Karsten Barde

National Grid clean energy strategy & policy. Raised in CA, New Englander by choice. Father of 2 boys. (Opinions mine, RTs not endorsements.)

[Emily Grubert @emilygrubert]

How we get to, and stay, at or below zero emissions matters enormously, animated by justice.

Successful transition must be built around providing services for all people to thrive — housing, healthcare, etc. A priority: safe housing resilient to dangerous temperatures.

[Anna Brockway 🇺🇦 @AnnaBrockway]

Preview of my research team's work on impacts of electrification (EVs, elec heating) on the electric distribution grid- our results use detailed infrastructure data & raise impt qs about the pace of needed grid upgrades and planning ahead for utility workforce & capacity needs.

[Karsten Barde @karstenbarde]

@NECEC @NYSERDA @nationalgridus @QuebecNewYork @QuebecBoston Looking forward to what comes out of this one.

[Tanuj Deora 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 @TanujDeora]

https://t.co/TkeRQDnkga

The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is looking for Fall 2022 Interns!

This is an in-person paid internship and applicants must be U.S. citizens and current undergraduate or graduate students. The deadline to apply is Friday 6/24/22.

[Fred Krupp @FredKrupp]

The most important priority now is passing the clean energy tax credits now being considered in the Senate. Nothing will give U.S. manufacturers, installers and workers a bigger boost. More in my latest for @thehill https://t.co/mIhPkzfFO0 (/thread)

[Allison Clements @ClementsFERC]

Okay, #energytwitter, it’s Friday afternoon so perhaps it’s time to give you what you’ve surely been waiting for: a hyper-wonky thread on issues @FERC should consider to enhance grid reliability and save customers money in the face of extreme weather. https://t.co/imnBDMAfmb

[Sammy Roth @Sammy_Roth]

Sobering new report shows a serious risk of power shortages across the country this summer, for all sorts of reasons. Drought, extreme heat, fire, coal retirements, supply-chain constraints and more: https://t.co/DmURn6vnb1

[Karsten Barde @karstenbarde]

"and get a retroactive decision from the voters based on a lot of misinformation from energy companies that stood to lose money from this new line coming through.”

[Karsten Barde @karstenbarde]

This piece says it all. It needs a better headline, though. https://t.co/CAQwZ2MeOb

[Karsten Barde @karstenbarde]

Our (now former) EEA Sec @ClimateKatie nails it: "What makes me concerned is the idea that a project that was fully permitted by state entities could go to the ballot..."

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

The environmental movement of the last generation was partly organized around stopping things. But to save the planet we are going to have to build things at an unprecedented speed and scale. We need to make it easier, not harder, to build big, planet saving projects.

[Karsten Barde @karstenbarde]

@srose14 Great piece!

[Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs @MassEEA]

Today, the Baker-Polito Administration kicked off Massachusetts' first-in-the-nation Commission on Clean Heat, bringing together a diverse and experienced group of stakeholders to help the Commonwealth reduce emissions from its buildings sector.

🍃 More: https://t.co/9i9iQoFgv0

[NYT Business @nytimesbusiness]

The London Underground is playing a role in a groundbreaking experiment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings. https://t.co/OzysMMMdOD

[Ford Motor Company @Ford]

We’ve been trying to get you all comfortable with EVs for a while now, but maybe we were just speaking the wrong language.

A THREAD 🧵

[Jason Bordoff @JasonBordoff]

😳

[Karsten Barde @karstenbarde]

4 days til Christmas, everyone. Hang in there!

[Karsten Barde @karstenbarde]

Energy efficiency should drive down end use gas demand with new technologies and strategies -- perhaps up to 30%.

[Karsten Barde @karstenbarde]

An informed analysis of the multiple strategies needed to drive down GHG emissions from gas https://t.co/2dfE1CNIhl

[Karsten Barde @karstenbarde]

Many end uses can be electrified, including significant portions of building heating -- but how MUCH of the building stock is a huge question.

[Karsten Barde @karstenbarde]

It's not mentioned in the pod, but downstream leak reduction through pipe replacement in older parts of the distribution network also continues to be necessary.

[Karsten Barde @karstenbarde]

And as this pod points out, driving down upstream emissions is foundational.