Avi Zevin

#energytwitter enthusiast. personal views etc etc.

[Avi Zevin @azevin]

@JaneAFlegal It's an interesting exercise to imagine what effective state capacity to meet the moment would be and then ask: why don't we build that?

Trump/Vance/Sacks/Johnson (and Stoller?) excluded it seems like there might even be some bipartisan consensus on this.

[Energy Policy Institute at UChicago @UChiEnergy]

We are excited to announce our 2026-2027 Policy Fellows: Former White House Special Assistant @azevin and former Heritage Foundation Deputy Director Nick Loris 🎊

Learn more: https://t.co/AtMNVUBoRv

[Avi Zevin @azevin]

@AshleySchapitl Ashley-one point to cover?: if DCHA is paying above market, shouldnt more landlords want to take vouchers, compete for tenants, & push up conditions? That was point of AFFH rule in Obama to increase value of vouchers in rich areas.

Clearly opposite is happening. Why?

[Avi Zevin @azevin]

@AttilaTheLund @mattyglesias Totally agree! As sad as I was to see the Expanse end, I think it was the right move

[Avi Zevin @azevin]

@bfurnas Can you please come help here?

https://t.co/3dpJm8MY8i

[Avi Zevin @azevin]

I think it probably does strike a chord for clean energy advocates to see long time ally @JesseJenkins attacked for taking a risk to do the exact thing we have to do to solve climate: figure out how energy users can buy clean rather than fossil.

[Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser]

It apparently strikes a chord--and a coordinated response--when you point out that people who are paid by BigTech to shill for data centers are not reliably neutral on questions central to the AI data center build out.

[Avi Zevin @azevin]

@jeffhauser @JesseJenkins Disagree with you on this Jeff. As we said constantly about the IRA, decarbonization needs to be government supported but private sector led. Starting companies to scale clean energy is exactly what we had in mind and what we need to address climate

[Avi Zevin @azevin]

this is just too on point. these guys think that being naughty is enviable. They aren't trying to make your life better, they're valorizing the opposite.

[Avi Zevin @azevin]

I just gotta say, the amount of freakout about a random NYT op-ed AND the reaction to said op-ed versus the amount of Discourse on cancelling 5 existing energy projects that will raise consumer costs in this "affordability" moment seems... Miscalibrated

[Avi Zevin @azevin]

Highly recommend taking a run through Travis's thread and thinking hard about the proposal! (I will be)

[Travis Kavulla @TKavulla]

We at @nrgenergy are big fans of the @ENERGY proposal that could create a more standardized, efficient process to connect large loads to the grid. Today we propose some concrete ideas to make sure it works as intended. 🧵

[Avi Zevin @azevin]

Also, highly commend the underlying article from former CHIPS team. It mirrors much of my experience on clean energy implementation at DOE and White House.

[Avi Zevin @azevin]

Generally agree with this from @AlecStapp.

But framing only as misguided risk aversion understates how real oversight risk is.

We must increase (smart) risk tolerance by government. But also by public/media! Need as much effort recalibrating political consequences of failure.

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

This is the paradox of "accountability" in government:

Policymakers become so obsessed with mitigating oversight/litigation risk, they ignore the ultimate risk of not actually getting anything done.

[Avi Zevin @azevin]

https://t.co/FIYfU9knZJ

[Avi Zevin @azevin]

If you don't have time to read our 17 pages on how DOE's recent effort to kick-start a FERC rulemaking can enable flexibility and speed-to-market, how about this op-ed from Roselle's @MilesFarmer and Sam Walsh and @ClementsFERC?

[Miles Farmer @MilesFarmer]

.@Energy’s ANOPR could change the way large energy users (e.g. data centers) connect to the grid. This Policy Brief, by Roselle LLP and @ClementsFERC, working with @NichInstitute, unpacks a promising principle in the ANOPR: interconnection for flexible loads should be expedited.

[Avi Zevin @azevin]

By the Roselle team (@MilesFarmer @Smaczni Sam Walsh, @GabeDaly @NathanLobel & me) & @ClementsFERC

https://t.co/7BesLVMrxn

[Avi Zevin @azevin]

Recently the Trump Admin kicked off an important new FERC rulemaking process, positing that interconnection of e.g. AI data centers should be regulated at the federal level, and that regulation should encourage flexibility of operation.

[Avi Zevin @azevin]

If done right, there's potential to drive new supply, enable speed-to-market, and limit ratepayer impacts. But it's complex!

FERC launched a lightning-fast comment process.
Today @NichInstitute released a brief on what FERC must do to get those benefits.