https://bsky.app/profile/mattbuford.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattbuford.bsky.social/post/3loneds3jo22eBeware of people using too-recent data. Many counter data sources keep increasing months after initially being posted, as reports trickle in late. In this screenshot, Jan+Feb 2025 = 88 As of today, Jan+Feb 2025 = 175 Same period 2024 = 174 And still (slowly) rising.08 May 2025 07:12 +0000at://did:plc:brd5cfprb2rmprsjzzl5dlnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3loneds3jo22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mattbuford.bsky.social/post/3ljngmubcgc2cThe Strategic Petroleum Reserve refill has clearly stopped. Last year, Biden awarded contracts for SPR refill deliveries all the way through May 2025. However, the January deliveries were lower than expected, and the February deliveries were almost nonexistent.05 Mar 2025 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:brd5cfprb2rmprsjzzl5dlnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljngmubcgc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mattbuford.bsky.social/post/3lj52y7wa222tHmm, something is going on with the Strategic Petroleum Reserve refill. Biden already bought 3,465 thousand barrels for delivery to the SPR in February, but 21 days into the month there is no movement at all. Maybe it got caught up in Trump's pauses?27 Feb 2025 04:36 +0000at://did:plc:brd5cfprb2rmprsjzzl5dlnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj52y7wa222thttps://bsky.app/profile/mattbuford.bsky.social/post/3licvirgwz22yNearly a 2 GW jump in the ERCOT solar record today:16 Feb 2025 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:brd5cfprb2rmprsjzzl5dlnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3licvirgwz22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattbuford.bsky.social/post/3lhhzff77s223Got a notice from PedernalesCoop of a rate increase. Electricity rates are actually decreasing from $0.110549 to $0.108090. However, the flat monthly connection fee is increasing substantially from $22.50 to $32.50 (really from $20 to $30 after paperless/autopay discount).06 Feb 2025 02:17 +0000at://did:plc:brd5cfprb2rmprsjzzl5dlnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhhzff77s223https://bsky.app/profile/mattbuford.bsky.social/post/3lfsnl4r5yk2cTesla did not even apply for a grant under this program. It couldn't, because it's not eligible.15 Jan 2025 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:brd5cfprb2rmprsjzzl5dlnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfsnl4r5yk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mattbuford.bsky.social/post/3lf6v4a4xhc22ERCOT fuel mix charts are updated for 2024!08 Jan 2025 00:16 +0000at://did:plc:brd5cfprb2rmprsjzzl5dlnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf6v4a4xhc22https://bsky.app/profile/mattbuford.bsky.social/post/3lez2wvekf22cUpdate: The compressor was dead. It took ~5 days for the temps to slowly rise to the point of being unsafe. I spent those days trying to eat it empty. I wouldn't have caught the failure nearly as early if it weren't for this energy monitoring and probably would have had to throw way more food away. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jan 2025 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:brd5cfprb2rmprsjzzl5dlnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lez2wvekf22chttps://bsky.app/profile/mattbuford.bsky.social/post/3leyzlp73mc2cSpin: Biden is banning gas fired tankless water heaters! Reality: The minimum efficiency standard for them is being raised. Only the least efficient ones end up banned. Most tankless gas water heaters sold today already meet this standard.05 Jan 2025 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:brd5cfprb2rmprsjzzl5dlnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3leyzlp73mc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mattbuford.bsky.social/post/3ldcgpyvnvc2gSome time ago, I started graphing the energy use of my fridge. Today I was flipping through graphs to monitor things and I noticed something I recognized as a very bad sign. One of these days I need to set up automated alerting. The problem was actually visible days ago.14 Dec 2024 23:18 +0000at://did:plc:brd5cfprb2rmprsjzzl5dlnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldcgpyvnvc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mattbuford.bsky.social/post/3ld3i6ik3bk25Have Texas electricity prices risen lately, or is that just inflation? I adjusted EIA price data for inflation to see. Looks like inflation adjusted prices did rise a bit after Covid, but not much. What did change was the bigger summer spikes. 2024 looks much smaller though.12 Dec 2024 04:56 +0000at://did:plc:brd5cfprb2rmprsjzzl5dlnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld3i6ik3bk25https://bsky.app/profile/mattbuford.bsky.social/post/3lcvu3motwc2w#ERCOT monthly fuel mix update:09 Dec 2024 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:brd5cfprb2rmprsjzzl5dlnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcvu3motwc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mattbuford.bsky.social/post/3lcgxchgxus23Somehow Nextdoor got the idea that I am the owner of a local business named "Southwestern Bell Telephone Company" and they regularly harass me to claim my small business page.04 Dec 2024 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:brd5cfprb2rmprsjzzl5dlnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcgxchgxus23https://bsky.app/profile/mattbuford.bsky.social/post/3lbt3gu72sc2oTrump claims he's going to implement all kinds of wild and often conflicting policies. I don't know which policies will actually be implemented, but I do know that when these wild policies have bad economic consequences, the explanation will be, "See, Biden DID ruin the economy. It's just delayed."26 Nov 2024 03:21 +0000at://did:plc:brd5cfprb2rmprsjzzl5dlnr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbt3gu72sc2o