Silvio Marcacci
@silviomarcacci.bsky.social
Senior Director of Communications, @energyinnovation.org. Board Advisor, @theicct.org + @co2bc.bsky.social. Tired dad.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
"Done right, data centers can share in grid costs and actually help lower rates for everyone. Studies show that for every gigawatt of new large-load demand added to the grid, customer rates could fall by 1% to 2%"
www.newsweek.com/data-centers...
www.newsweek.com/data-centers...
January 14, 2026 at 8:07 PM
"Done right, data centers can share in grid costs and actually help lower rates for everyone. Studies show that for every gigawatt of new large-load demand added to the grid, customer rates could fall by 1% to 2%"
www.newsweek.com/data-centers...
www.newsweek.com/data-centers...
5) Cindy Taff of @sagegeosystems.bsky.social says next-generation geothermal will accelerate this year, moving from pilot project stage to mainstream deployment across the US
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
January 5, 2026 at 5:12 PM
5) Cindy Taff of @sagegeosystems.bsky.social says next-generation geothermal will accelerate this year, moving from pilot project stage to mainstream deployment across the US
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
4) Justine Johnson, Michigan's Chief Mobility Officer, predicts the state will pilot expanded Advanced Aerial Mobility (drones) deployment as policy discussions on the technology take off
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
January 5, 2026 at 5:12 PM
4) Justine Johnson, Michigan's Chief Mobility Officer, predicts the state will pilot expanded Advanced Aerial Mobility (drones) deployment as policy discussions on the technology take off
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
3) @shastingssimon.bsky.social of University of Calgary says strained US relations will push Canada to reorient electricity trade away from exports to interprovincial trade, kick starting domestic long-distance transmission expansion www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
January 5, 2026 at 5:12 PM
3) @shastingssimon.bsky.social of University of Calgary says strained US relations will push Canada to reorient electricity trade away from exports to interprovincial trade, kick starting domestic long-distance transmission expansion www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
2) Margaret Garascia of Climate Imperative predicts gas utility bills will skyrocket - they're already the fastest rising category in the consumer price index, but rising LNG exports + utility buildout will force consumers to pay even more www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
January 5, 2026 at 5:12 PM
2) Margaret Garascia of Climate Imperative predicts gas utility bills will skyrocket - they're already the fastest rising category in the consumer price index, but rising LNG exports + utility buildout will force consumers to pay even more www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
1) @spears.bsky.social of @climatecabinet.org predicts an energy affordability wave election driven by rising costs + election fundamentals: Pro-fossil fuel policies combine with midterm election trends to sweep in pro-climate, pro-affordability candidates www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
January 5, 2026 at 5:12 PM
1) @spears.bsky.social of @climatecabinet.org predicts an energy affordability wave election driven by rising costs + election fundamentals: Pro-fossil fuel policies combine with midterm election trends to sweep in pro-climate, pro-affordability candidates www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
🔮⚡My annual energy policy predictions column is up!
Predictions from five female leaders in the energy and climate space outline what to expect in 2025.
The 2025 column was eerily prescient - how will this one look in a year?
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
Predictions from five female leaders in the energy and climate space outline what to expect in 2025.
The 2025 column was eerily prescient - how will this one look in a year?
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
January 5, 2026 at 5:12 PM
🔮⚡My annual energy policy predictions column is up!
Predictions from five female leaders in the energy and climate space outline what to expect in 2025.
The 2025 column was eerily prescient - how will this one look in a year?
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
Predictions from five female leaders in the energy and climate space outline what to expect in 2025.
The 2025 column was eerily prescient - how will this one look in a year?
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
December 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Comanche 3, Colorado’s newest coal plant has already been broken down *two full years* since it began burning crushed rocks in 2010. Now it will be offline another year.
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Comanche 3, Colorado’s newest coal plant has already been broken down *two full years* since it began burning crushed rocks in 2010. Now it will be offline another year.
It’s always projection with these people
November 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It’s always projection with these people
Bill Gates gave $3.5 million to fund notorious climate denier Bjorn Lomborg, who says "climate change is not an existential threat."
Bill Gates just wrote that climate change is "not the existential threat some would have us believe."
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates just wrote that climate change is "not the existential threat some would have us believe."
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Bill Gates gave $3.5 million to fund notorious climate denier Bjorn Lomborg, who says "climate change is not an existential threat."
Bill Gates just wrote that climate change is "not the existential threat some would have us believe."
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates just wrote that climate change is "not the existential threat some would have us believe."
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
She’s a beaut, Clark
September 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
She’s a beaut, Clark
Fitting I opened my first utility bill after installing rooftop solar on my house on #SunDayOfAction
@sundayofaction.bsky.social
@sundayofaction.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Fitting I opened my first utility bill after installing rooftop solar on my house on #SunDayOfAction
@sundayofaction.bsky.social
@sundayofaction.bsky.social
The "Big Beautiful Bill" will spike consumer bills, cost America jobs, and threaten power supply shortfalls.
But smart states are moving quickly to accelerate deployment before tax credits go away.
Psyched to work with @oboylemm.bsky.social on this NYT column.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...
But smart states are moving quickly to accelerate deployment before tax credits go away.
Psyched to work with @oboylemm.bsky.social on this NYT column.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...
August 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The "Big Beautiful Bill" will spike consumer bills, cost America jobs, and threaten power supply shortfalls.
But smart states are moving quickly to accelerate deployment before tax credits go away.
Psyched to work with @oboylemm.bsky.social on this NYT column.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...
But smart states are moving quickly to accelerate deployment before tax credits go away.
Psyched to work with @oboylemm.bsky.social on this NYT column.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...
Support for clean energy is falling - even among Democrats - because:
-Right wing media/podcasters/social media repeat fossil fuel talking points
-Astroturf campaigns lie + scare local communities away from clean energy
-National Dems don't say clean energy cuts costs
www.ap.org/news-highlig...
-Right wing media/podcasters/social media repeat fossil fuel talking points
-Astroturf campaigns lie + scare local communities away from clean energy
-National Dems don't say clean energy cuts costs
www.ap.org/news-highlig...
June 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Support for clean energy is falling - even among Democrats - because:
-Right wing media/podcasters/social media repeat fossil fuel talking points
-Astroturf campaigns lie + scare local communities away from clean energy
-National Dems don't say clean energy cuts costs
www.ap.org/news-highlig...
-Right wing media/podcasters/social media repeat fossil fuel talking points
-Astroturf campaigns lie + scare local communities away from clean energy
-National Dems don't say clean energy cuts costs
www.ap.org/news-highlig...
IRA has "created jobs, built factories in hollowed out blue collar towns, and funded crumbling schools. It’s been an economic lifeline for communities being left behind in the 21st century. Republicans want to put an end to all that." @michael-thomas.bsky.social
www.distilled.earth/p/the-republ...
www.distilled.earth/p/the-republ...
May 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
IRA has "created jobs, built factories in hollowed out blue collar towns, and funded crumbling schools. It’s been an economic lifeline for communities being left behind in the 21st century. Republicans want to put an end to all that." @michael-thomas.bsky.social
www.distilled.earth/p/the-republ...
www.distilled.earth/p/the-republ...
Also the U.S. Secretary of the Interior (h/t @justingerdes.bsky.social) arstechnica.com/science/2025...
May 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Also the U.S. Secretary of the Interior (h/t @justingerdes.bsky.social) arstechnica.com/science/2025...
The U.S. Secretary of the Interior subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
May 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The U.S. Secretary of the Interior subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
So, would we say things are going well, or?
April 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
So, would we say things are going well, or?
"Congressional Republicans face a high-stakes question that parallels a decision Americans make every single month: “how can we pay the bills?" - @ogfiki.bsky.social
Repealing just 2 IRA tax credits would cost consumers $6 billion in higher energy bills
www.realclearenergy.org/articles/202...
Repealing just 2 IRA tax credits would cost consumers $6 billion in higher energy bills
www.realclearenergy.org/articles/202...
April 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Congressional Republicans face a high-stakes question that parallels a decision Americans make every single month: “how can we pay the bills?" - @ogfiki.bsky.social
Repealing just 2 IRA tax credits would cost consumers $6 billion in higher energy bills
www.realclearenergy.org/articles/202...
Repealing just 2 IRA tax credits would cost consumers $6 billion in higher energy bills
www.realclearenergy.org/articles/202...
Not really. The graphic shows new capacity additions. Only two new reactors have come online since 1996, Watts Bar and Vogtle. Much love to the 20% of existing generation that comes from nuclear, but no one's building it.
March 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Not really. The graphic shows new capacity additions. Only two new reactors have come online since 1996, Watts Bar and Vogtle. Much love to the 20% of existing generation that comes from nuclear, but no one's building it.
This widening band of solar (yellow) and storage (green) is the biggest takeaway to me - that combo keeps getting cheaper and it provides 24/7 power.
Cheap + reliable + insulated from volatile natural gas power spikes = winner
Cheap + reliable + insulated from volatile natural gas power spikes = winner
March 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This widening band of solar (yellow) and storage (green) is the biggest takeaway to me - that combo keeps getting cheaper and it provides 24/7 power.
Cheap + reliable + insulated from volatile natural gas power spikes = winner
Cheap + reliable + insulated from volatile natural gas power spikes = winner
Has U.S. clean energy passed an unstoppable tipping point?
"It took more than 20 years for the U.S. to install the first 100 GW of clean power, five years to install the next 100 GW, and three years to install the most recent 100 GW.”
cleanpower.org/news/market-...
"It took more than 20 years for the U.S. to install the first 100 GW of clean power, five years to install the next 100 GW, and three years to install the most recent 100 GW.”
cleanpower.org/news/market-...
March 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Has U.S. clean energy passed an unstoppable tipping point?
"It took more than 20 years for the U.S. to install the first 100 GW of clean power, five years to install the next 100 GW, and three years to install the most recent 100 GW.”
cleanpower.org/news/market-...
"It took more than 20 years for the U.S. to install the first 100 GW of clean power, five years to install the next 100 GW, and three years to install the most recent 100 GW.”
cleanpower.org/news/market-...