📰 Big news out of Texas today!
ERCOT just approved a transformative new initiative: a voluntary, market-based Energy Attribute Certificate (EAC) system designed to accelerate advanced energy development & economic growth across the state.
EACs are tracking instruments that provide customers with detailed information about where and when their electricity was generated & the resources used to produce it.
Learn more ⤵️
The House of Representatives has now passed EIGHT pieces of geothermal permitting legislation.
Earlier today the House approved the Geothermal Energy Advancement Act, a package of 6 bipartisan bills.
Fingers crossed we soon see Senate action on geothermal permitting reform!
For reference, the package included the following legislation: the GEO Act, the STEAM Act, the Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act, the Geothermal Gold Book Development Act, the Geothermal Royalty Reform Act, and the Geothermal Ombudsman for National Deployment Act.
NEW: Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) unveils sweeping new standards for data centers (huge issue with voters nationwide)
Among the standards: They must sink it“sustainability plan detailing how they will deploy advanced technology to limit water & energy consumption by the data center”
Next-gen geothermal remains slowed by high cost of resource confirmation.
@CleanEconProj, WSG & C3 Solutions are proposing a new Appraisal Risk Program at DOE.
Would provide concessionary support for resource appraisal drilling across diversified geologic basins.
Link below!
Next-generation #geothermal could dramatically reduce the cost of achieving #California's clean energy goals, but only if the state acts now to remove critical development barriers.
https://t.co/2ET8x6a9qh
Rate freezes are a temporary band-aid that risk making the affordability problem worse.
If we want to keep electricity bills stable, we need to build more power plants + transmission lines. And love them or hate them, utilities have an important role to play.
MYTH: Rate freezes protect consumers.
They may stabilize bills in the nearterm. But what happens to the system when prices don't reflect the cost of building and maintaining it?
@daniel_wolf1 breaks down why short-term relief can lock in long-term pain in Ep. 2 of Myth v. Fact.
Today, we’re proud to announce the commissioning of Project Big Stone, one of the world’s largest battery storage systems.
The 5 GWh project is already delivering round-the-clock energy to @POETbiofuels' Big Stone City, SD facility:
https://t.co/2NePx1Fr8K
New analysis from Clean Air Task Force and @AcadiaCtr finds a major opportunity to cut electricity costs in New England: how we finance transmission.
https://t.co/1d3KYTNT3H
The federal government is launching a new National Electricity Strategy to double the capacity of Canada’s electricity grid and deliver cleaner, more affordable, more reliable energy systems built by Canadians, for Canadians.
Learn more: https://t.co/a6QoYHwpVw
BTM buildout for data centers is a symptom of a broken planning, permitting, and financing system. We need structural solutions, not just near-term affordability band-aids.
The @CleanEconProj is hiring a Brand & Communications Project Manager to help elevate our public profile and amplify the impact of our work.
3–5 years of experience in comms, marketing, public affairs, media, digital content, or related field required. Salary range: $140-$150k
It feels like energy twitter discourse is in a perpetual doom loop of BTM meter vs front-of-meter data center arguments when the answer is obviously there will be of course be a good amount of BTM for speed-to-power and resiliency but the long-term goal is a grid connection