Isaac Orr

I grew up on a dairy farm in WI. Co-Founder at Always On Energy Research. Geology enthusiast. Tweets and typos are my own.

[Isaac Orr @TheFrackingGuy]

Unreliable energy advocates claim solar panels and battery storage are now able to deliver "baseload" power at a lower cost than coal or nuclear.

But we ran the numbers in ERCOT, and solar and storage aren't low cost, they are the most expensive energy out there.

A thread:

[Matthew Zeitlin @MattZeitlin]

i think we're seeing the breaking down of the "affordability as climate" skinsuit gambit that a lot of climate groups tried to run after november, 2024 https://t.co/1RG3VsKcLr

[Kevin Pranis @KevinPranis]

Following their first Keystone XL win, anti-pipeline activists killed a Kinder-Morgan gas line in MA resulting in predictable consequences -- more pollution from burning oil, higher energy prices, and now political headwinds for Democrats.

[Russ Greene @GreenPlusAnE]

Democratic political operatives:
Don't blame our climate policies for driving up your energy costs. We care about affordability now.

Environmentalists:
Of course our climate policies are driving up your energy costs. That's how it's supposed to work!

[Isaac Orr @TheFrackingGuy]

@seanluomdphd @DKThomp @BadreNicolas I think this is right. There was a massive exploitation of autism services in Minnesota and I would assume that it happened elsewhere, too.

[O’Shea Jackson Jr @OsheaJacksonJr]

I saw it. Now you have to see it. His name is Samuel. And he…is a king.

[Isaac Orr @TheFrackingGuy]

@WisDems Just unbelievably uninformed about farming. Holstein cows is like dairy 101

[Isaac Orr @TheFrackingGuy]

@TomTiffanyWI @WisDems Non-dairy creamer

[Amy O. Cooke @TheRightAOC]

If states like Colorado insist on factoring a social cost of carbon into utility proceedings, then they must also include the costs of grid failure. @AlwaysOnEnergy calls this the Social Cost of Blackouts. B/C THE existential threat is a lack of power. https://t.co/pEvisHKtC1

[Wall Street Journal Opinion @WSJopinion]

The Solar Energy Industries Association announced that Tim Pawlenty will serve as its next CEO. He’s the latest recruit in an industry push to buy credibility as Republican support for solar power collapses, write @TheFrackingGuy and @SarahMontalban0
https://t.co/wDKu6VAsU5

[Alexander C. Kaufman @AlexCKaufman]

New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota makes three.

[Isaac Orr @TheFrackingGuy]

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[Wall Street Journal Opinion @WSJopinion]

Republicans shill for solar subsidies. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty was against them in 2012. Now he’ll head the industry association, write @TheFrackingGuy and @SarahMontalban0
https://t.co/w7RgOiXMD5

[Isaac Orr @TheFrackingGuy]

Xcle "also asked the commission to explicitly classify 363 MW of gas-fired generation at the Gaines County facility as "zero-carbon," based on its ability to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas production."

[Isaac Orr @TheFrackingGuy]

In 2018, @xcelenergy became the first utility to announce it's 100 percent carbon free by 2050 plan.

Now, its New Mexico subsidiary is asking regulators for an exemption for new gas capacity from the state's carbon free electricity by 2045 mandates.

[Isaac Orr @TheFrackingGuy]

https://t.co/IQ6qMuyCf2

[Isaac Orr @TheFrackingGuy]

@GreenPlusAnE Catholics have always had a harder time with capitalism than other denominations

[Dashboard American @NiyerEnergy]

I know we are doing a lot of hysterics about PJM these days, but like let's just reset on what's gone down to date.

[Amy O. Cooke @TheRightAOC]

@SteveGuest Opposition was smeared with "denier" label. Now, Dem mid-term strategy is to make utilities the bad guys. But it was Dems, w/ help from media and NGO accomplices, who built the money-making machine. Here are the receipts. @TheFrackingGuy @mitchrolling https://t.co/45rwsR9Y1V

[Isaac Orr @TheFrackingGuy]

@atrembath @TheBTI Nice

[Isaac Orr @TheFrackingGuy]

Can’t wait for the @joshfoxfilm movie!

[Steve Everley @saeverley]

We are now at the "hold up a jar of murky water" stage of opposing data centers.

It took a few years to happen with fracking, but it did happen.