Avi Zevin

#energytwitter enthusiast. personal views etc etc.

[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.

[Tyler Norris @tylerhnorris]

🚨 NEW REPORT:
A major @FERC rulemaking on large load interconnection is likely imminent, and anyone who wants to understand its potential should read @NichInstitute's new brief by @MilesFarmer @ClementsFERC @azevin @Smaczni et al. https://t.co/Lq3ZGcOhpM

[Avi Zevin @azevin]

BUT: An ANOPR is a regulatory tool to put ideas out and ask questions. DOE hasn't directed FERC to do anything, expanded FERC's jurisdiction, even proposed anything specific.

It's clear where DOE wants things to go. But it will be up to FERC where to go.

https://t.co/Ebf1W6pt2d

[Reasonably Approximating 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🔋 🅰️ @bert_gilfoyle]

This notice from DOE directs the FERC to create standardized, fast, and non-discriminatory interconnection procedures for large loads exceeding 20 MW, particularly data centers and AI facilities.

It expands FERC’s jurisdiction to large loads (not just generation), and proposes requiring the same kind of deposits, standards, and readiness to curtail or dispatch for flexible loads. It emphasizes studying “hybrid facilities” where large loads share interconnections with generation to minimize grid upgrades and expedite approvals.

BESS co-located with data centers would appear to qualify as hybrid, dispatchable facilities, eligible for accelerated interconnection (possibly <= 60 days with streamlined studies) and reduced upgrade costs.

The caveat is that hybrid operators must accept curtailment controls, and fund necessary network upgrades.

[Avi Zevin @azevin]

Roselle partner @MilesFarmer outlines thoughts on DOE's start of a rulemaking process at FERC on large load interconnection.

This is MUCH better than the last time the Trump Admin kicked off a rule making process at FERC (in 2017 aimed at keeping piles of coal around)

[Miles Farmer @MilesFarmer]

Major development🚨🚨 @ENERGY directs @FERC to consider an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on large load interconnection. THREAD highlighting noteworthy paragraphs: