Researcher @BerkeleyLabEMP. Markets, social impacts, policy, and interconnection of renewable energy. Bike & river enthusiast. @ergberkeley @switzernetwork alum
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TODAY: Join a webinar with the authors of our annual report on the generation interconnection queue -- Queued Up 2026.
Today, Thursday, July 16 at 1pm ET / 10am PT. Register here lbnl.zoom.us/webinar/registe…
The report can be found at emp.lbl.gov/queues.
Queued Up webinar is tomorrow! lbnl.zoom.us/webinar/registe…
Our annual report on the generation interconnection queue -- Queued Up 2026 -- can be found at emp.lbl.gov/queues.
Join a webinar with the authors on Thursday, July 16 at 1pm ET / 10am PT. Register here lbnl.zoom.us/webinar/registe…
Joseph Rand retweeted
New Research: More power to them: U.S. large-scale solar neighbors' support for additional solar frontiersin.org/articles/10.… #FrontiersIn #SustainableEnergyPolicy
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@BerkeleyLab Researcher Joe Rand from @BerkeleyLabEMP was named one of the Top 50 Data Changemakers in the Energy Sector for 2025 by Chief Data Officer Magazine! His report on U.S. interconnection queues earned him this honor. Congrats, Joe! 🌟 bit.ly/420KuJn
Hi friends and #energytwitter nerds - I'm on the other app: bsky.app/profile/josephrand.… Hope to see you there.
Our renewable energy social science team at @BerkeleyLabEMP is #hiring!
We are specifically looking for a marine economy social scientist on the East Coast to research community sentiments and economic impacts of offshore wind. Details here: phxc1b.rfer.us/LBLi5-DYG
I spoke to @EENewsUpdates about this new
@PNASNews paper highlighting the opportunity for reconductoring. "Rand applauded the PNAS study...He sees reconductoring as “low-hanging fruit” for addressing interconnection issues
eenews.net/articles/replacin…
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NEW: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is requesting post-Interconnection Workshop comments on issues that would benefit from further discussion. ➡️ ferc.gov/news-events/news/fe… #energytwitter
It was an incredible experience to participate in the @FERC workshop on generator interconnection lnkd.in/g6DgmcTq
One focus of my remarks was the need for more data transparency to enable auditing of interconnection reforms and to compare solutions over time and regions
Attention interconnection folks: DOE i2X program is hosting a Solution eXchange workshop on Thurs, July 18, focused on improvements in interconnection data access and transparency, and will feature speakers from @FERC, Nira Energy, and @RockyMtnInst events.gcc.teams.microsoft.c…
Joseph Rand retweeted
ICYMI ⚡ ☀ 🌬️Last week, colleagues of mine @BerkeleyLabEMP released a new study quantifying the "net market value" of wind and solar over the last decade. Spoiler alert: They've become net positive in recent years! Dig in more below 👇
Solar and wind are increasingly competitive in wholesale markets and offer a hedge against the uncertain cost of other generation sources. New @BerkeleyLab research finds that US solar generated $2.1 billion in net value in 2022, while wind generated $100 million. -->
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New @BerkeleyLab report on job/wage impacts of wind farms find that wind farms result in lasting increases in employment and wages within a 20 mi radius, especially for Black & Hispanic workers and workers w/o a high school or college degree. emp.lbl.gov/news/do-large-sc…
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"We've seen the economics of #wind & #solar become very competitive and very attractive to the point where in many parts of the U.S., those are the cheapest forms that can generate a unit of electricity," says @BerkeleyLabETA's Joseph Rand. @CNBC cnbc.com/2024/06/19/solar-is…
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Our @rand_joseph spoke at the @USCleanPower conference on the grid queues. The low success rate hints at “major problems [at a] deeper level,” he said. utilitydive.com/news/grid-in…
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I was fortunate enough to be a lead on this report, with a great collaboration from other folks @BerkeleyLabEMP , @eeregov, and @EnergySystemsIG. Please join us for a webinar next week on May 14th to hear us describe our work and give a sneak peak into key next steps register 👇
“ The overarching takeaway is that clean power plants can supply enough near-term electricity to avoid building new fossil-gas-fired power plants or keeping coal plants open longer — but only if something is done about the grid backlog.”
The new data from @BerkeleyLabEMP shows new clean power and batteries could supplant fossil fuels to meet looming grid reliability needs across most of the U.S.— if only grid operators and utilities could clear the barriers to plugging them into the grid: canarymedia.com/articles/tra…
Great news webinar lovers! (lol) For anyone who wanted to attend our Queued Up webinar today but couldn't make it, the webinar recording is available on our website here: emp.lbl.gov/queued-character…
Happening soon! Tune in today to hear all the details from the latest Queued Up report!
TODAY: For full details on the Queued Up report, on the enormous gird interconnection queue, join a free webinar with the authors TODAY Tuesday April 23, at 2pm ET / 10am PT.
Register here: lbnl.zoom.us/webinar/registe…
Are others optimistic that we are at or near the peak of the grid interconnection problem? Between FERC Order 2023, the forthcoming transmission rule, and the solutions outlined in DOE i2X Interconnection Roadmap, I'm hopeful we'll soon see improvements chicagotribune.com/2024/04/2…
