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What the #Monopoly #Utility Model Really Costs Us –– a thread on my new report from @ILSR 🧵
Care about #CleanEnergy? #Climate? #Affordability? #Equity? There's something for you >>> #EnergyTwitter
TO ALL MY UNKNOWN TEXT SENDERS: YES I KNOW WHERE MY POLLING PLACE IS AND YES I WILL VOTE ON TUESDAY.
"Consumer Reports found that Americans blame their higher electric bills on utility companies seeking to maximize profits and on the rapid buildout of data centers"
That's because it's just gambling marketed as prediction.
Polymarket got the Brazilian election completely wrong.
The glorified gambling platform had Flavio Bolsonaro's odds at over 80% all the way up to the day voting took place.
Lula ended up with 51.8% of the vote.
futurism.com/future-society/…
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Polymarket got the Brazilian election completely wrong.
The glorified gambling platform had Flavio Bolsonaro's odds at over 80% all the way up to the day voting took place.
Lula ended up with 51.8% of the vote.
futurism.com/future-society/…
Coordinated home solar and batteries: "it doesn’t just compensate the people who supply power ...“It also helps the neighbor who doesn’t have solar and batteries” vist.ly/5q7xy
@CommonChargeOrg
Winter Park, Fla, paid less than half what Progress Energy said their grid was worth in 2002. Expect a lot of profit-motivated inflation in utility quotes. vist.ly/5p2xs h/t @KQEDnews Samantha Kennedy for the coverage
Notably, an investor in Delmarva's parent company Exelon would have earned over 10% per year over the past decade. Sounds pretty high for a company with no competition... vist.ly/5p2di
Why is the Bed Scrunchie helpful to understanding how Amazon jacks up prices everywhere, even on competitor websites? vist.ly/5n2tb
Happy Tuesday! Rooftop solar in New England is helping reduce reliance on natural gas! vist.ly/5n6z6
Shame on Big Tech for their lies, but double shame on the Indiana public regulator –– with the duty to protect the public –– for signing secret, sweetheart deals for Big Tech and paid for by ordinary customers.
Publicly owned utilities pay back more to their communities than for-profit ones. Learn more about #PublicPower from ILSR's podcast series about communities trying to go public: vist.ly/5meig
And people still wonder why communities are concerned about data center water use?
The average household water bill has gone up about 62% over the last ten years. And when your water is privately owned, it's even worse.
The typical family whose water is privately owned pays almost twice as much as a family who has a public water supply, per @foodandwater.
If your electric utility was publicly owned, you'd probably have a lower bill. #PublicPower vist.ly/5mafn
Learn which communities are fighting to make their utility public: padlet.com/ingrid379/map-of-…
You wouldn't sit in your running gas car in your garage, so why do you accept poisoning yourself in your own kitchen with a gas stove? vist.ly/5m8ua h/t @AlisonTakemura @canarymedia
Rising electricity demand is driving up prices. Faster solar #interconnection = more affordable power, sooner. States that cut red tape now help their residents save before the final #solartaxcredit deadline. #GridUnlocked gridunlocked.org
One of the best news stories of 2026
After a federal judge ruled that EPA's killing of the $7B Solar for All program was illegal, nonprofits and companies are ready to relaunch solar projects to help low-income residents—if the Trump administration obeys a court order to give them the money:
canarymedia.com/articles/pol…
