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Revolution Wind Begins Delivering Power to New England Built by more than 1,000 local union workers, project expected to power 350,000+ homes with affordable, reliable electricity

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Glad to have some electrons (at 9 cents/kWh!) from domestic wind join my grid here in Connecticut today!
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@eversource.bsky.social

Revolution Wind announces first power delivered to Connecticut energy grid After a year of back-and-forth with the Trump Administration, Revolution Wind announced Friday that it has begun delivering power to the Connecticut energy grid. The offshore wind project had recently...

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"Rep. Joe Courtney (D-02) said the project will bring cheaper electricity to Connecticut consumers, noting that the power cost of 9 cents per kWh is "far less than the average of 30 cents per kWh in our region." @repjoecourtney.bsky.social
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New England neighbor @mattferrell.bsky.social and I recently discussed electrification, seen here
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Matt summed it up nicely on yesterday's Still TBD Podcast:
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"It’s not just about money. It’s energy independence."

All electric home in Wethersfield Connecticut. Net zero energy cost per year via Solar, Battery Storage System, and VPP enrollment.

My all-electric heat-pumpified home produces excess solar most of the year and burns nothing locally.

Renewable energy from wind gets my family that much closer to a future where New England's winter electricity doesn't depend on imported fossil fuels.

Susan Muller A blog on science, solutions, and justice

This will help avoid both the risk of winter blackouts and the exorbitant costs of propping up imported fossil fuels during cold snaps.

Susan Muller, Senior Energy Analyst @ucs.org, has written extensively about subject:
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@chrisnelder.bsky.social
@volts.wtf

Phew!

Revolution Wind, a key offshore wind project and object of scorn for Trump admin, to come online
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by Áine Pennello @ctpublic.bsky.social

“a big boost to our energy grid...new energy coming on that’s both reliable and homegrown" -Chris Phelps
#WindPower

Home Gadget Geeks 674 - LIVE YouTube video by The Average Guy TV

I am live tonight at 9 PM EST on Home Gadget Geeks!
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drop in to ask questions live!

Talking about home electrification incl. solar/batteries.
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and tech updates since our last recording Sep of '23, including @ubiquiti.bsky.social Unifi.

Member Spotlight: Paul Braren | BuildGreenCT

Finally, there's BuildGreenCT's new Member Spotlight:
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Insights That'll Help You and Your Contractor Plan for Comfort PCs, EVs, home tech, efficiency, and more.

And my technical article to go with it:
Insights That'll Help You and Your Contractor Plan for Comfort
After 4 New England Winters Living With Just Heat Pumps
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Heat Pump Comparison & Paul Braren Interview PCs, EVs, home tech, efficiency, and more.

Next, there's:
Heat Pump Comparison & Paul Braren Interview
Featured on Still TBD Podcast
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Geothermal vs Air Source Heat Pump: Which is Worth It? PCs, EVs, home tech, efficiency, and more.

I'm happy to announce the publication of a new content series about electrification, thank you @mattferrell.bsky.social!

First up:
Geothermal vs Air Source Heat Pump: Which is Worth It?
Featured on Undecided with Matt Ferrell
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@chrisnelder.bsky.social @volts.wtf

I've long held this same peeve about iOS Mail app, as an east coaster trying to help elderly. While revealing the actual email address sure would be grand, showing the actual date and time would be even grander, rather than just "Yesterday" until you tap it. So many have begged for this, for years.

Good article.

OpenAI vs Anthropic: A Subjective comparison

Here's his funny and interesting "OpenAI vs Anthropic: A Subjective comparison" table.

Super Bowl Matchup: Anthropic vs OpenAI You don’t have to be a football fan to enjoy the ads

Check out @garymarcus.bsky.social take on all this:
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"As you can see, the two big private LLM companies, although superficially similar, are actually quite different."

#anthropic #openai

Celebrate Ionna's 2 Year Anniverary With Me In Boston! YouTube video by The Ioniq Guy

@ioniqguy.bsky.social, so nice of you to give Connecticut a shout-out in your promo clip!
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Thought about attending virtualization user groups? Here's a virtual tour of some of my recent positive experiences. PCs, EVs, home tech, efficiency, and more.

Yeah, I've been heading over there a bit more often lately too, thank you for the encouragement!
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Power+ Dual port charger Simultaneously charge two EGO batteries of any size.

Since it was 8°F (-13°C), 6-battery-mower charger wouldn’t start (red warning light), had to warm it to >32°F 1st. Charger for 2 batteries at once indoors would be better. Hope this helps, wanting to do a write-up sometime.
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More info:
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It did a good job, but for a 25’ by 65’ driveway, it did need 2 sets of 2 batteries (from my mower) for each 5” removal. Also, with snow coming down fast, it took 3 rough snow clearings every few hours (15” in ~15 hours). So charging all 4 batteries at once in <1 hr with mower was very helpful. But…

My charging shelf, in an indoor closet.

Skid-flip complete.

Spare sheer pin and skids

12 to 17 inches.

As ready as I can be for snow storm #Fern. My 4th not-much-snow winter with my #EGO POWER+ Self Propelled 2-Stage Snow Blower. It hasn’t been challenged yet, this will be interesting.

@johnocfii.bsky.social and @bujhjjkk.bsky.social, I really appreciate the feedback, it means a lot to me. Hopefully your kind words will be helpful to some of my readers too!
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Thanks Lon, can't wait to watch it!

Glad I received my “Framie” my Framework Desktop last year, phew! Also relieved I maxed out the AMD Ryzen™ AI Max+ 395 with those (soldered) 128 Gigs of DDR5 RAM goodness:
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TinkerTry's 2025 Home Tech Refresh PCs, EVs, home tech, efficiency, and more.

It’s happening faster than I thought, will be interesting to see what happens to my 6 Verizon lines + Frontier 5 Gig total cost over time.
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Same issue here in Hartford Connecticut area right now:
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Good article @techradar.com. I’ve got this “SOS instead of signal bars” issue too, with 1 of 2 eSIMs on my iPhone 17 Pro Max for ~1hr, on just my primary line, strange.

Same issue even after several reboots or cell off/on toggles.

(my 2nd number
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doesn’t have data)

Is your original SuperServer now running Proxmox, and how is that going overall?

Home PCs, EVs, home tech, efficiency, and more.

I appreciate you saying that, thank you for your many years of readership! I was hoping a few readers/viewers (especially those who appreciate details) would stick with me through tech transition.

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U.S. petroleum consumption by sector 2024| Statista The transportation sector is the greatest consumer of petroleum in the United States.

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