Lisa Linowes

Save Right Whales Coalition, Windaction Group. Energy policy. Advocate for communities, wildlife facing large-scale renewable energy development.

[Lisa Linowes @LinowesLisa]

RGGI began with a goal of cutting its emissions cap 10% by 2018. Actual emissions fell well below that! NOW, states have adopted a framework that cuts the original ten-state cap by 95% by 2037. At what cost to ratepayers & grid reliability? Policymakers owe us answers.

[Lisa Linowes @LinowesLisa]

Sect 1401 of the Senate’s permitting bill (BAAJA) protects federal permits even when approvals may violate the law. Agencies must be allowed to correct past mistakes. This is special-interest protection, not permitting reform. I'm so tired of the politics. https://t.co/oU4JXXKDBD

[Lisa Linowes @LinowesLisa]

Really? @Shemkus claims RGGI will avoid 4.3 BILLION tons of CO₂. Make that 4.3 MILLION, a 1,000-fold error. The touted $1.3 billion in ratepayer savings? RGGI's costs hit today while benefits remain unverified projections years into the future. future. https://t.co/YBYGxhPyNo

[Lisa Linowes @LinowesLisa]

@Gee43642 @Interior @SaveNARW @GreenOceansRI @windaction This filing by @Interior is more consequential because it goes directly at @BOEM 's violations of OCSLA. We discuss how the court's hands were largely tied on the prior challenges to the COP in this piece. https://t.co/J7tM9UYJ5I

[Lisa Linowes @LinowesLisa]

The Trump Administration and @Interior are correcting in seeking a remand on the approval of Revolution Wind. This request is long overdue! @SaveNARW @GreenOceansRI @windaction https://t.co/0y1E1CHsSi

[Michael Shellenberger @shellenberger]

@Electroversenet Awful @LinowesLisa

[Lisa Linowes @LinowesLisa]

The carbon tax is coming due. This week, RGGI states tapped old allowance inventory to add supply to a market already clearing at $37.65/ton. Much steeper cap reductions begin in 2027. Our prices are only going up! @windaction @FiscalAlliance https://t.co/pvuUSlFDi5

[Lisa Linowes @LinowesLisa]

This massive wind project proposed for Maine lacks permits, has no spot in ISO-NE’s queue, and won’t be operational until after 2030, meaning it will not qualify for federal subsidies. I highly doubt it will ever get built. @windaction https://t.co/L3x7wyP74A

[Lisa Linowes @LinowesLisa]

In 2019, Liberty Utilities’ David Swain pushed to site 604' turbines just 500' from property lines, 664' to homes, despite residents' safety concerns. Now there've been 3 catastrophic turbine failures in 3 yrs. Liberty must be held accountable. @windaction https://t.co/jMd7pyXeOj

[Lisa Linowes @LinowesLisa]

@johnfgately They don’t change my findings; if anything, they reinforce them. The RGGI report confirms that the allowance surplus is expected to shrink as annual carbon caps are reduced starting in 2027. That is the scarcity mechanism I cited as putting upward pressure on allowance prices.

[Lisa Linowes @LinowesLisa]

Thank you @johnfgately and @FiscalAlliance! @shellenberger @pwrhungry

[JohnFGately @johnfgately]

A wholesale tax is about to hockey stick Massachusetts electricity rates, according to a new study from the @FiscalAlliance #mapoli

[Lisa Linowes @LinowesLisa]

This court order is a process ruling, not a win for BIG wind. It does not force DoD to approve any project, lock in prior decisions, or ignore updated nat. security risks. DoD retains full authority to find risk unmitigable & refuse clearance. @windaction https://t.co/xRjw1iWMdO

[Lisa Linowes @LinowesLisa]

ISO New England reports Canadian wildfire smoke in July cut regional solar output 50%—about 3,000 MW. Smoke also lowered temps pushing actual demand 4,000 MW below forecast. Amazing how one atmospheric event affected both supply and demand! @windaction https://t.co/xd334PZDNd

[Lisa Linowes @LinowesLisa]

Congratulations @wind_concerns for a great job in Alberta protecting the public from harmful wind turbine impacts! https://t.co/r9S6PpIJ2M @windaction

[Lisa Linowes @LinowesLisa]

Thank you Master Resource and R. Bradley this important piece! https://t.co/9ebg7yOo5w @IERenergy @windaction @SaveNARW

[Lisa Linowes @LinowesLisa]

7/7 That is not timing-sensitive economic analysis. @Reuters is pushing an unfalsifiable defense of permanent government support. Time for big media to test industry claims—not launder them into economic common sense.

[Lisa Linowes @LinowesLisa]

Here we go again! @Reuters is recycling the stale wind/solar argument: end subsidies & power rates will rise.

Our response 🧵1/7 https://t.co/zq2SvY9R5a @windaction @GavinJMaguire @shellenberger @pwrhungry

[Lisa Linowes @LinowesLisa]

6/7 Now that demand is growing, the same subsidies are portrayed as essential to prevent shortages.
Under this logic, stagnant demand requires subsidies for decarbonization, while rising demand requires them for resource adequacy. There is never a right time to end them.