#CALeg, don’t cut #Solar programs for low and middle income families and school energy efficiency programs. We shouldn’t raid SGIP, SOMAH and CalSHAPE funding when we need to accelerate #CleanEnergy deployment. Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris Assemblymember Gregg Hart Speaker Robert Rivas Mike McGuire Gavin Newsom

🧵 NEW: Late last night, legislators in Sacramento released #AB3121, which will gut three low-income programs to pay for a one-time, small, bill credit. This is not equity or energy justice, it’s equity-washing. #CALeg #WarOnThePoor act.ceeetruth.org/affordability/

It’s the “throwing rolls of paper towels” of rate relief

Last night, California's Assembly proposed to gut a crucial program to keep kids safe in the classroom. Introduced after 10 PM, the bill also cuts solar on affordable housing, and clean energy storage. This is NOT what democracy looks like. The bill must fail. THREAD! 🧵

1/ Today, I sued the Arizona Corporation Commission over its decision to exempt Unisource Energy’s proposed expansion of the Black Mountain Generating Station near Kingman from critical oversight.

Your friendly reminder that APS was forced to do this after I helped bring disconnect deaths into the light & get disconnect rules across the finish line. Unfortunately we still need statewide disconnect rules for SRP + rural co-ops though too. #RIPStephaniePullman #HeatKills

The e-cargo bike I bought this summer is the best purchase I can remember making in terms of improving my daily quality of life. I’m so excited to watch this tech become more widespread.

Breaking news! The California Senate Energy Committee has decided NOT take up AB 3121 which would have gutted funding for healthy schools and solar on affordable housing. YAY!!! Now kids will get AC and cleaner air. ⚡️🎒 When we fight, we win! latimes.com/opinion/story/…

"So what, exactly, is the point of the Public Service Commission? What good is a regulatory body whose members seem distracted by culture wars and don’t push back against the entities they regulate?" Brian Lyman nails it. Power bills are too damn high. alabamareflector.com/2024/09/03/ala…

A Good Day. Dept. of Agriculture awards $7.3B, leveraging $29B in private investment, to cut rural energy bills w/ clean energy. Dairyland customer bills'll drop 42%! Largest investment in rural energy since the New Deal, part of the total rural energy $ from IRA that'll eclipse the New Deal.

With all of this new concern about demand growth and resource adequacy, it's great to see all of the utilities and RTOs doing an about-face and taking a real All-Hands approach to energy efficiency measures. What a refreshing about-face!

Big things at Fervo Energy’s second annual tech day: • 15 wells drilled at Cape Station • Record breaking well test results • 10MW/producer • $100M construction loan secured We’re a decade ahead of the NREL Advanced Case — just getting started! businesswire.com/news/home/2024…

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