Sam Thernstrom

Founder & CEO, Energy Innovation Reform Project @EIRPenergy; working to advance bipartisan federal climate & clean energy legislation.

[Sam Thernstrom @samthernstrom]

Most ambitious, pragmatic decarbonization bill introduced today in the House by bipartisan quartet @repMcKinley @repSchrader @repTenney @repJimCosta, combines innovation & clean energy standard to eliminate emissions from power plants, control costs: https://t.co/e1LwCFU9Sx

[Sam Thernstrom @samthernstrom]

A rare bipartisan partnership has formed to fix the nuclear ITC. @RepPatHarrigan & @RepJimmyPanetta have introduced HR 8482, the Nuclear Rate Stabilization Act. This would boost nuclear power plant construction while cutting costs for ratepayers.

https://t.co/fERI3YuRUo

[EIRP @EIRPenergy]

“A new think tank assessment argues that economics, proliferation concerns, and waste management barriers have shifted enough to make commercial nuclear fuel recycling viable in the U.S.—but only if Washington acts before the window closes.” @Sonalcpatel https://t.co/bE6jR5Q4Z0

[Utility Dive @UtilityDive]

Commercial nuclear fuel recycling key to a sustainable supply: report

A robust recycling program could greatly reduce the volume and radiotoxicity of waste and reduce the need for additional uranium mining, says the Energy Innovation Reform Project.https://t.co/Z6HiJeYpGP

[Dr. Jessica R. Lovering @J_Lovering]

Great new report from EIRP & @oklo, the motivations for nuclear fuel recycling are stronger than ever, but the economics are also better than in decades past. https://t.co/WSvgVeAb8K

[Sam Thernstrom @samthernstrom]

“As electricity demand rises and global competitors accelerate their own nuclear programs, restoring U.S. leadership in nuclear energy is essential to ensuring reliable, affordable, and resilient power for decades ahead.”

[U.S. Nuclear Industry Council @US_NIC]

As electricity demand surges, nuclear power is more important than ever.

New op-ed by @EIRPenergy's @samthernstrom, @CFTNI's @1796farewell, & @US_NIC's @Todd_Abrajano makes the case for decisive federal action:
https://t.co/A92X9DJqpV

[Sam Thernstrom @samthernstrom]

“The US is now at an important crossroads in nuclear energy…. But can Washington move quickly and decisively enough to truly support the sector and catch up with global competitors? A new report outlines the practical steps the US must take….”

https://t.co/HelYA7k502

[Jarret Adams @jarretadams]

Breaking News: New Report Outlines Pathway to U.S. Nuclear Energy Dominance

#NuclearEnergy
Read more: https://t.co/OVzXG1M9Kb

[Sam Thernstrom @samthernstrom]

Thank you, @jaynordlinger, for this warm remembrance of dad.

[National Review @NRO]

.@jaynordlinger on Americans and the presidency; Trump, Hegseth, and NATO; a comical case of wokery; the late Stephan Thernstrom; and more.

https://t.co/7Ai4Lx4oJL

[Andrew Kalloch @AndrewKalloch]

Professor Thernstrom was a great teacher who challenged your presuppositions and carefully considered your ideas. Case in point: he let me write a paper on the promise and pitfalls of LatAm youth and the "barrio to big leagues" ⚾️ pipeline. RIP. https://t.co/KiMQF8FKgN

[Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger]

I first met Steve and Abby (Thernstrom) in 1985. He was a reserved Swede from Battle Creek, Mich.; she was a spicy Jewish New Yorker. What a marvelous couple. They were smart and brave -- and so kind to me. What a privilege to know them. https://t.co/sp6yhFXlwP

[The Giving Review @GivingReview]

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@GivingReview recalls historian Stephan Thernstrom, who has died, and his skepticism about a major @WK_Kellogg_Fdn effort to create dialogue about race …

The “best kind of dialogue across racial lines is not dialogue about race,” he said. We “are all people with many common interests to talk about, and a call for a dialogue on race sets us in opposing camps. ‘Oh, you are the spokesman for the white position and you are the spokesman for the black position.’ That, I don’t think, is likely to lead us to a better society.”

[John J. Miller @heymiller]

The great historian Stephan Thernstrom has died. He and his wife Abigail, who died in 2020, were an amazing pair of scholars, devoted to the study of race and ethnicity in the United States. R.I.P.

[Sam Thernstrom @samthernstrom]

Skepticism about the prospects for rational policymaking is understandable; gridlock is real—but it need not be permanent. The prospect of relief from cumbersome Clean Air Act programs should be sufficient incentive for states to participate in a CES.

https://t.co/ZYm1gSoOu8

[Sam Thernstrom @samthernstrom]

“Enacting a CES with a structure that allows states to choose between the new regulatory regime or the old one would be a way of preserving the traditional federalist structure of our national energy policy, while also fast-tracking the energy transition”

https://t.co/57RvTE0Xuz

[Frank Maisano @fvmaisano]

Better way to address power plant GHGs? Fmr EPA, @BracewellLaw expert Jeff Holmstead & @EIRPenergy @samthernstrom: Well-designed legislation can shape energy transition preserving affordability, reliability, security of electric power while substantially decarbonizing by 2050

[OurEnergyPolicy @EnergyDialogue]

This @EIRPenergy report argues the sufficiency of innovation and deployment incentives for cost-effective decarbonization of the electric power sector.

Read: https://t.co/X30jGgQXCa

[Sam Thernstrom @samthernstrom]

With 25 states filing suit today against the EPA rule, seems worth retweeting this article.

The Court took only 6 months to stay enforcement of the CPP; this may not take any longer.

The road to durable emissions standards runs through Congress. It’s time to get to work.

[Sam Thernstrom @samthernstrom]

My thoughts on EPA’s 111 rule: Don’t Get Fooled Again!

“… we are forcing innovators, investors and power plant operators to live with perpetual regulatory whiplash…. It’s a recipe for reliability risks, cost spikes and needlessly dirty energy.”

https://t.co/6I1PUbbfvr

[Sam Thernstrom @samthernstrom]

@AriPeskoe I’d say broadly, both CPP and the Biden rule asset EPA has the authority to remake the power system in unprecedented ways. The latter is (at least arguably) within the fenceline so certainly less radical than CPP but I still think it’s not likely the Court will let it stand.

[Sam Thernstrom @samthernstrom]

My thoughts on EPA’s 111 rule: Don’t Get Fooled Again!

“… we are forcing innovators, investors and power plant operators to live with perpetual regulatory whiplash…. It’s a recipe for reliability risks, cost spikes and needlessly dirty energy.”

https://t.co/6I1PUbbfvr

[Sam Thernstrom @samthernstrom]

@AriPeskoe But in any case, as you say, they could rule on “adequately demonstrated” grounds alone. No need to go to major questions.

[Sam Thernstrom @samthernstrom]

@AriPeskoe I won’t claim unique insight and I don’t see a bright line in WVA, but I think the 2 issues I mentioned are related: requiring rapid deployment of CCS at an unprecedented pace & scale could be seen as de facto energy policy. It is w/in fenceline (unlike CPP) so perhaps ok but?

[Sam Thernstrom @samthernstrom]

@AriPeskoe I think the biggest issue will be the assertion that CCS is “adequately demonstrated,” but I would also be surprised if the Court doesn’t see this as a “major question” requiring more explicit Congressional authorization, as per W. VA v EPA.