Andy Burnham is set to become the United Kingdom’s first Catholic prime minister.
He said he was deeply moved by the life of Pope Francis.
Upon his death, he said Francis “spoke for equality and compassion and for humanity, in a world where we see political leaders target minorities and marginalize people in the search for votes”.
Trump’s ratepayer protection pledge is a good idea, but the entities responsible for retail rates didn’t sign it
If we want to hold utilities accountable, they should sign the pledge, along with public service commissions
Private grids also solve this problem, by the way!
"MOST PEOPLE DON'T VOTE. MOST PEOPLE DON'T VOTE BECAUSE THEY ARE TO THE LEFT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY." -@BootsRiley spitting about the fact that many people on the left do not want to vote for a party like the Democratic Party, a party that is not truly oppositional.
One thing FERC got right today was word choice: “large energy users, like data centers and manufacturing.” Load-neutral framing ages better than rules built around one industry. Watch whether the the compliance filings honor it.
Dolan continues to go CCP mode — surprisingly chummy with Trump, legitimately impressive recent win-loss record, pulling off megaprojects nobody else can even imagine, but you can’t overlook the vast and terrifying AI-powered surveillance apparatus
About a decade ago it felt like every major outlet was folding energy coverage into an environmental section; will be interesting to see if that trend reverses now that energy prices seem to be overtaking climate concerns.
I'm devastated and furious to see that @EENewsUpdates, my journalistic home for 12 years, is being shut down, even though it has been consistently profitable. Deeply concerned for my former colleagues there: https://t.co/tcirC9P2PS
I have to imagine if electric utilities are spending cash on influencers like this that they're absolutely terrified people are going to look into what their business model is.
Incredible:
"In the last 18 months, developers have already built 4 behind-the-meter data centers with a combined capacity of 2 GW—equivalent to two nuclear power plants.
"By the end of 2026... the amount of behind-the-meter data center capacity will grow to ~3 GW."