Dedicated to the proposition that, no matter the problem, expanding high-voltage transmission capacity is probably the solution. Let's build big, new, beautiful things.https://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3lu6izow5lk2kShutting down REAP is so disheartening. This program has not been without its issues -- all solvable -- this action solves nothing. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/usda-solar-rural-grants-uncertainty17 Jul 2025 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu6izow5lk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3lsyrcfux722mOnly posting good news today. Whooping crane population is up! https://www.eenews.net/articles/texas-whooping-cranes-hit-record-population-number-fws-says/02 Jul 2025 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsyrcfux722mhttps://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3lppozhfzok2o“It’s not a matter of us making more profit or anything like that,” explained Juech. “The prices that we pay are going up.” https://www.fox19.com/2025/05/20/duke-energys-rate-increase-begins-soon/21 May 2025 22:54 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lppozhfzok2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3lphl3bn5zs2lFor parents: "Gen Z users and a dad tested Instagram Teen Accounts. Their feeds were shocking." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/18/instagram-teen-accounts-test/18 May 2025 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lphl3bn5zs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3lojsl767zc2zIs this a normal EIA "analysis-in-brief" article? #EnergySky https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=6518406 May 2025 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lojsl767zc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3lojrnje3pk2pHey #EnergySky, I am looking for the best plain language explainer on utility rate recovery and state utility regulation. I've been poking around, watching YouTube videos, &tc, &tc. Would love to find a visualization. HELP06 May 2025 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lojrnje3pk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3lo7qp5bhc22tHere is what the energy affordability crisis looks like close up. The official response correctly identifies the problem but doesn't offer much in the way of solutions. https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/family-wants-answers-after-sun-city-woman-died-when-her-power-was-shut-off02 May 2025 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo7qp5bhc22thttps://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3lnigemsnvc2yWhen it comes to electric bills, a majority of Americans do NOT believe the government is sufficiently protecting electric consumers. Excellent coverage of new polling from @ipsosus.bsky.social and @powerlines.org. #EnergySky https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/utilities/rising-gas-electric-bills-survey23 Apr 2025 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnigemsnvc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3lngiz44i5s22"We're only one wildfire away from a bankruptcy." Wyoming Rural Electric Association's Shawn Taylor. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2025 20:22 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lngiz44i5s22https://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3llyrqegq3c2iForget this week's special elections -- here are the exciting races. The Georgia PSC elections are going to be at the top of the ballot in November, bringing issues swirling around rates and affordability into sharp focus. Coverage in the @georgiarecorder.com💡🔌https://bit.ly/4iYjilI04 Apr 2025 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3llyrqegq3c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3lltyx6xugc2nIf you haven't been following recent 'discussions' between the Florida legislature's and the Florida PSC, you are missing out. 💡🔌 https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/03/31/psc-chair-grilled-over-supreme-court-chief-justices-criticisms/02 Apr 2025 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lltyx6xugc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3lltwmc5dv22mCurious that some of the most interesting research I am seeing is coming from financial analysis. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2025 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lltwmc5dv22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3llrqrtmjx223Via @cnn.com: Also terminated was the entire staff of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, according to Mark Wolfe, executive director of the National Energy Assistance Directors Association." LIHEAP provides about $4 billion to help millions ... with their heating and cooling bills.01 Apr 2025 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3llrqrtmjx223https://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3llly355o5s2vAnyone curious about Denmark's relationship to Greenland could watch Season 1, episode 4 of #Borgen (Netflix) as a quick explainer. bit.ly/3XFzjV7 https://www.netflix.com/watch/81252419?trackId=268410292&tctx=0%2C0%2C9ff6b3a3-7376-41c7-a958-27066d8dda8c-119380574%2C9ff6b3a3-7376-41c7-a958-27066d8dda8c-119380574%7C2%2Cunknown%2C%2C%2CtitlesResults%2C70302482%2CVideo%3A81252419%2CdetailsPageEpisodePlayButton30 Mar 2025 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3llly355o5s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3linrt67xsk2eOrdinary humans discussing the PJM capacity market on the New Jersey Reddit page. #EnergySky https://www.reddit.com/r/newjersey/comments/1ioloip/can_someone_explain_like_im_five_i_dont_quite/21 Feb 2025 02:42 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3linrt67xsk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3lfnjko22wk23From the USDA: "More than one in five rural Americans will benefit from clean energy investments supported through the New ERA and PACE programs." USDA has awarded roughly 90% of IIJA funding for these programs. 🎉🎉 bit.ly/3WgsRmS https://bit.ly/3WgsRmS13 Jan 2025 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfnjko22wk23https://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3lfn7jrrlsk2mIf you are wondering about the prospects for electrifying rail transport, read this EXCELLENT commentary from Jim Hoecker and Michael Iden in Power Magazine. #EnergySky https://www.powermag.com/u-s-railroading-what-sectors-future-power-suppliers-will-need-to-know/13 Jan 2025 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfn7jrrlsk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3lf454sh3ss2nI am having a debate with a friend over the pronunciation of radiator. He says people in New York and NJ pronounce it RAD-iator (rhymes with gladiator), not RAY-diator. Can this be true? I have never heard that. It sounds ridiculous. 💡🔌06 Jan 2025 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf454sh3ss2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3ldre55zjf22eUSDA received $46 billion in clean energy proposals from electric co-ops competing for New ERA's $9.7 billion in available funding. These are projects developed by and for rural communities across the country. @jasonplautz.bsky.social https://www.eenews.net/articles/rural-utilities-are-slashing-co2-will-it-last-under-trump/20 Dec 2024 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldre55zjf22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3ld7gex4llc2zI love the English language. Sadly, policy communications is killing it. Slowly, inevitably. It's a war of attrition. We're down to maybe 15 verbs: engage, collaborate, promote, develop, deploy, boost, reduce, integrate, impact (😱), build, deploy, invest, partner, expire, model. 🔌💡13 Dec 2024 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7gex4llc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3lcw3j5bzls2tI am in Morris, MN (the Prairie's edge). The green ammonia summit has barely begun and a theme is emerging: community and family ownership enabling diversifying and advancing rural development.🔌💡10 Dec 2024 01:26 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcw3j5bzls2thttps://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3lclgzzmbo22gFirst time ever quoting the CEO of Exxon: “One of the challenges with this polarized political environment we find ourselves in is the impact of policy switching back and forth as political cycles occur and elections happen and administrations change. That’s not good for the economy.” Agree. 🔌💡05 Dec 2024 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lclgzzmbo22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tkwarren.bsky.social/post/3lcdy3pehis26From @mattyglesias.bsky.social: ...if you want to appeal to the interests of working-class Americans, you have to think about energy. Not purely as a source of jobs to reassure people that oil and gas jobs could be replaced by “green jobs,” but as an actual cornerstone of economic well-being. 🔌💡02 Dec 2024 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:pzadbuaiy5oluucy2kpplyo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcdy3pehis26