Reposting because Kid #2 is now very much into Octonauts (so this song is on my mind), and the FirstEnergy scandal remains in the (Ohio) headlines...

The AZ AG is a former law professor and should know better -- always post the underlying order! Here it is - docket.images.azcc.gov/0000211303.pdf… In the order, the ACC finds that a utility's 200 MW expansion of a natural gas power plant doesn't need a certificate of enviro compatibility.

“Simply put, we need to build these units and we need to build them now,” Georgia Power lawyer Steve Hewitson told commissioners.

Amidst all the celebration by some state leaders of $5 billion of taxpayer money going for new gas plants, no one noticed that the 2nd largest project selected by the Public Utility Commission of Texas included Next Era on their application *without their permission.* Not a great start. #txlege #txenergy

Yesterday, new Commissioner Chang began voting on FERC orders. FERC is back to 5 voting Commissioners for the first time since December 2022.

Clinical Instructor Sommer Engels and Faculty Director Andrew Mergen co-authored The Supreme Court’s Shadowy Treatment of Public Health, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Apply to be a State Commission Fellow, job postings for Louisiana, Maryland, and Massachusetts stateimpactcenter.org/about/fellows-…

16 electric cooperatives are *big* winners today of $7.3 billion from the federal New ERA program to pursue solar, wind, storage, and other low emissions tech. These coops serve more than 1/5th of rural America and are investing in over $29 billion in clean tech. Remarkable.

Massachusetts awarding contracts for three offshore wind projects today. - SouthCoast Wind 1,278MW (1,087MW for Mass, 200MW for RI) - Avangrid's New England Wind 791MW -Vineyard Wind 2 800 MW