited.org/web…
The last line is the killer. Sell the team!
Boston is among a long list of teams that has shown interest in Simon Edvinsson. Believe there’s at least 10 teams that have inquired. But those teams are being told by interim GM Shawn Horcoff that his preference remains trying to re-sign the RFA. The longer this goes on, obviously a trade becomes possible. But Detroit still wants to sign him. Horcoff has full authority from ownership to get an extension done with Edvinsson, who has been offered, long-, mid- and short-term deals. There remains a sizeable gap on salary.
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PJM, the nation's largest grid operator, is at a crossroads. On the @FactorThisMedia Policycast, @PaulGerke joins United, @ClearwayEnergy & @voltusinc staff to discuss how PJM can modernize its operations to meet growing demand.
Watch here: renewableenergyworld.com/ene…
Pretty sure Grant Holmes bobbled that ball a couple of extra times on purpose so he could bounce his hair around in slo mo a little longer
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🚨 WE HAVE A PERMITTING DEAL🚨
And it is easily the best permitting bill we've ever gotten!
- The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act is HUGE (400+ pages) and both sides got a LOT.
- The bill is much bigger and better than either Manchin post-IRA in 2022 or Manchin-Barrasso in 2024.
Once I finish reading the text I'll publish an explainer. For now, here are a few high level takeaways.
1. Transmission: The bill is absolutely HUGE for transmission, going further than Manchin-Barrasso. Includes: interregional transmission, limited federal backstop authority, interconnection queue reforms, directives for advanced grid-enhancing tech, and oversight of utilities. It's absolutely AMAZING all of this got in.
2. NEPA: The bill has BIG changes to NEPA, including fixes for judicial review that underpins the law's costs. Still reading but this is even better than I expected!
3. Certainty: The bill includes strong provisions to push back on misuse of permitting, like we're seeing with the admin's abuses against offshore wind.
4. Historic Preservation: The bill includes changes to the NHPA 106 process, including changes to judicial review that will help right-size the process.
5. Clean Water: The bill fixes problems with section 401 by adding new requirements for states and makes section 404 nationwide permits easier to comply with.
6. Geothermal: The bill includes big wins for geothermal, including parity with oil and gas catexs.
7. Mining: The bill fixes the "Rosemont decision"
8. Endangered Species: The bill creates a new path for states to take on endangered species consultation.
9. Hydro: Fixes for certain hydroelectric projects
10. Ratepayer protection: The bill adds protections for ratepayers from added data centers. Looks to be stronger than the House passed bill by quite a bit.
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The newly proposed 'Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act' is now public, and it promises to improve federal permitting and interconnection rules.
Statement from Advanced Energy United's President & CEO @hmnoneill:
“Affordable advanced energy resources, including solar, wind, storage, and transmission are delivering for America, but opaque, politicized, and endless red tape is getting in our industry’s way of building as much as is needed.
That’s why we welcome technology-neutral permitting reform from Congress. This bill text demonstrates bipartisan support for building more advanced energy, faster. With fair competition, better planning, and less red tape, we can move more electrons and tamp down energy costs."
Great thread on the latest PJM stuff
Last night, @FERC effectively put PJM's plan to conduct an emergency reliability auction this month on hold. The order itself is a tour de force of acronyms, jargon, and legal procedure. Only one thing is clear: frustration with PJM at FERC is at an all time high. 1/
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Surprising!
FERC has issues with the cost allocation framework that determined who pays for this data center capacity auction.
This might break the record for latest @FERC order (>11 PM) - it tells @pjminterconnect to improve backstop procurement proposal - elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/f…
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On the @FactorThisMedia Policycast, moderated by @PaulGerke, United's @Emma_Heins_ joins @Sunrun, @EnergyHub, & @alliantenergy to discuss what it takes to scale virtual power plant & other distributed energy resource programs to bolster grid resilience: renewableenergyworld.com/pow…
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great news! My son Scott has been pod alive and semi well. He was found in a ravine up on Aldape Summit and was strong enough to walk to the head from the helicopter to the ambulance. He is currently in a hospital suffering from obvious hunger and dehydration,
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Looks like the federal government's campaign to save every retiring coal plant and force local ratepayers to pay for it is over.
Efforts to dangle money in front of struggling owners continues....
Some highlights from the decision:
The DC Circuit vacated DOE's 202 (c) order keeping the Campbell plant in Michigan open, finding it usurped state authority. The first time a court has reviewed DOE's effort to prevent retirements of fossil plants states had approved. media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opin…
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EXCLUSIVE: Sam Altman met with top power utilities to discuss ways to secure the electrical grid.
He also offered one possible solution to the cybersecurity risks: OpenAI’s own cyber services.
politico.com/news/2026/09/10…
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Wild stuff in Delaware.
The head of the Exelon-owned utility called into the Governor's weekly radio show to ask if he supports changing the law so utilities can own power plants. Gov responds that the utility should drop its rate increase request and then they'll talk.
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“No there was a secret game clock, not synced to the TV clock and there’s a still a second left. Why would I deceive you?”
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Did you know @ENERGY almost named a federal transmission permitting program after Taylor Swift?
Coordinated Interagency Transmission Authorizations and Permits (CITAP) could’ve been Streamlining Work In Federal Trasmission (SWIFT) @FactorThisMedia