Daniel Wolf

power sector decarb @CleanEconProj

[CEBA @CEBAPower]

📰 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 ⤵️

[Daniel Wolf @daniel_wolf1]

Also: the House passed the CLEAN Act earlier this afternoon, and the HEATS Act last month.

[Daniel Wolf @daniel_wolf1]

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!

[Daniel Wolf @daniel_wolf1]

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.

[Daniel Wolf @daniel_wolf1]

Notable: By 2035, developers must agree to meet 1/3 of data center electricity demand with additional, clean firm power.

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

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”

[Daniel Wolf @daniel_wolf1]

Read more: https://t.co/UPfIaQyEYt

[Daniel Wolf @daniel_wolf1]

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!

[Daniel Wolf @daniel_wolf1]

Excellent new report from @cleanaircatf's Ann Garth and @wilson_ricks

[Clean Air Task Force @cleanaircatf]

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

[Daniel Wolf @daniel_wolf1]

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.

[CleanEcon @CleanEconProj]

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.

[Daniel Wolf @daniel_wolf1]

@RicOConnell8

[Daniel Wolf @daniel_wolf1]

Congrats to Mike O'Connor and the entire @PubEnterprise team on the launch of this important effort!!

[Matthew Zeitlin @MattZeitlin]

Geothermal Is Hot. It's Bipartisan. It Has a Mountain West Consortium.

[Antora Energy @antoraenergy]

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

[Clean Air Task Force @cleanaircatf]

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

[Daniel Wolf @daniel_wolf1]

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[Prime Minister of Canada @CanadianPM]

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

[Daniel Wolf @daniel_wolf1]

@NiyerEnergy Yes excellent point on RBA

[Daniel Wolf @daniel_wolf1]

I just finished reading PJM’s seventy-page market design white paper (so now you don’t have to!)

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[Jane Flegal @JaneAFlegal]

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.

[Daniel Wolf @daniel_wolf1]

Apply here: https://t.co/U993P2ljvO

[Daniel Wolf @daniel_wolf1]

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

[Aaron Stoll @Astoll15]

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

[Daniel Wolf @daniel_wolf1]

@NiyerEnergy But I feel like the price collar is well below Net CONE for CC units, so something else has to be driving that. Bilateral contracting?