Chaz Teplin
@chazteplin.bsky.social
Energy transition. RMI. Transmission. Interconnection. WIWADEE. Sometimes PV science. Sometimes personal decarb experience with data.
Such fun to watch our backups give a good team (and officials) a run for their money. And then win!
@nuggets.bsky.social
NBA regular season can be wild.
@nuggets.bsky.social
NBA regular season can be wild.
January 6, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Such fun to watch our backups give a good team (and officials) a run for their money. And then win!
@nuggets.bsky.social
NBA regular season can be wild.
@nuggets.bsky.social
NBA regular season can be wild.
Boulder cyclists, NOW is the time to set the PR on those East-going Strava segments*
*Do not ride anywhere near cars at this time. Obviously
*Do not ride anywhere near cars at this time. Obviously
December 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Boulder cyclists, NOW is the time to set the PR on those East-going Strava segments*
*Do not ride anywhere near cars at this time. Obviously
*Do not ride anywhere near cars at this time. Obviously
I mean 20 obviously
Show your age
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
December 16, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I mean 20 obviously
Have a weekend people.
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Have a weekend people.
Can we call the “new” lab of the Rockies LOTR
Please?
Please?
December 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Can we call the “new” lab of the Rockies LOTR
Please?
Please?
Man this Nuggets Rockets game would be impossible to referee well. But they've been awful.
November 22, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Man this Nuggets Rockets game would be impossible to referee well. But they've been awful.
Just arrived in NYC
Takes a deep satisfying breath
I can just smell the socialism!
Takes a deep satisfying breath
I can just smell the socialism!
November 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Just arrived in NYC
Takes a deep satisfying breath
I can just smell the socialism!
Takes a deep satisfying breath
I can just smell the socialism!
Reposted by Chaz Teplin
Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.
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Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon
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October 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
Electricity markets… just like like Democracy and Capitalism.
Jenny’s thread is amazing as always. Read it.
Jenny’s thread is amazing as always. Read it.
58. Traded electricity wholesale markets are the worst way of deciding how to dispatch energy resources, except for all the others that have been tried.
October 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Electricity markets… just like like Democracy and Capitalism.
Jenny’s thread is amazing as always. Read it.
Jenny’s thread is amazing as always. Read it.
The comments on this thread are worthy of @thelouvreof.bsky.social
Cornhole concerns at the zoning committee: "The cornhole game leads to a continuous thunking noise as the beanbag hits the target. When one goes in the hole there's a loud cry of success."
September 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The comments on this thread are worthy of @thelouvreof.bsky.social
Somehow reminded of the amazing Bo Burnham quote “the backlash to the backlash to the thing that’s just begun”
September 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Somehow reminded of the amazing Bo Burnham quote “the backlash to the backlash to the thing that’s just begun”
Hey @didtherockieslose.bsky.social It’s the 7th inning and the Rockies have more runs than hits! And they have one run.
Is that good?
Is that good?
September 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Hey @didtherockieslose.bsky.social It’s the 7th inning and the Rockies have more runs than hits! And they have one run.
Is that good?
Is that good?
FFS Grok installed itself on my car.
August 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
FFS Grok installed itself on my car.
Sooooo. Are we building transmission in the USofA? Perhaps the most important infrastructure needed for cheap and clean energy?
No. No we are not.
See the report from Grid Strategies at cleanenergygrid.org/portfolio/re...
No. No we are not.
See the report from Grid Strategies at cleanenergygrid.org/portfolio/re...
July 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Sooooo. Are we building transmission in the USofA? Perhaps the most important infrastructure needed for cheap and clean energy?
No. No we are not.
See the report from Grid Strategies at cleanenergygrid.org/portfolio/re...
No. No we are not.
See the report from Grid Strategies at cleanenergygrid.org/portfolio/re...
Imagine if the Rockies could have had a guy like Elehuris Montero. Just imagine.
July 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Imagine if the Rockies could have had a guy like Elehuris Montero. Just imagine.
It’s both sad and fascinating to listen to NPR coverage right now.
Just constantly thinking of @volts.wtf‘s Epistemological Crisis.
Even as they report on their own destruction, they struggle to speak clearly.
Just constantly thinking of @volts.wtf‘s Epistemological Crisis.
Even as they report on their own destruction, they struggle to speak clearly.
July 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
It’s both sad and fascinating to listen to NPR coverage right now.
Just constantly thinking of @volts.wtf‘s Epistemological Crisis.
Even as they report on their own destruction, they struggle to speak clearly.
Just constantly thinking of @volts.wtf‘s Epistemological Crisis.
Even as they report on their own destruction, they struggle to speak clearly.
Wait Joe, really?
Are you saying we could:
1) Force coal to run and increase prices by $15B, with no benefits?
Or
2) End energy poverty for $10B?
And we might choose #1?!
Are you saying we could:
1) Force coal to run and increase prices by $15B, with no benefits?
Or
2) End energy poverty for $10B?
And we might choose #1?!
My team is proud to release new data on coal economics!
With some calling for increased reliance on coal, RMI has re-run the 2024 coal dispatch data, assuming all coal is self-scheduled at 100% of capacity.
The results: $15 billion in increased costs!
utilitytransitionhub.rmi.org/economic-dis...
With some calling for increased reliance on coal, RMI has re-run the 2024 coal dispatch data, assuming all coal is self-scheduled at 100% of capacity.
The results: $15 billion in increased costs!
utilitytransitionhub.rmi.org/economic-dis...
100% Self-Commitment
RMI’s Utility Transition Hub helps key stakeholders—regulators, investors, policymakers, advocates, and utilities—chart a path to an equitable and affordable energy transition
utilitytransitionhub.rmi.org
June 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Wait Joe, really?
Are you saying we could:
1) Force coal to run and increase prices by $15B, with no benefits?
Or
2) End energy poverty for $10B?
And we might choose #1?!
Are you saying we could:
1) Force coal to run and increase prices by $15B, with no benefits?
Or
2) End energy poverty for $10B?
And we might choose #1?!
I crutched to the Boulder #NoKings today. Felt like the whole town was there.
This is going to be a long fight. But proud of our town today.
Photo not great as I’m limited with mobility.
This is going to be a long fight. But proud of our town today.
Photo not great as I’m limited with mobility.
June 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I crutched to the Boulder #NoKings today. Felt like the whole town was there.
This is going to be a long fight. But proud of our town today.
Photo not great as I’m limited with mobility.
This is going to be a long fight. But proud of our town today.
Photo not great as I’m limited with mobility.
@sarahtaber.bsky.social Hi Sarah I remember you once did a memorable thread (back on Twitter RIP) about the economics and motivations of farmers to convert to solar vs sell to housing developers. Is that right? Could you repost that?
June 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
@sarahtaber.bsky.social Hi Sarah I remember you once did a memorable thread (back on Twitter RIP) about the economics and motivations of farmers to convert to solar vs sell to housing developers. Is that right? Could you repost that?
Hey @didtherockieslose.bsky.social what is happening to the Rockies?
June 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Hey @didtherockieslose.bsky.social what is happening to the Rockies?
After yesterday, the Rockies Senzatella has a 1-10 record, meaning he alone has more losses than the Rockies have wins. @didtherockieslose.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
After yesterday, the Rockies Senzatella has a 1-10 record, meaning he alone has more losses than the Rockies have wins. @didtherockieslose.bsky.social
Welcome to Grid version of the “War on Cars” Central NJ.
It’s a crazy sticky challenge and it’s fascinating to see you grappling with it.
It’s a crazy sticky challenge and it’s fascinating to see you grappling with it.
One tidbit that I picked out of my ongoing review of 'Abundance' by Ezra Klein. Is this a serious proposal?
Ezra cites research from Jesse Jenkins at Princeton U., which estimates that to produce enough carbon-free electricity, we would need to build solar or wind farms on an area equivalent to the total land of Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Ohio, Rhode Island and Tennessee... 😳
May 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Welcome to Grid version of the “War on Cars” Central NJ.
It’s a crazy sticky challenge and it’s fascinating to see you grappling with it.
It’s a crazy sticky challenge and it’s fascinating to see you grappling with it.
I’m sure it’s just random but I am getting constant pings from Tesla trying to sell me everything in their portfolio.
May 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I’m sure it’s just random but I am getting constant pings from Tesla trying to sell me everything in their portfolio.
Seems bad.
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May 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Seems bad.