I've come to the opinion that this book is mostly stuff people working on power market design would agree with, combined with a confusing misdiagnosis that failures to rapidly decarbonize are somehow due to market design rather than technoeconomic fundamentals.

I love how VCs call us “operators”. Makes it sound like we’re driving tractors and heavy machinery instead of building SaaS tools

time to build

400 MWac solar + 1.3 GWh 'off grid' solar power plant for the 'Saudi Arabia Red Sea Project' - a city being built in the desert.

Half of the early bird tickets for DERVOS '24 have been scooped up. Get yours quickly to get the discount!

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Podcast time with David Banmiller & The Interchange.

Talking some of my favorite topics - load growth, industrial decarb, data centers, why Texas is great and most importantly distributed storage. #WMSESS

Democrats can be dumb and hate the economy. But it’s not a party exclusive thing - Republicans do it all the time it too.

Here’s a sampling of things they’ve expressed wanting to do in just the past few months:

1) arbitrarily ban new products for vibes reasons (lab meat ban)

Cool to see us on the BuildList for techno-optimist content creators alongside Cleo Abram Jason Carman First Principles Garry Tan and others.

Thanks Ryan McEntush Christian Keil.

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Who can I follow to learn more about what it takes to build more housing in major American cities? We need more San Franciscans! 🌁

Both are good!

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At gym doing squats. Going pretty heavy and feeling psyched.

At the bottom of 4th rep I hear what sounds like a super loud whip or crack of some kind. It’s very jarring and I almost fall over. Somehow manage to get back up and rack the weight. I look around and everyone is

Anyone know a contact for the Silicon Valley Bank experience center in downtown SF! We’d love to book for a few hours.

Thanks!!!

Electricity rates for California businesses are up 50% since 2020🥵, but microgrids and VPPs offer a path to giving them (and the state's economy) more affordable power to grow - while also supporting the utility grid we all depend on: scalemicrogrids.com/blog/how-energ…

Utilities: OMG we're completely overwhelmed with supply growth from solar, wait 10 years to connect! Also, we're completely overwhelmed with demand growth from data centers, please wait 10 years to connect!

There might be a secret third solution here...

DERVOS 2024 is coming up soon. If you have someone in mind who'd be a great speaker / panelist, let us know!

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gyms with saunas should not have music blasting in them. NG I will source you short lead-time transformers if you can make this happen.