Brendon Slotterback

JJ Cale. That’s all

I need this write up too @paulosanalysis.com! Curious about this Home Depot mounting strategy for the garage.

Wind and solar are the two biggest resources on the Midwest’s electric grid (MISO) right now. Never seen that before :)

I'm just estimating based on capacity. I would love to see actual production data!

These systems would provide a similar level of savings to what some basic energy efficiency would provide: 10-20% bill reduction. They are being deployed in other countries by the millions without significant issues. They would get people very excited about solar.

Words to live by, from the inimitable @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, oracle of our time.

Full @nytimes.com interview: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...

Alex is doing yeoman's work!

A small quibble with this take: $27 billion of that money never actually got deployed! It couldn't have built a constituency. There are still legal battles being fought over it.

the efforts to portray the natural gas grid as somehow disconnected from other customers will only increase

A Little Extra Wind Could Help Shield MN Farmers From Instability Overseas Three organizations want to create a clean-energy ammonia source for farmers in southern Minnesota—by tapping a wind energy surplus.

And the wind of the plains could literally be creating fertilizer on the farms! No international shipping needed! tcbmag.com/a-little-ext...

This is a super interesting conversation. It doesn’t cut the Gordian Knot but examines it closely. Right now there is a lot of place-based philanthropy and advocacy focused on local and state government capacity to implement and storytell. It could use a massive boost for the next time around!

Frequently I think about how Republicans could have just not talked about climate, ridden the coattails of the IRA, claimed credit for a bunch of awesome stuff that was just starting to happen, and created a pretty powerful political coalition.

How can we make the most of the existing grid? We need to construct more transmission to facilitate the move to a zero-carbon power supply, but the process is slow and expensive.

Great River Energy discovered 60% more capacity on their power lines using "magic balls." One of a number of grid enhancing technologies that can deliver big benefits at low cost.

www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

See also my article on GETs at www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/g...

Ethiopian jazz a favorite around here too!

Mine actually LOVES Fleetwood Mac too

Tan suit. Well. Some of it

Pretty rare that the Onion is wrong. Gen Z actually loves everything from the 90s apparently

Texas and California still dominate the discourse, but the bigger story in this map is diffusion. Solar and storage are showing up almost everywhere, no longer a Sun Belt niche. The energy transition is becoming geographically messier, and that's a big deal.

It’s so powerful because you can literally go stand under these things and use your own ears. If only traffic were that quiet

1. False spring this week
2. Learning what sesame seeds can do for cookies
3. Dogs that use pillows

One of the biggest sources of resistance to clean energy deployment likely has nothing to do with NEPA (the other, interconnection, doesn't either)

AI industry looks to repeat crypto lobbying success and put war chest to work in midterm elections AI super PACs will be a major force in midterm elections as national and state debates over artificial intelligence regulation, and lobbying dollars, rise.

Likeeeeee

www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/01/...

Big money pours into Georgia’s special election to replace Greene A super PAC backed by artificial intelligence companies has pledged to spend $500,000 supporting Republican Clay Fuller.

Leading the Future, an Andreessen-backed AI Super PAC, is now the first big spender in the fight to keep Republican control of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s old seat in Congress

Half a million dollars at the drop of a hat

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look forward to reading!

Is the book about RPS across the country or in VA?

I'm guessing joining via statutory direction vs letting agencies do a rulemaking will also be more durable in this case

I have no special knowledge of Virginia, I'm reflecting that 30+ states have some form of RPS, and they are generally pretty politically durable. That might be changing

To be clear this is discussed! Who are the stakeholders that can counterbalance the power of some of the most well-capitalized companies in history? And what would we get from THIS federal government as a counterparty while we wait for Congress?

Clean energy mandates and clean energy spending remain popular, carbon pricing remains politically difficult

This is a big bold idea which is exactly what we need right now. What I wonder about is how you move from a voluntary consortium where tech companies see great private upside, to a democratically-controlled grid authority focused on the public good. The temptation of low-fruit picking seems huge.