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Ben Paulos
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Consulting on energy policy, technology and trends at http://PaulosAnalysis.com. Affiliated with the Incentive Finder (govcentives.com), Ava Community Energy, Clean Energy States Alliance, and @solarunitedneighbors.org but posts are my own.
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Clean Cars For All is only for people with income below 80% of area median. Plus the money can also be used for transit and e-bikes.
Good accurate coverage of the new @berkeleylabemp.bsky.social and Brattle Group report on rising electricity prices in the NYT.

(Here’s a new drinking game: drink every time you see “spike” and “skyrocket.”)

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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/c...
Why the Price of Electricity Is Spiking Around the Country
www.nytimes.com
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Let's go GEORGIA! All Georgia voters have the chance to flip two seats on the Public Service Commission and vote for @ossoff.bsky.social endorsed climate champions Dr. Alicia Johnson and @peterhubbardga.bsky.social by November 4th!
"Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth."
What a banana republic Georgia is. Fully owned and operated by Southern Company.
A few more tidbits. Rate increases are highest:

a) in California, due to grid spending to reduce wildfires

b) in Northeast states with big RPS targets but poor renewable resources and difficult development

c) in states with declining load
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1. Rising electricity bills are becoming a hotbutton issue, but pundits and politicians often talk about them in ways that are misleading or flat-out wrong. A new paper from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory examines actual data on retail electricity prices.

The results may surprise you. 🧵
Factors influencing recent trends in retail electricity prices in the United States
This study analyzes the primary drivers of recent state-level trends in U.S. retail electricity prices. We summarize pricing trends, explore descripti…
www.sciencedirect.com
I agree, virgin wood to power only exists in the minds of Tim Searchinger and Mary Booth. Even biopower based on waste streams is in decline, as the wood and paper industry contracts. So new revenue from CCS will be a little boost, if carbon prices are high enough. I’m doubtful.
This is the only message that clean energy advocates should be using — renewable energy creates rural prosperity for the long run.

Rural Energy is Renewable Energy.
But the play here is only to capture CO2 from an existing operation, which is financially viable already. Bio industries can have pure CO2 streams in smaller quantities than a coal or gas plant, which makes them attractive for CCS. Like the ADM plant in Decatur.
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Excited that @berkeleylab.lbl.gov's 2025 data drop for utility-scale #solar is out. Among other things, it validates what I've said: #Maine and #RhodeIsland are the top states in terms of moving to #solar East of the Rockies.

Maine: 17.1% of load met with solar in 2024
Rhode Island: 16.4%

How?
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3.1M. Right under Berkeley Lab.
Esteban Rios, who had been wearing a hat and shirt that read “Proud Dad of a U.S. Marine,” was deported on Friday, his son said.

“He said, ‘Yeah, this is my lucky shirt, so we’ll be fine,’” Rios recalled his father saying.

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This family visit to a military base ended with ICE deporting a Marine's dad
A U.S. Marine says his parents were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials after they visited a California military base and one of them was later deported.
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Duracell -- "Top it up with Copper Top"
This is such good advertising. I wonder if Energizer is next. "Put a bunny in your tank."