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As I think about all the upcoming opportunities to comment on state and federal energy plans, I call on leaders to read up on the power of energy efficiency and clean energy combinations in our climate action strategy and budgets. Learn more from this interview …. Even Five years after this interview we are still just planning and preparing our plans, and we are still discussing how we will implement equity strategies.

Join our webinar on Overcoming Barriers to the Clean Energy Transition! Transforming the power grid can be slow and complex, but it’s crucial that states overcome transmission barriers on a shorter timescale.  Accelerating our clean energy investments calls for policy innovation in siting and permitting, advanced grid technologies, and reforming how utilities and other state actors approach energy efficiency. We’ve invited a panel of experts to discuss how states can overcome long-standing barriers to the grid transition to ensure that their investments are as effective and timely as possible. Our panelists include Hannah Hess, Associate Director at Climate Impact Lab & Rhodium Group; Charles Harper, Power Sector Senior Policy Lead at Evergreen Action; Daniela Schuman, Clean Power Policy Consultant at Evergreen Action; and David Sarkisian, Principal Analyst, Energy Policy and Markets at the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center. #CleanEnergy #EnergyTransition #PolicyInnovation #AdvancedGridTechnologies #RenewableEnergy

Another new report (!): Leaked & Combusted, my landscape analysis of the urgent problem of downstream methane emissions in the US. The report stands strong on: ·  Hidden and underestimated climate/health/environmental costs of methane emissions and gas combustion in our homes and businesses ·  Boondoggle of gas company pipeline replacement: Gas distribution industry is on track to commit ratepayers to $1.4 trillion in required payback for capex spending through 2050 ·  Perverse economic incentives driving excessive gas utility capital spending ·  Regressive and harmful role played by business-as-usual regulatory practices ·  Importance of prioritizing energy transition for lower-income households ·  Power of local, municipal and state action – many successful and exemplary initiatives detailed ·  Need for regulators and policymakers to intervene as the gas industry continues to swim against the tide of electrification and meaningful decarbonization

Following the introduction of Senator Manchin and Senator Barrasso's Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program decided to take deeper dive into the topic of permitting reform. On this episode of Energy 360, Cy McGeady explains why transmission is the connective tissue of the energy system, John Larsen describes the rate and scale at which we must build renewable infrastructure to meet our climate goals, and Linda Stuntz emphasizes the need for permitting reform at the state and local, as well as the federal level. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/eRMrDWbW

“Alternative energy” is not a viable alternative, regardless of what the California Legislature wants to believe. Here's why, drawing on data from the Statistical Review of Global energy, the most authoritative source in the world: https://lnkd.in/gnqHMwi4

The United States has a goal to power the country with 100% clean electricity by 2035. Unfortunately, our energy regulations are not set up to make this much change this quickly. Energy economist John Parsons of MIT Sloan School of Management joined the season five finale of #TILclimate to explain how much clean energy infrastructure we need to build, the obstacles to building it, and reform ideas to transform our energy system on the timeline our climate goals demand. Huge thanks to Laur Hesse Fisher, Aaron Krol, Dave Lishansky, Ilana Hirschfeld, and Sylvia Scharf for their work on this episode. #windfarm #cleanenergy #climatesolutions

The Rocky Road Ahead For those of you who follow our blog and postings, are well acquainted with our concern that we are trying to fundamentally reengineer the grid, the largest and most complex machine on the planet, and we are attempting this with no plan. It will not end well. Fail to plan is planning to fail. Just had an opportunity to read this report from the Baker Institute, https://lnkd.in/eVf4nT66 It is a very worthwhile read for those of you concerned about energy, climate change and the impact of the energy transition on business. To learn more about how to survive and prosper during the Energy Transition, please follow Exergy Energy on LinkedIn where we publish daily posts on the subject and have 2 LinkedIn Live events per month, where we interview energy industry leaders. Thank you. #climatechange #energytransition #energytransitioncrisis #lrenewableenergy

The article discusses the conflict between NextEra Energy, a leading green energy developer, and a project to bring Canadian hydropower to New England via a transmission line. NextEra has actively opposed the project through legal and regulatory challenges, arguing that new transmission projects should support U.S. power generation. This opposition has sparked debates about the role of large energy companies in the transition to clean energy and the importance of collaborative approaches in developing infrastructure projects that align with climate goals and avoid lengthy delays due to competition. For a detailed exploration of the dynamics at play, you can read the full article on Politico #seetheopportunityineverydifficulty #utilities #transmission #transmissionplanning https://lnkd.in/e3EvqU8s

Although, Baker Institute's article entitled "The Global Energy Transition's Looming Valley of Death" sounds overly dramatic and better suited as a forecast or revelation for the apocalypse, it crystalizes the challenges of the energy transition. Stakeholders making up the energy delivery system are facing the task of protecting energy abundance & security and at the same time having to lower-emissions without blowing up the economy and standard of living expectations wealthier nations like the US have. Talk about having to change the tire while riding the bike! We are definitely running the experiment how far we can push global warmings impact on climate and the consequences that come with it. In the meantime put your adaptation shoes on. Remember it takes awhile to turn around an ocean liner around, even in open ocean.

After 50 years and hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies, loads of regulatory advantages, and political support, solar power generated under 4 percent of America’s electricity in 2023, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The majority of America’s recent CO2 emissions reductions come from the “decreased use of coal and the increased use of natural gas for electricity generation,” not the growth of solar power, according to the EIA. Solar power also creates about 300 times more toxic waste per unit of electricity generated than nuclear-power plants do, because solar panels use extremely hazardous materials like sulfuric acid and toxic phosphine gas in their manufacturing, according to a report by Environmental Progress.