Conor Harrison

Associate Professor, Department of Geography at UofSC, studying energy, environment, and inequality (not necessarily in that order)

[U of MN Press @UMinnPress]

📣 Exciting forthcoming books await! 50+ titles in our Fall/Winter catalog: Essays, memoir, environment, activism, fiction, nonfiction—featuring @MuraDavid @electricgeog @queergeog @alexisshotwell @heymayahey @subaltern77 @delton85 & more!

https://t.co/IQsWi4Joqu

[Conor Harrison @electricgeog]

Great new book out on solar - I’m chapter two! See link for free copy below.

[Siddharth Sareen @sidsareen]

It's... (drumroll)... PUBLICATION DAY! It's a treat I'll long remember, to get to edit the chapters of these terrific scholars, from discussing drafts in Denver in March 2023 to holding the published @UCLpress volume in wonder. Download your free copy NOW: https://t.co/aMgouNz5bN

[Conor Harrison @electricgeog]

@GeogSara https://t.co/CZu0lGIfOx not quite NC but here is something I did with an undergraduate student at University of South Carolina.

[Conor Harrison @electricgeog]

@tylerhnorris @postandcourier I was interviewed for this article on SC demand and tried to provide some sanity. A lot of breathless grid crisis talk by the utilities here.

[Javon L. Harris, JD @JavonLHarris_JD]

In my latest story related to the controversial '10-year energy transformation act,' I took a look at what our state's future energy demands are actually projected to be, according to data from @DominionEnergy and Santee Cooper.
https://t.co/YdLhtAkwr0

[My Horry News @MyHorryNews]

How Santee Cooper plans to decrease carbon emissions

https://t.co/hGF7darVtV

[Conor Harrison @electricgeog]

@fredstaffordcs This is a tricky one - need to look closely at those utility load forecasts. They are usually quite wrong.

[Conor Harrison @electricgeog]

We are hiring for a postdoctoral research fellow in energy justice. Details posted here, any questions get in touch! https://t.co/8uTpyx8Elm

[Conor Harrison @electricgeog]

@fredstaffordcs All true - only commenting on the residual skepticism that exists amongst regulators and legislators.

[Conor Harrison @electricgeog]

@Matthuber78 Is it worth it?

[American Association of Geographers @theAAG]

Consumer protection or capitalist regulatory capture? @electricgeog and @shelley_welton examine monopolies and competition in the southeastern electricity system. https://t.co/zs8WHP2b4o

[Conor Harrison @electricgeog]

Thanks to Lee for having me on!

[Lee Vinsel @STS_News]

This week's Peoples & Things features Conor Harrison, Associate Professor of Geography and the SEOE the University of South Carolina, talking about his research into the racist development of electrical systems in the Jim Crow South.

https://t.co/1JFjRlnaDv

[Conor Harrison @electricgeog]

@Matthuber78 One of the states adding renewables at the fastest rate right now is doing almost entirely by the monopoly IOUs. Building 75 MW solar farms left and right. It’s Florida - yes, that Florida. Not perfect by any means, but evidence of the power of centralized planning.

[Conor Harrison @electricgeog]

@Matthuber78 Amazingly there are only about 20 tax equity investors in solar (all banks), with two of them making up about 50% of investment! Transferability of tax credits was supposed to expand that pool - haven’t heard if that has been the case.

[Conor Harrison @electricgeog]

@Matthuber78 Maybe it’s time to increase corporate taxes as a convoluted renewable growth strategy.

[Conor Harrison @electricgeog]

@MagSugg Me too.

[Conor Harrison @electricgeog]

@fredstaffordcs This seems to indicate that he’s been involved with it for a while: https://t.co/3yau3YNQG3

[Conor Harrison @electricgeog]

@andrew_wiebe @tombogert @Extratime @MLS When will @MattDoyle76 return to writing the weekly wrap up columns??

[Conor Harrison @electricgeog]

@Matthuber78 @DanTbobMan IOUs enjoy being monopolies!