To be a great transmission planning engineer you need to be good at:
- electrical engineering (power systems)
- economics and market analysis
- data analytics and visualization
- programming/modeling

And we wonder why we’re short TPEs. Starting salary should be $200k lmao.

Watergate was closer to the Russian Civil War than we are to Watergate.

Poll shows twice as many Tennesseans have favorable view of the United Auto Workers union as have unfavorable perception of the union. But state voters are split as Volkswagen workers prepare to vote this week on whether or not to join the UAW
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New U.S. EPA standards reinforce our mission. UA plumbers are committed to protecting the health of the nation and ensuring safe water for all.

Great replies here. The Austrian econs are saying that Keynesians are too wimpy to be UFC fighters. The Keynesians are saying that nobody could be into Austrian econ without a history of head trauma.

ICYMI, for weekend: The world of climate politics has embraced them wholeheartedly, but the byzantine markets, auctions, and tradable renewables certificates of competition aren't the only path forward. ... It's time to reclaim the utility of utilities. damagemag.com/2024/04/01/the…

I hear some say the European energy crisis is over.

One example from where I live in West London of why that's not the case: the local arts center closed last night.

One key reason: energy costs. Pre-crisis, its annual electricity and gas bill ran at ~£49,000; now ~£125,000.

Virginia's legislature passed a bill that would allow utilities to charge rate payers for new nuclear development costs. The governor sent the bill back with amendments that would reduce that ability somewhat. The legislature now has to vote to approve the amendments. Article…

As discused in this article, several legislators have expressed support for reviving the Yucca Mountain project. There was a House subcommittee meeting yesterday about 'spent fuel policy and innovation' (not mentioned in the article) where those sentiments were expressed.…

90s restructuring of the electricity system forced even our great public power utilities to create isolated transmission divisions to neutrally and laboriously study even speculative generation projects from 3rd parties. Can't even prioritize own projects. damagemag.com/2024/04/01/the…

What's the explanation for the contrast where Gilded Age industrial tycoons endowed universities, libraries, museums and parks, while 21st c Silicon Valley barons bleed away their annual charity budget on sketchy 'effective altruism' NGOs?

“Every company is being bought up by private equity and they’re just turning us all into salespeople with tool bags”

Lots of talk in Washington about rewiring America’s buildings with heat pumps. Many workers who would actually need to do it, building by building, are fed up:

'Today, participation has been superseded by engagement. This is something you do by commenting, posting, shouting, or showing up. What all this engagement amounts to is a “public” sphere that is nothing more than a cacophony of private voices.'
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