Electricity prices are soaring around the country due to the current heat wave—everywhere but Texas. And this map explains why. 🧵

The energy provisions in the Republicans' One Big Horrible Bill are truly so bad! Who wants this? The country's automakers don't want it. Electric utilities don't want it. Data center developers don't want it. Manufacturers in energy intensive industries don't want it. It

An act of self-immolation.

For the foreseeable future I will just be RXing everything Jesse Xeets.

Massachusetts: 326,262

Tell me how long it takes to build a Potemkin Village without telling me how long it takes to build a Potemkin Village.

In case you want to get some sense of the FERC pie chart of gas versus other forms of energy versus ratemaking. ferc.gov/news-events/ne…

More and more so here in New England as well.

…Which in and of itself merits criticizing the administration.

More than 6 GWs of behind-the-meter solar this Independence Day.

Some needed perspective.

I’ve been posting a lot about behind-the-meter solar recently, mostly to point out that it has secured its place—as a significant and valuable resource—among the other resources that comprise New England’s generation portfolio. But Ramez is correct: solar can’t do everything.

She’s so close 🤏 (Hint: Fossil fuels are by far the largest contributor to global climate change responsible for causing more severe storms.)