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Tyler Norris

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"An expert in power systems" -NYTimes | J.B. Duke Fellow, PhDing @DukeU | Fmr: SPGlobal, USDOE, Cypress Creek Renewables | Stanford alumn Substack: http://powerpolicy.net Use 🔌💡 in posts for #energysky

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · May 20

This is the deepest journalism I’ve seen yet on AI’s impact on the US power sector. I’m honored to be included w/ David Victor, Ari Peskoe, Costa Samaras, EPRI, and others. 🔌💡 www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 17h

NextEra SVP Petter Skantze says battery storage is now “the cheapest form of new capacity” in the US w/ “order of magnitude” faster deployment than gas w/ more modularity & flexible siting to enable higher system utilization & large load integration — #GridFWD in Monterey, CA 🔌💡

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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 8d

Looking forward to delivering this talk to my provincial utility commission this week on flexible electricity demand!

Lots of @tnorris.bsky.social @severinborenstein.bsky.social @jigarshahdc.bsky.social inspiration and references throughout!

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 9d

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What Will Data Centers Do To Your Electric Bill?

The threat of increased rates is real, but good policy can bring lower prices as demand grows. Electricity has recently replaced eggs, beef, and gasoline as the inflation concern du jour. Reporters…

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 9d

New from @severinborenstein.bsky.social: "The key to making new data center demand a benefit to other customers is to create incentives for these new loads to restrain their peak demand and to avoid discount pricing so the new loads significantly contribute to covering system fixed costs." 🔌💡

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 12d

Sad news for a lot of families in the Carolinas www.wral.com/story/regula...

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Brendan Pierpont @brendan.bsky.social · 15d

Really excellent piece on data center load growth, the obligation to serve, and ideas about where we go from here.

Matt Zeitlin @zeitlin.bsky.social · 15d

Why the data center boom might call into questions over 100 years of electricity market regulations heatmap.news/energy/elect...

Electricity Markets Aren’t Working Anymore

Why regional transmission organizations as we know them might not survive the data center boom.

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Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 15d

Only in @heatmap.news can you get @zeitlin.bsky.social explaining why electricity markets as they exist may no longer be fit for purpose, and how we can look to industries that regulate scarce resources, like water, for reforms. heatmap.news/energy/elect...

Electricity Markets Aren’t Working Anymore

Why regional transmission organizations as we know them might not survive the data center boom.

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Matt Zeitlin @zeitlin.bsky.social · 15d

Why the data center boom might call into questions over 100 years of electricity market regulations heatmap.news/energy/elect...

Electricity Markets Aren’t Working Anymore

Why regional transmission organizations as we know them might not survive the data center boom.

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 15d

“I think no matter what, we’re going to see some non-firm options” - @robgramlichdc.bsky.social in @zeitlin.bsky.social latest @heatmap.news 🔌💡 heatmap.news/energy/elect...

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 15d

The money -- and the potential bill savings!-- is in the wires! Just like @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social and I discussed on Shift Key here heatmap.news/podcast/shif...

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 15d

Interesting exchange between @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and @stephenlacey.bsky.social on latest Open Circuit episode w/ @charlesxhua.bsky.social 🔌💡 www.latitudemedia.com/news/open-ci...

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Jigar Shah @jigarshahdc.bsky.social · 16d

Today our transmission grid capacity is only used about 55% of the time. Our distribution grid, less than 30% of the time. But for 50-100 hours a year everything could be used close to 100% of their capacity — so we overinvest in those hours.
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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 19d

Happy to be speaking on the main stage at Climate Week NYC at the Javits Center next week - join us! We’d, Sept. 24, 5:15 PM. 🔌💡 www.thenestclimatecampus.com/register?utm...

Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 24d

New @apnews.com: "US grids under pressure from data centers are changing strategy" 🔌💡 apnews.com/article/big-...

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 24d

Must-listen new @catalyst-pod.bsky.social interview w/ @brianjanous.bsky.social. "I don't think there's a credible argument for behind the meter nuclear at data centers in the near future, and by near future, I mean the next couple of decades." 🔌💡 www.latitudemedia.com/news/catalys...

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 27d

MLK Jr. on violence:

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 27d

Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.

Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.

Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.

It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 29d

Pretty excited to do this live podcast with Verrus CEO Nelson Abramson at RE+ tomorrow - join us! 🔌💡

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · Sep 6

Governors of PA, NJ, MD, and IL call on PJM to streamline energy resource interconnection service (ERIS) and connect-and-manage options to accelerate generator interconnection (source: comments on PJM CFIP large loads proposal, pg 37 www.pjm.com/-/media/DotC... )

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · Sep 5

More info here: www.pjm.com/committees-a...

PJM - Critical Issue Fast Path - Large Load Additions

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · Sep 5

Coverage of PJM’s non-firm service proposal for large loads has missed the mark, casting stakeholder pushback as “opposition” to demand response, when the primary objections are to PJM’s mandatory approach. I count at least 17 stakeholders expressing interest in modernized demand response.

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congrats to @aoc.bsky.social's team on getting this passed! #energysky #greensky 🔌💡 ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-...

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Maeve Allsup @maeveallsup.bsky.social · Sep 3

It's been 7 months since @tnorris.bsky.social's report on flexible data centers dropped, making a major splash in the energy and AI worlds. But how far have we really come on flexibility? On Friday I'm sitting down for a live interview with Tyler to take stock: www.latitudemedia.com/events/the-r...

The race to build flexible data centers

A live conversation on the future of grid-responsive data center design and deployment

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hosted by @latitudemedia.bsky.social this Friday 1pm ET: #energysky #greensky 🔌💡 www.latitudemedia.com/events/the-r...

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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · Sep 2

@tnorris.bsky.social on why narratives about data center power demand are making it appear more constant & closer to full capacity than it actually is. Getting this right is key to heading off overbuild of generation and grid infrastructure. Big implications for climate, electricity rates and more.

The Puzzle of Low Data Center Utilization Rates

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