Brian Setzler
@briansetzler.bsky.social
Electrochemical engineer obsessed with energy. AEM electrolyzer researcher.
Net metering has long outlived its usefulness. It's time to stop screwing around and start the mass deployment of EVs and heat pumps.
AI tipped me off to this, but Eversource East is now issuing close to 250 mil in net metering credits (to be recovered from non solar ratepayers) for a total revenue requirement of 1.3 billion. This seems... significant.
Taking the worst of CA's energy policy is unsustainable. Who woulda thought
Taking the worst of CA's energy policy is unsustainable. Who woulda thought
December 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Net metering has long outlived its usefulness. It's time to stop screwing around and start the mass deployment of EVs and heat pumps.
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Using a heat pump dryer/washer combo is an awesome way to help simplify electrification projects! Though I am increasingly an advocate of avoiding heat kits if possible in Canada to minimize peak load.
We took great pleasure in being able to free up our 240V dryer breaker for heatpump heat kit capacity.
December 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Using a heat pump dryer/washer combo is an awesome way to help simplify electrification projects! Though I am increasingly an advocate of avoiding heat kits if possible in Canada to minimize peak load.
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tfw the guy who made this chart is going to be in charge of the fed
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
tfw the guy who made this chart is going to be in charge of the fed
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A new report on civic freedoms concludes that "the US is no longer a functional democracy."
Congrats everyone. And a *special* congrats to the Harpers letter signatories, free-speech warriors, and "anti-woke" crusaders. You saved us from woke! Great work.
Congrats everyone. And a *special* congrats to the Harpers letter signatories, free-speech warriors, and "anti-woke" crusaders. You saved us from woke! Great work.
🇺🇸 America Just Got Downgraded: “The United States Is No Longer a Functional Democracy” — And Trump’s America Deserves Every Inch of It
When the world stops seeing you as a democracy, maybe stop acting like a dictatorship.
deanblundell.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A new report on civic freedoms concludes that "the US is no longer a functional democracy."
Congrats everyone. And a *special* congrats to the Harpers letter signatories, free-speech warriors, and "anti-woke" crusaders. You saved us from woke! Great work.
Congrats everyone. And a *special* congrats to the Harpers letter signatories, free-speech warriors, and "anti-woke" crusaders. You saved us from woke! Great work.
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Couple of things here:
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
December 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Couple of things here:
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
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As a constituent, I am asking that @governorwalz.mn.gov and @keithellison.bsky.social arrest these men and prosecute them before they kidnap someone and intentionally freeze them to death
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
As a constituent, I am asking that @governorwalz.mn.gov and @keithellison.bsky.social arrest these men and prosecute them before they kidnap someone and intentionally freeze them to death
Resign? Pete Hegseth must be tried, convicted, and sentenced.
I follower a few defense experts.
Seeing them all straight-up declare this a war crime without any him-and-hawing is uhm
Disconcerting.
Pete Hegseth must resign, as does Stephen Miller. Donald Trump should be subpoenaed before Congress to answer for HIS policy.
Seeing them all straight-up declare this a war crime without any him-and-hawing is uhm
Disconcerting.
Pete Hegseth must resign, as does Stephen Miller. Donald Trump should be subpoenaed before Congress to answer for HIS policy.
November 29, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Resign? Pete Hegseth must be tried, convicted, and sentenced.
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We can't convince universities to stop hiring Gordon Gee, so I don't know how we push for there to be any consequences for betraying the country for a few research grants. But it feels like figuring that out will be necessary.
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We can't convince universities to stop hiring Gordon Gee, so I don't know how we push for there to be any consequences for betraying the country for a few research grants. But it feels like figuring that out will be necessary.
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SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Employee of a Federal Official Charged with Conspiracy to Falsely Report Violent Attack and Giving False Statements to Law Enforcement
A New Jersey woman was charged with conspiring and falsely reporting to law enforcement that she had been violently assaulted with a firearm due to her employment with a federal official.
www.justice.gov
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
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Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
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Modeling Monday: In honor of George Dantzig's 111th birthday, everyone knows the "late to class/solves two open problems thinking they were homework" story. Fewer know the hilarious backstory of the diet problem. Buckle up for an operations research thread... 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Modeling Monday: In honor of George Dantzig's 111th birthday, everyone knows the "late to class/solves two open problems thinking they were homework" story. Fewer know the hilarious backstory of the diet problem. Buckle up for an operations research thread... 🧵
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China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months, starting in March 2024.
This trend continued in the third quarter of 2025, when emissions were unchanged year-on-year.
If this trend starts to move into sustained carbon emissions reduction it would be hugely significant.
This trend continued in the third quarter of 2025, when emissions were unchanged year-on-year.
If this trend starts to move into sustained carbon emissions reduction it would be hugely significant.
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months, starting in March 2024.
This trend continued in the third quarter of 2025, when emissions were unchanged year-on-year.
If this trend starts to move into sustained carbon emissions reduction it would be hugely significant.
This trend continued in the third quarter of 2025, when emissions were unchanged year-on-year.
If this trend starts to move into sustained carbon emissions reduction it would be hugely significant.
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
Bernie, no!
Trump's re-election campaign is going to be running favorable quotes from ... [checks notes] ... Senator Bernie Sanders.
October 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Bernie, no!
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I believe this is called juxtaposition
October 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I believe this is called juxtaposition
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Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
Well done!
@umich.edu faculty call for an honorary degree for Trump
“We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.”
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
“We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.”
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
Why Trump would be perfect for an honorary U-M doctoral degree
Awarding Trump an honorary doctoral degree would be an opportunity to recognize the long way the University has walked in less than two years. U-M juniors may still remember times when the campus code...
www.michigandaily.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Well done!
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Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
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I'm beyond desperate for the decision-makers in the Democratic Party to
1) actually recognize that this is happening, and
2) commit to punishing every single person who donated in this manner or in any other way paid to play with this administration.
1) actually recognize that this is happening, and
2) commit to punishing every single person who donated in this manner or in any other way paid to play with this administration.
Trump's ballroom donors include:
-Google, whose CEO thanked Trump for "resolution" of an antitrust case
-Palantir, which has lucrative contracts with ICE
-Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman, who would profit from Trump's regulatory rollbacks for private equity
Pay-to-play.
-Google, whose CEO thanked Trump for "resolution" of an antitrust case
-Palantir, which has lucrative contracts with ICE
-Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman, who would profit from Trump's regulatory rollbacks for private equity
Pay-to-play.
October 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I'm beyond desperate for the decision-makers in the Democratic Party to
1) actually recognize that this is happening, and
2) commit to punishing every single person who donated in this manner or in any other way paid to play with this administration.
1) actually recognize that this is happening, and
2) commit to punishing every single person who donated in this manner or in any other way paid to play with this administration.
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1) New paper! Replacing US fossil-fueled vehicles & appliances with electric versions could improve health & climate outcomes, but could cost up to $790 billion in distribution grid reinforcement. Strategic demand-side management could cut 2/3 of those costs.🔌💡
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
1) New paper! Replacing US fossil-fueled vehicles & appliances with electric versions could improve health & climate outcomes, but could cost up to $790 billion in distribution grid reinforcement. Strategic demand-side management could cut 2/3 of those costs.🔌💡
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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wizard frog is insane
October 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
wizard frog is insane
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if the Trump Hegseth address had been an email www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
September 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
if the Trump Hegseth address had been an email www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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I know for a fact that Antifa is not an organization because I don't get emails from them asking for money.
September 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I know for a fact that Antifa is not an organization because I don't get emails from them asking for money.
My peak is supplemental resistance heating, ~10 kW plus the hot water heater, 4.5 kW. But electric heat is going to be a huge issue for the grid, so maybe we need demand charges.
It's really tricky to get right. Should use 99th percentile coincident peak demand or something to reduce nice.
It's really tricky to get right. Should use 99th percentile coincident peak demand or something to reduce nice.
I would add that this will kill the market for electric ovens and home EV charging. This chart is my home energy for the past three days. Green is solar, red is demand. The big peak is EV charging (7-8 kW) and smaller peaks are cooking dinner on an induction-top range (3 kW).
September 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
My peak is supplemental resistance heating, ~10 kW plus the hot water heater, 4.5 kW. But electric heat is going to be a huge issue for the grid, so maybe we need demand charges.
It's really tricky to get right. Should use 99th percentile coincident peak demand or something to reduce nice.
It's really tricky to get right. Should use 99th percentile coincident peak demand or something to reduce nice.
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There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.
September 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.