As the Bay Area is getting much needed rain, we need to start getting ready for more blackouts this summer - local solar and batteries has already helped, and can do so much more!
In today’s @latimes, my story about power generation getting smaller and nimbler, plus criticism that Gov. Newsom isn’t doing enough to clean up the grid far more quickly: https://t.co/yG2Zwf0dfh
Lot of things I could say (and I agree with a lot that's been said on here tonight), but I'll leave it at this:
As someone who was there before most, there was no more loyal guy to the cause over the entire trajectory of the journey than @AndrewBatesNC.
i’m reading every basketball tweet
listening to every basketball podcast
reading every basketball article
watching every basketball youtube video
i want them all
send me every single thing
thank you
The transition of sports fandom from loyalty and joy and community to monetization and commodification is a little heartbreaking to me. A signal of the broader commercialization of everything not nailed down in America.
@mattyglesias Agree that the name isn’t perfect. But 1 GW of capacity from 200,000 home batteries doing grid injection is very much real.
More here: https://t.co/r8PjjIgT3j
President Obama on Iran: “We pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. There’s no dispute that it worked and we didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz”
Far reaching electricity reform is being contemplated from Valley Forge to Trenton to Harrisburg. Lower ROEs, performance-based ratemaking, ERCOTificiation, oh my!
https://t.co/9blFQK4Dey
Most people still talk about AI data centers as a demand story.
I keep ending up at grid stability.
NERC just issued its highest level alert, saying big computational loads can swing power use in seconds and leave operators little room to respond. The server rack is now acting like a grid event.
Source: Business Insider
This California legislation could give virtual power plants a path to compete with fossil-fueled peakers — and help the state curb its rising power rates.
https://t.co/ZK7mfGQp6N
This California legislation could give virtual power plants a path to compete with fossil-fueled peakers — and help the state curb its rising power rates.
https://t.co/ZK7mfGQp6N
Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.
Spent Saturday with President Obama and New York's Cutest — turns out my first name is Mayor and I need to be doing more squats.
Here’s to building a City where families can thrive and every classroom is full of this much joy.