Morgan Jones
@mjjones.bsky.social
He/Him. Working in Canadian Utility industry doing Market analysis in energy. Most important work as Dad. Follower and commentator on all energy trends. Transportation as my second love. On Treaty 1 land.
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People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
if you also do the inverse and make fun of AI by having a stupid picture, you gain credibility. i used this to talk about why human factors are important in planning:
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
if you also do the inverse and make fun of AI by having a stupid picture, you gain credibility. i used this to talk about why human factors are important in planning:
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No, Apple “AI,” Philip is not a bighorn sheep. He’s a relatively small (but intellectually enormous) standard Dachshund.
I know that there aren’t many photos of dachshunds on the internet for you to learn from so it makes sense that you’d get this wrong.
I know that there aren’t many photos of dachshunds on the internet for you to learn from so it makes sense that you’d get this wrong.
November 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
No, Apple “AI,” Philip is not a bighorn sheep. He’s a relatively small (but intellectually enormous) standard Dachshund.
I know that there aren’t many photos of dachshunds on the internet for you to learn from so it makes sense that you’d get this wrong.
I know that there aren’t many photos of dachshunds on the internet for you to learn from so it makes sense that you’d get this wrong.
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Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
BAT SHIT crazy as this sounds, its probably correct, in absolute number. 50m people are in "modern slavery", is 1-150. now as a PROPORTION of people i would guess its among the lower periods in history. but in raw numbers the dumbass might accidentally be correct. www.antislavery.org/slavery-toda...
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
BAT SHIT crazy as this sounds, its probably correct, in absolute number. 50m people are in "modern slavery", is 1-150. now as a PROPORTION of people i would guess its among the lower periods in history. but in raw numbers the dumbass might accidentally be correct. www.antislavery.org/slavery-toda...
How is it still a surprise to Americans that OF COURSE Canadians take a in depth view of their culture and economy. We are fundamentally connected on a variety of levels. It would be important to be aware if your stable neighbor all of a sudden joined the Hells Angels and started a crackhouse.
then why the fuck are you talking about American Economics?
go back to measuring syrup or electing more Conservative Liberals or whatever it is Canadians do
go back to measuring syrup or electing more Conservative Liberals or whatever it is Canadians do
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
How is it still a surprise to Americans that OF COURSE Canadians take a in depth view of their culture and economy. We are fundamentally connected on a variety of levels. It would be important to be aware if your stable neighbor all of a sudden joined the Hells Angels and started a crackhouse.
OK Brendan helpfully pointed to this report.. so lets go through my bitchings.
page 14: rate based return. well clearly that would be an issue until you realize Crown utilities dont have rate based return. they follow up on page 15 talking PBR. sure, that works IF YOU HAVE PRIVATE UTILITIES.
page 14: rate based return. well clearly that would be an issue until you realize Crown utilities dont have rate based return. they follow up on page 15 talking PBR. sure, that works IF YOU HAVE PRIVATE UTILITIES.
I take it you take umbrage with Electricity Canada's Back to Bonbright report?
Would be curious to read/discuss what needs to change.
Bonbright Principles are not totally formulaic... it's still a rather open ended what rates & compensation regimes they lead one to....
issuu.com/canadianelec...
Would be curious to read/discuss what needs to change.
Bonbright Principles are not totally formulaic... it's still a rather open ended what rates & compensation regimes they lead one to....
issuu.com/canadianelec...
Back to Bonbright: Economic Regulation Fundamentals can Enable Net Zero
issuu.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
OK Brendan helpfully pointed to this report.. so lets go through my bitchings.
page 14: rate based return. well clearly that would be an issue until you realize Crown utilities dont have rate based return. they follow up on page 15 talking PBR. sure, that works IF YOU HAVE PRIVATE UTILITIES.
page 14: rate based return. well clearly that would be an issue until you realize Crown utilities dont have rate based return. they follow up on page 15 talking PBR. sure, that works IF YOU HAVE PRIVATE UTILITIES.
something for the Manitoba NDP to consider, as they announce 750mw of new natural gas.
New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson.
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession
North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
something for the Manitoba NDP to consider, as they announce 750mw of new natural gas.
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Are we here yet?
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Are we here yet?
So #energy 🔌💡 you guys really need to figure out Crown Utilities like in Canada. You have WAPA and BPA. Just do more.
I'm dense when it comes to finance, so the fact that I got to a point of understanding how utilities earn profit and why they should or shouldn't earn less means you can too. I stayed up till 3am trying to explain in an accessible way. Hopefully it was worth it!
heatmap.news/energy/calif...
heatmap.news/energy/calif...
What If Utilities Just Made Less Money?
California energy companies are asking for permission to take in more revenue. Consumer advocates are having none of it.
heatmap.news
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
So #energy 🔌💡 you guys really need to figure out Crown Utilities like in Canada. You have WAPA and BPA. Just do more.
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Spoiler for an upcoming piece. On average, the income of men aged 65+ in Canada is higher than that of their 25-34-year-old counterparts.
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Spoiler for an upcoming piece. On average, the income of men aged 65+ in Canada is higher than that of their 25-34-year-old counterparts.
poster has a good point, but what stands out to me is that a 6 hour battery is better ELCC then a gas CT, and a 10 hour battery is rated higher than a dual fuel CT.
So here’s a really fascinating thing in energy news today. According to PJM, the only thing better at meeting grid short-term power needs than load-sited demand reduction “DR” is nuclear. This is a really BFD. www.pjm.com/-/media/DotC...
November 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
poster has a good point, but what stands out to me is that a 6 hour battery is better ELCC then a gas CT, and a 10 hour battery is rated higher than a dual fuel CT.
extremely niche hot take: Bonbright Principles are 60 years old and dont make sense anymore without a substantive re-write. between climate change, decarbonization, non WIRES, GRID edge. the utility of Bonbright is becoming less and less.
November 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
extremely niche hot take: Bonbright Principles are 60 years old and dont make sense anymore without a substantive re-write. between climate change, decarbonization, non WIRES, GRID edge. the utility of Bonbright is becoming less and less.
does someone make pro Butlerian Jihad bumper stickers? .. asking for a friend.
November 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
does someone make pro Butlerian Jihad bumper stickers? .. asking for a friend.
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'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
Another auroral night. More typical green ribbons.
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Another auroral night. More typical green ribbons.
Question to my fellow Canadians. My (likely sheltered) feeling is that credit score isn't as much of a cultural discussion here vs US?
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Question to my fellow Canadians. My (likely sheltered) feeling is that credit score isn't as much of a cultural discussion here vs US?
People want aurora pics? These were tonight
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
People want aurora pics? These were tonight
I will never forgive "the golden age of TV" for skipping over the Epic of Gilgamesh. You had a miniseries right there for you. It has everything you want. It would have been like Troy, Rome, 300, GoT. Because of the nature of the material you could have random episodes non linear, different director
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I will never forgive "the golden age of TV" for skipping over the Epic of Gilgamesh. You had a miniseries right there for you. It has everything you want. It would have been like Troy, Rome, 300, GoT. Because of the nature of the material you could have random episodes non linear, different director
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Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.