"Our utility system largely consists of for-profit companies with a monopoly over an essential service, building as much shit as they possibly can so they can pass the cost onto you [the ratepayer]." YES @iamjohnoliver, let's talk about it!!!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️
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Renewable energy project development is tough right now. We thought this summed up the findings of our Q1 PPA Price Index report (read more at https://t.co/KFUiQUhRbb).
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I’m also eager to see more clean capacity unlocked ASAP. But the PJM proposal isn’t the problem. It’s that we waited too long and let the issue get out of hand before ushering change.
It’s a cautionary tale. Let’s keep up the pressure to ensure there aren’t further delays.
If I were hiring an experienced energy policy analyst I’d only need one interview question: what state utility commission has your least favorite website?
I talk about living a simple life with my friends and becoming a farmer but @Rachel_Smucker looked me dead in the eyes and told me “But you love the game” and she’s absolutely right… #TMG
New state filings show Dominion Energy paid a newspaper columnist more than $260,000 over the last four years.
As @BPaves previously reported, the columnist - Gordon Morse - sometimes wrote unsigned editorials praising Dominion in Hampton Roads newspapers.
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We were so pleased and excited to learn of @wlphillips' nomination to @FERC. He's an excellent regulator, a natural leader, and an all-around great guy! Read the complete statements issued earlier today: https://t.co/17asILLCkX #energytwitter
Catching up on emails & just peeped that @SarahVogelsong won first-place in the “Outstanding Explanatory Reporting” category in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ Awards for Reporting on the Environment contest for her coverage of the #VCEA! Well deserved, Sarah!!!
Telling solar customers that they should pay a grid access fee because they buy less electricity from the utility is like telling grocery store customers that they should pay an entrance fee if they plant a vegetable garden.
Tx @RipSullivan48 for highlighting the biggest reform no one mentions - the election of two progressive Commissioners who now make up a majority of the State Corporation Commission & supervise utility rate review in VA @VirginiaLCV@vasierraclub@VCNVAorg https://t.co/SMYPcuAwW9