Aaron Larson

Executive Editor for POWER Magazine (@POWERmagazine). Navy nuke, worked at commercial nuclear, biomass, and coal facilities.

[Aaron Larson @AaronL_Power]

It's great to have @GEVernova sponsoring again this year! Don't miss all the excitement in D.C. this fall!

[Experience POWER @Experience_PWR]

Big thanks to @GEVernova — our Terawatt Sponsor for #ExperiencePOWER and Trailblazer Partner for #DataCenterPOWEReXchange! 🙌⚡
📅 EP: Sept 28–30 | DPX: Sept 30–Oct 1
📍 Omni Shoreham, Washington, D.C.
🔗 Register: https://t.co/hGUeNWCxK9
#GEVernova #PowerGeneration #DPX

[Aaron Larson @AaronL_Power]

Having @GEVernova as a sponsor in D.C. is huge. Can't wait to attend!

[Data Center POWER eXchange @data_center_pwr]

Big thanks to @GEVernova — our Terawatt Sponsor for #ExperiencePOWER and Trailblazer Partner for #DataCenterPOWEReXchange! 🙌⚡
📅 EP: Sept 28–30 | DPX: Sept 30–Oct 1
📍 Omni Shoreham, Washington, D.C.
🔗 Register: https://t.co/kdxcawzfPi
#GEVernova #PowerGeneration #DPX

[Aaron Larson @AaronL_Power]

Data center siting is complicated. Tracey Hyatt Bosman, managing director, and Tim Comerford, senior vice president at Biggins Lacy Shapiro & Co. (BLS & Co.), share some great insight on the challenges and benefits.

[POWER magazine @POWERmagazine]

5/5 The data center story isn't one story. It's hundreds — each shaped by the specific project, community, and grid.

Executive editor @AaronL_Power talks with @BLSandCompany 's Tracey Hyatt Bosman and Tim Comerford about why specificity beats slogans.

Read: https://t.co/UOi040eo6R

[Aaron Larson @AaronL_Power]

No time to waste. Get your Best Places to Work entry in today!

[POWER magazine @POWERmagazine]

❗ DEADLINE EXTENDED: MAY 8 ❗

There’s still time to enter POWER’s Best Places to Work program!

🎉 Showcase your company’s culture, celebrate your team, and highlight what makes your workplace stand out. Recognition can help strengthen employee pride, boost retention, and attract top talent in a competitive market.

Don’t miss your chance to be recognized as one of the industry’s best places to work. Apply TODAY: https://t.co/6P5WyDUhv2

[Aaron Larson @AaronL_Power]

I’ve actually been there—and yes, it’s just as impressive in person. A giant underground battery hidden inside a mountain is hard to beat.

[Tennessee Valley Authority @TVAnews]

Hidden inside Raccoon Mountain is a power plant you definitely wouldn’t expect. 👀⚡
When energy demand rises, water from a mountaintop reservoir rushes through a 1,000-foot tunnel to spin massive generators deep underground—producing 1,700 megawatts of electricity. 💡
Even cooler? The whole system works like a giant battery, storing energy by pumping water uphill and releasing it when it’s needed most!

[Aaron Larson @AaronL_Power]

I didn't really dress in a lab coat, but I did enjoy seeing the @AMPERAnuclear mock-ups and hearing from its leaders today.

[Aaron Larson @AaronL_Power]

Think Chernobyl is history?
It’s an active nuclear site, a massive cleanup project, and now a wartime target.
What POWER saw inside the Exclusion Zone at 40 years tells a very interesting story.
https://t.co/1al0n7C04d

[Aaron Larson @AaronL_Power]

Chernobyl isn’t a memorial. It’s a workplace.
Forty years after the world’s worst nuclear accident, decommissioning continues under wartime conditions, with radioactive hazards that will outlast generations.
POWER reports from inside the Exclusion Zone.
https://t.co/1al0n7C04d

[POWER magazine @POWERmagazine]

It's that time of year again! 🎉 We’re excited to partner once again with @BestCompaniesGP for the POWER Best Places to Work program!

Are you ready to showcase your commitment to excellence? This program evaluates your workplace culture, benefits, and employee experience—directly from your team’s perspective.

🏆 Why participate?
✨ Boost company pride and earn industry-wide recognition
✨ Strengthen culture and improve employee retention
✨ Stand out to attract top talent

And the best part…
🎤 Award winners will be recognized live at @Experience_PWR on Sept. 28, 2026 in Washington, D.C.!

Ready to earn your spot? 🚀 Register your company today: https://t.co/6P5WyDUhv2

[Aaron Larson @AaronL_Power]

40 years after the RBMK‑1000 failed, Chernobyl remains one of the hardest engineering problems on Earth.
From spent fuel transfer to a damaged New Safe Confinement, POWER reports on what nuclear decommissioning really looks like—decades later.
https://t.co/1al0n7C04d

[Aaron Larson @AaronL_Power]

☢️ Chernobyl turns 40 this month—and it’s still not “over.”
500 workers rotate through the Exclusion Zone every day, dismantling reactors, managing spent fuel, and repairing a massive steel confinement arch damaged by a 2025 drone strike.
https://t.co/1al0n7BseF

[Aaron Larson @AaronL_Power]

Post 3/3:
Defense plans worked as designed but couldn’t stop this voltage-driven cascade.
Big lessons & recommendations in the report.
Full analysis by @POWERmagazine → https://t.co/p6SakikG2E

[Aaron Larson @AaronL_Power]

Post 1/3:
⚡ In just 90 seconds on April 28, 2025, the entire power grids of Spain & Portugal collapsed — leaving >50 million people without electricity for up to 16 hours.
ENTSO-E’s 472-page final report is out.
POWER magazine breaks it down. Thread 👇

[Aaron Larson @AaronL_Power]

Post 2/3:
Rising voltages triggered >2.5 GW of solar & wind to disconnect in ~78 seconds.
Key culprits:
• Renewables stuck in fixed power-factor mode
• Weak reactive power from conventional plants
• Manual shunt reactors too slow
• Rooftop PV tripping en masse
• More

[Aaron Larson @AaronL_Power]

Love seeing @SPGEnergyPower spotlight this! Great insights from Hill Vaden and Doug Giuffre on the podcast! The grid's "frog is dead" moment is real: AI/data centers + electrification are rewriting the rules. Full article: https://t.co/XBkbwotE25

[Electric Power by S&P Global Energy @SPGEnergyPower]

Big shift underway

After years of flat demand, AI, data centers, and electrification are pushing North America’s power grid into a new reality. Important insights from the POWER Podcast with our experts on where investment, supply, and reliability challenges are heading. #SPGPM

[Aaron Larson @AaronL_Power]

This is a very timely event for the power industry with all the load growth coming from data centers. The committee is putting together a program you won't want to miss. Join us in D.C., Sept. 30–Oct. 1.

[Data Center POWER eXchange @data_center_pwr]

The Data Center POWER eXchange Committee met in Washington, DC to develop a conference program centered on a groundbreaking lifecycle framework addressing the intersection of rapid data center growth and grid modernization.

Stay tuned by visiting https://t.co/dBibqYpEmg. #DPX

[Aaron Larson @AaronL_Power]

We have a great advisory board helping create the agenda for this year's event. I can't wait to attend the conference in D.C., Sept. 28–Oct. 1!

[Experience POWER @Experience_PWR]

The Experience POWER Committee met in Washington, DC to collaborate on a conference program for a power industry experiencing unprecedented growth.

We’re building an agenda designed to move the industry forward. Stay tuned for updates: https://t.co/Qsu5myB8A1 #ExperiencePOWER

[Aaron Larson @AaronL_Power]

@POWERmagazine It's that time of year. Get your nominations in for POWER Awards!

[Aaron Larson @AaronL_Power]

@LongArcNews @POWERmagazine Great discussion, Nazem! Queues to 2030+ and repeated caps prove centralized gen can't match AI's curve.

Navy nuke + Quad Cities alum here—big fan of #nuclear. Do you think SMRs can be built on time/budget today? I hope so, but history hasn't been kind.

Your take?

#AIPower

[Aaron Larson @AaronL_Power]

@POWERmagazine @LongArcNews Great thread here! PJM's 6.6 GW shortfall + repeated $333/MW-day caps show grid/market limits are now the hard stop for AI scaling—data centers driving nearly all the new demand spike. Onsite engines offer the fastest bridge. https://t.co/cBRbaFkJ5u #AIPower #DataCenters