Chloe Holden
@chloeholden.bsky.social
Interested in clean power, virtual power plants, and disaster resilience. Research analyst & VPP advocate at Advanced Energy United
Great piece on how better data can help utilities be more responsible with ratepayers' money. We need real-time data for distribution networks, and DERMs providers need to be getting real-time constraint signals from utility distribution network management systems.
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The Problem Isn't Grid Utilization - Its Valuing Flexibility and Having the Tools to Use It
I attended DER Task Force's signature DERVOS event last week, and it was fantastic. However, I’m feeling concerned by the ongoing utility bashing and the heavy focus on grid utilization (see recent po...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Great piece on how better data can help utilities be more responsible with ratepayers' money. We need real-time data for distribution networks, and DERMs providers need to be getting real-time constraint signals from utility distribution network management systems.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/proble...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/proble...
I'm just a Brooklyn resident, standing in front of
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, asking him to read Peak Coalition's report on demand flexibility as a tool for energy justice in NYC: www.nylpi.org/wp-content/u...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, asking him to read Peak Coalition's report on demand flexibility as a tool for energy justice in NYC: www.nylpi.org/wp-content/u...
www.nylpi.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I'm just a Brooklyn resident, standing in front of
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, asking him to read Peak Coalition's report on demand flexibility as a tool for energy justice in NYC: www.nylpi.org/wp-content/u...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, asking him to read Peak Coalition's report on demand flexibility as a tool for energy justice in NYC: www.nylpi.org/wp-content/u...
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The “energy transition” has started to sound a little like “late capitalism” newrepublic.com/article/2008...
September 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The “energy transition” has started to sound a little like “late capitalism” newrepublic.com/article/2008...
“Virtual power plants can respond quickly to deliver power or shift load, making the most out of our existing grid... and lowering costs for everyone.” -Edson Perez @advancedenergyunited.org
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pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/09/15/v...
Virtual power plant legislation lay in Gov. Newsom’s hands after sailing through California Assembly
California lawmakers passed two bills that aim to facilitate how the state and its utilities handle virtual power plants.
pv-magazine-usa.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“Virtual power plants can respond quickly to deliver power or shift load, making the most out of our existing grid... and lowering costs for everyone.” -Edson Perez @advancedenergyunited.org
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/09/15/v...
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/09/15/v...
NORC is doing interesting research on the question of how neighbors can be activated to support each other during disasters. What kind of neighbor are you in a disaster? They came up with some amusing/damning labels:
www.norc.org/research/pro...
@norc.org
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@norc.org
September 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
NORC is doing interesting research on the question of how neighbors can be activated to support each other during disasters. What kind of neighbor are you in a disaster? They came up with some amusing/damning labels:
www.norc.org/research/pro...
@norc.org
www.norc.org/research/pro...
@norc.org
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Over 2,800 Bakersfield homeowners recently got paid to participate in California’s Demand Side Grid Support (DSGS) program. Read more from The Bakersfield Californian: blog.advancedenergyunited.org/articles/the...
The Bakersfield Californian: 'Virtual Power Plants' Could Go From Emergency to Everyday Power Source
The Bakersfield Californian reports that Assembly Bills (AB) 740 and 44—which aim to further integrate virtual power plants (VPPs) in California's energy system—are currently under consideration in th...
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August 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Over 2,800 Bakersfield homeowners recently got paid to participate in California’s Demand Side Grid Support (DSGS) program. Read more from The Bakersfield Californian: blog.advancedenergyunited.org/articles/the...
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Cleantech is an economic opportunity. Following recent US federal policy shifts, states can still develop and deploy cleantech to save money, improve health, and position their businesses and residents to thrive.
RMI shares six recommendations for states: bit.ly/4oijwXM
RMI shares six recommendations for states: bit.ly/4oijwXM
August 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Cleantech is an economic opportunity. Following recent US federal policy shifts, states can still develop and deploy cleantech to save money, improve health, and position their businesses and residents to thrive.
RMI shares six recommendations for states: bit.ly/4oijwXM
RMI shares six recommendations for states: bit.ly/4oijwXM
VPPs reliably shave peaks. This shows how one did, in California, during a test event this week. That little shaded sliver represents less stress on the grid, electric bill savings, and money going back into peoples' pockets instead of to peaking generation. Analysis via @thebrattlegroup.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
VPPs reliably shave peaks. This shows how one did, in California, during a test event this week. That little shaded sliver represents less stress on the grid, electric bill savings, and money going back into peoples' pockets instead of to peaking generation. Analysis via @thebrattlegroup.bsky.social
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Big energy policy question of the decade: Will cost crisis in fact produce a popular swing in favor of clean energy, or a new round of anti-clean revanchism? Current discourse(TM) has me pessimistic- but door's wide open to messaging that presents energy transition as the solution to volatility!
It’s hard to find a trend in the electricity system right now that *doesn’t* point to near-term rate hikes if not a broad affordability crisis. That’s a serious problem for climate policy, but also the American economy writ large. I wrote about it: heatmap.news/politics/ele...
July 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Big energy policy question of the decade: Will cost crisis in fact produce a popular swing in favor of clean energy, or a new round of anti-clean revanchism? Current discourse(TM) has me pessimistic- but door's wide open to messaging that presents energy transition as the solution to volatility!
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I have said this many many times. When Israel's official policy, is "from the river to the sea", when there are Israeli bulldozers and military working hard every day to make this policy a reality, complaining that university students use these words is ridiculous at best.
July 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I have said this many many times. When Israel's official policy, is "from the river to the sea", when there are Israeli bulldozers and military working hard every day to make this policy a reality, complaining that university students use these words is ridiculous at best.
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Beyond turbine supply, the future of gas is not all bright as domestic prices have exposure to global price shocks via LNG exports, which are set to resume growth and continue becoming a greater share of US gas production
tighter supply and increased volatility, another ratepayer stressor
tighter supply and increased volatility, another ratepayer stressor
July 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Beyond turbine supply, the future of gas is not all bright as domestic prices have exposure to global price shocks via LNG exports, which are set to resume growth and continue becoming a greater share of US gas production
tighter supply and increased volatility, another ratepayer stressor
tighter supply and increased volatility, another ratepayer stressor
I am in need of some data on (fossil fueled) backup generator participation in DSGS. Anyone know where it can be found?
July 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I am in need of some data on (fossil fueled) backup generator participation in DSGS. Anyone know where it can be found?
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New report drop: Brattle + Clean Air Task Force just released a must-read on optimizing grid infrastructure to meet load growth, with a treasure trove of actionable ideas. 🔌💡 www.catf.us/resource/opt...
July 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
New report drop: Brattle + Clean Air Task Force just released a must-read on optimizing grid infrastructure to meet load growth, with a treasure trove of actionable ideas. 🔌💡 www.catf.us/resource/opt...
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This Texas gas plant would emit as much pollution as 72,000 cars—and most of its electricity would go to private data centers. “There will be a constant roaring of gigantic fans,” one resident said.
Data centers are building their own gas power plants in Texas
Not so long ago, developers of the massive server farms talked about powering them with wind and solar power. But now, with the coming of power-hungry AI platforms, they’re bypassing the grid,…
floodlightnews.org
July 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This Texas gas plant would emit as much pollution as 72,000 cars—and most of its electricity would go to private data centers. “There will be a constant roaring of gigantic fans,” one resident said.
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Great independent validation of what we found looking at this last year. Different time frame, slightly different y-axis, same general conclusion: energyinnovation.org/report/clean...
July 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Great independent validation of what we found looking at this last year. Different time frame, slightly different y-axis, same general conclusion: energyinnovation.org/report/clean...
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NYC experimented with new window heat pump models in some public housing units. in winter, "The window unit-heated apartments used a whopping 87% less energy than the rest of the building’s steam-heated apartments did, cutting energy costs per household in half."
heatmap.news/sustainabili...
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Window Heat Pumps Could Change the Game
A new report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy has some exciting data for anyone attempting to retrofit a multifamily building.
heatmap.news
July 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
NYC experimented with new window heat pump models in some public housing units. in winter, "The window unit-heated apartments used a whopping 87% less energy than the rest of the building’s steam-heated apartments did, cutting energy costs per household in half."
heatmap.news/sustainabili...
heatmap.news/sustainabili...
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Solar power is now California's largest source of electricity. ☀️🔌💡
July 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Solar power is now California's largest source of electricity. ☀️🔌💡
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As temperatures soared in New England, solar panels and batteries kept ACs flowing — and may have saved customers millions of dollars.
A heat wave hit New England's grid. Clean energy saved the day.
On the hottest day this year, behind-the-meter solar panels and a growing network of batteries helped prevent blackouts and saved consumers millions of…
www.canarymedia.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
As temperatures soared in New England, solar panels and batteries kept ACs flowing — and may have saved customers millions of dollars.
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climate & energy angle: Mamdani won his first election by fewer than 500 votes. The key issue differentiating him from the incumbent - the centerpiece of his campaign - was his opposition to a new gas power plant in the district.
After the election he worked with the whole community to stop it.
After the election he worked with the whole community to stop it.
June 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
climate & energy angle: Mamdani won his first election by fewer than 500 votes. The key issue differentiating him from the incumbent - the centerpiece of his campaign - was his opposition to a new gas power plant in the district.
After the election he worked with the whole community to stop it.
After the election he worked with the whole community to stop it.
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The wait time for a gas turbine in the U.S. is now up to *7 years*
June 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The wait time for a gas turbine in the U.S. is now up to *7 years*
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The Mamdani campaign offers a blueprint for the climate left: the path to full decarbonization must run through working class demands for affordability and quality-of-life jacobin.com/2025/06/mamd...
Zohran Mamdani Is Proposing Green Abundance for the Many
The New York City mayoral campaign of Zohran Mamdani is focused on lowering the cost of living. It can serve as a blueprint for progressives seeking to embed climate action in real improvements for wo...
jacobin.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The Mamdani campaign offers a blueprint for the climate left: the path to full decarbonization must run through working class demands for affordability and quality-of-life jacobin.com/2025/06/mamd...
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“Taken together, Mamdani’s responsibly costed economic policies form a coherent agenda that rejects austerity and embraces the city’s power to make life more affordable for New Yorkers.”
Economists Support Zohran Mamdani’s Plan for New York City
Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral platform is a practical blueprint to tackle some of New York City’s most pressing problems.
www.thenation.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Taken together, Mamdani’s responsibly costed economic policies form a coherent agenda that rejects austerity and embraces the city’s power to make life more affordable for New Yorkers.”
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Feels like the current trend in the U.S. is that a lot of people will experience climate change as a creeping, steady boil of rising rents, insurance premiums and prices for everyday items that fewer and fewer people will be able to swallow month to month
June 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Feels like the current trend in the U.S. is that a lot of people will experience climate change as a creeping, steady boil of rising rents, insurance premiums and prices for everyday items that fewer and fewer people will be able to swallow month to month
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Vienna is the global capital of social housing, and is regularly ranked as the world's most livable city.
Our new report, featured in this @npr.org exclusive, explores Vienna’s green social housing—home to the majority of its renters—and how it can work here.
www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...
Our new report, featured in this @npr.org exclusive, explores Vienna’s green social housing—home to the majority of its renters—and how it can work here.
www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...
Could this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change?
Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing.
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June 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Vienna is the global capital of social housing, and is regularly ranked as the world's most livable city.
Our new report, featured in this @npr.org exclusive, explores Vienna’s green social housing—home to the majority of its renters—and how it can work here.
www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...
Our new report, featured in this @npr.org exclusive, explores Vienna’s green social housing—home to the majority of its renters—and how it can work here.
www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...
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Meet Mark Ellis, the former utility executive (and amateur wrestler) who is becoming a leading voice criticizing the utilities for excessive rates and profits.
The Wrestler vs. the Utility - Inside Climate News
Former utility executive and amateur wrestler Mark Ellis is exposing the little-known factors that raise electricity bills and threaten the energy transition. People across the country are starting to...
insideclimatenews.org
June 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Meet Mark Ellis, the former utility executive (and amateur wrestler) who is becoming a leading voice criticizing the utilities for excessive rates and profits.