Texas energy powers our homes, our businesses, and our future. Texas is leading the way with our all-of-the-above energy strategy, with more solar and wind jobs than any other state. Texas is also #1 for wind energy and #1 for solar energy. Learn more: fastcompany.com/91231306/texas…

By making it cheaper and easier to install rooftop solar and home batteries, California can increase renewables and battery deployments AND help families reduce utility costs. Next step is for local governments and the state to adopt best practices around building inspection and

If we can remove the red tape that makes rooftop solar so expensive in the US, there's nothing that can stop it. It's truly the cheapest electricity out there.

Great to see Senator Scott Wiener, SPUR & Bay Area Council working to make it easier to build things like sidewalks, bike lanes and bus lanes. Let's make it easy to build the things we need. No more suing the sidewalk!

Great to see mayors start permitting reform. SF launched "PermitSF" to make it easier to permit housing and start businesses. Baltimore just announced "Bmore FAST" to do the same. It's an easy way to spur economic development at little cost. Every gov & mayor should be doing it.

What’s the best app to use to clip video of legislative hearings? Every legislature / city council has a different video system, and it’s 🤯

It’s time your government got back in the business of building affordable homes.

🌞New report from Illinois PIRG: IL families face expensive permitting red tape that can add thousands of dollars and months to a rooftop solar installation. Permitting in IL is described by one installer as a “nightmare.” More from Chicago Tribune: chicagotribune.com/2025/04/15/ill…

Could not be more excited that Brian Goldsmith is running for State Senate. Brian cares deeply about California, and has got the grit, determination and common sense we so sorely need in Sacramento. “Our people are inventing the future, but our government seems stuck in the past.”

More than 2,500 Illinoisans have called on the General Assembly to cut red tape & make instant #solar permitting the statewide standard. 8 more days, let’s get it done #twill

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

🔥Some exciting news from San Francisco Recreation and Park Department Sunset Dunes is already San Francisco’s third-most-visited city park since officially opening last month, with over 150,000 visits! This is an enormous milestone for a city park, and we’re thrilled by how much the community loves it. 🧵

Great model for California

We took an new industrial site in CA off-grid with solar, batteries, and gas. Everyone said it wouldn't work. After over a year of operations: ✅ faster and cheaper than grid interconnection ✅ positive savings (net of PPA and fuel) ✅ majority clean power ✅ 99%+ uptime

Japan is famed for its flourishing urban life, with peerless infrastructure and vibrant urban density. The bewildering image below is Tokyo's rail map, the world's most extensive network, and one of the true wonders of the world. But it was not always so. Japan entered the

First bullet of the Lazard LCOE 2025: "On an unsubsidized $/MWh basis, renewable energy remains the most cost-competitive form of generation. As such, renewable energy will continue to play a key role in the buildout of new power generation in the U.S. This is particularly true

Exciting to see Sarah Dennis Phillips appointed new Planning Director. She knows how to get things done in government, and understands how to get new housing built from her time in the private sector. Also great to see Daniel Lurie 丹尼爾·羅偉 putting together a great time that works well

For generations, people in San Francisco have built the future. They've created businesses, families, and diverse and vibrant neighborhoods. But that promise—to build a life and belong to your community—is slipping away for too many. Too many parents are asking whether they can

🚨 New piece in Mother Jones underscores a brutal truth about rooftop solar in America: “It’s so cheap to build a solar panel now... cheaper than producing a plank of wood,” says our CEO Nick Josefowitz. “It’s one of the great engineering miracles of our lifetimes. But we’ve swaddled

Thank you ℕ𝕚𝕔𝕠 𝕁𝕠𝕙𝕟𝕤𝕠𝕟 for inviting me onto the pod, a great conversation, and your interest in driving down the cost of rooftop solar and home batteries for American families!