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David Roberts

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I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at https://t.co/mAVggtRfoE! (@drvolts.bsky.social, ahem.)

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If electrification is the bulk of decarbonization -- & the best thing for efficiency & low prices & air quality & etc. -- then preparing electrical grids for substantial new load is climate job No. 1. The IEA warns that we are falling behind on that score: iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/70f2de4…

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The grid, the grid, the grid. This should not be an energy nerd thing, it should be at the center of our national economic & foreign policy & climate policy. We need to elevate it, concentrate on it, & plan solutions around it.

The grid, the grid, the grid. ⚡️⚡️⚡️

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Relatedly, the Biden admin just made the biggest single investment ever in the US grid. A huge, fascinating, compelling story that I bet 98% of Americans know literally nothing about. canarymedia.com/articles/trans…

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