This week’s California PUC proposed decision is misguided, misinformed, & won't result in the development of community solar projects that maximize benefits to low-income communities as envisioned by the State Legislature. Read our full statement here: communitysolaraccess.org/news/ccsa-stat…

Oregon divests from coal! Thanks to all who worked so hard to make this happen!

It's here! Thank you Energy Bar Association PDF version: eba-net.org/wp-content/upl…

Who's lobbying on what with whom in the U.S. states? Very proud to be making this major transparency and democratic accountability tool available free to the public. This dataset has 14 million lobbying records in 17 states, on all issues. And cool network graphics 4u.

The past 10 years have been the hottest on record, and if we don’t act, scientists expect temps to only rise – wreaking havoc on communities, crops, economies, & global health. Looking forward to discussing solutions to this vitally important issue with @IFRC’s @Jagan_Chapagain.

Big day for FERC watchers—confirmation hearing and monthly meeting. Also today, Senator John Hickenlooper and Rep. Scott Peters 👑 are introducing the SPEED & Reliability Act to accelerate interregional transmission permitting! Here’s what it does:

Swiss Re Institute published a report that calculates “that #naturaldisasters resulted in insured losses of $108B in 2023, marking the 4th consecutive year exceeding $100B.” Event frequency (142 insured-loss #catastrophes) was the major driver of losses heatmap.news/economy/swiss-…

Join us on Saturday morning #ISA2024 for a panel discussion that moves beyond the normative debate on just transitions. Our panel presents groundbreaking research on the development and implementation of just transitions across continents. Kathryn Chelminski Stacy D VanDeveer

Los Angeles Times Sean Greene Coal is the lifeblood of Colstrip, Montana. It employs 600 people in a city of 2,000. So what happens now that Oregon and Washington don't want to buy coal from Colstrip anymore? I spent several days in the rural town. Read my story for Los Angeles Times: latimes.com/environment/st… 3/

Here it is! Our conference is coming. All online, all free. All super interesting. A dozen case studies of obstruction of climate action in European countries and at the level of the EU. The insights and lessons translate to the rest of the world, so c'mon and join us!

The IURC has opened an investigation into whether a distributed energy resources aggregator under FERC Order 2222 implementation should be considered a "public utility." The Commission is encouraging potential DER aggregators to intervene. iurc.portal.in.gov/docketed-case-…

Spring is in full bloom and two @FERC sunshine notices are out. This is a good time to step back and reflect on transmission planning as I’ve thought about it in my years here. (1/7)

“There is unlikely to be any document for years to come reflecting such a comprehensive set of [interconnection] solutions,” said Tyler Norris, former head of development at Cypress Creek Renewables. utilitydive.com/news/doe-trans…

Rising electricity demand will require a “portfolio approach” of resources, including energy storage, hydropower, nuclear, geothermal, grid-enhancing technologies and demand-side management, DOE said. utilitydive.com/news/DOE-futur…

venezuela becomes first country to have lost all its glaciers apparently, they had 6

When I started at @FERC, my vision was not necessarily Order 1920. Read here for more: utilitydive.com/news/ferc-orde…

Climate finance as the new debt burden? #GlobalSouth #climatefinance reuters.com/investigates/s…

In today’s Los Angeles Times: I ran down the last 32 coal plants still operating in the American West, and tried to figure out how they’ve avoided shutdown. Check it out: latimes.com/environment/ne…