Dan Testa
@dantesta.bsky.social
Power finance news editor at S&P Global Commodity Insights, contributor to Energy Evolution podcast, Asheville resident, bicyclist, NY Rangers fan, dog friend. Posts are my own.
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It's funny to see the tech industry collectively decide, now that securing electricity is crucial to its business success, that it needed to find a more pretentious way of putting it.
So now everyone's in a mad dash for "electrons."
So now everyone's in a mad dash for "electrons."
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
It's funny to see the tech industry collectively decide, now that securing electricity is crucial to its business success, that it needed to find a more pretentious way of putting it.
So now everyone's in a mad dash for "electrons."
So now everyone's in a mad dash for "electrons."
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What happens to the power sector if the AI bubble pops? I decided it was time to find out: www.spglobal.com/market-intel... 🔌💡
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
What happens to the power sector if the AI bubble pops? I decided it was time to find out: www.spglobal.com/market-intel... 🔌💡
Our new episode of Energy Evolution discusses the current hype over nuclear power and whether the industry can deliver, with great insights from colleagues @abbiebennett.bsky.social and Bill Freebairn, Adam Stein of BTI and Entergy CEO Drew Marsh.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Our new episode of Energy Evolution discusses the current hype over nuclear power and whether the industry can deliver, with great insights from colleagues @abbiebennett.bsky.social and Bill Freebairn, Adam Stein of BTI and Entergy CEO Drew Marsh.
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Legal scholars analyzed EPA's novel argument for revoking the 2009 landmark greenhouse gas endangerment finding. "This is an elaborate, complicated work-around." tinyurl.com/4662933d
August 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Legal scholars analyzed EPA's novel argument for revoking the 2009 landmark greenhouse gas endangerment finding. "This is an elaborate, complicated work-around." tinyurl.com/4662933d
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Market volatility and policy swings driven by the Trump administration could chill power project financing, planning and execution, experts and industry participants said at the recent S&P Global Power Markets Conference. 🔌💡 www.spglobal.com/market-intel...
April 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Market volatility and policy swings driven by the Trump administration could chill power project financing, planning and execution, experts and industry participants said at the recent S&P Global Power Markets Conference. 🔌💡 www.spglobal.com/market-intel...
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DeepSeek concerns to keep datacenter demand at fore of US utilities' Q4 calls www.spglobal.com/market-intel...
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January 31, 2025 at 9:50 PM
DeepSeek concerns to keep datacenter demand at fore of US utilities' Q4 calls www.spglobal.com/market-intel...
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New episode of #EnergyEvolution dives into shifts in US energy policy under Trump, w/ guests from S&P Global, Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy and the CEO of Plug Power (which recently received a DOE loan in the last days of the Biden admin): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... 🔌💡
Trump makes big moves on energy, climate early in return to presidency
Podcast Episode · Energy Evolution · 01/28/2025 · 41m
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January 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New episode of #EnergyEvolution dives into shifts in US energy policy under Trump, w/ guests from S&P Global, Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy and the CEO of Plug Power (which recently received a DOE loan in the last days of the Biden admin): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... 🔌💡
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Independent power producers got caught up in the DeepSeek news yesterday, erasing much of the share price gains those companies had made in 2024. My latest: 🔌💡
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January 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Independent power producers got caught up in the DeepSeek news yesterday, erasing much of the share price gains those companies had made in 2024. My latest: 🔌💡
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New: NextEra Energy is taking initial steps to recommission the Duane Arnold nuclear plant in Iowa to help meet growing power demand. The plant was shut down in 2020 after being damaged in a storm a few months before its planned retirement. 🔌💡
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January 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
New: NextEra Energy is taking initial steps to recommission the Duane Arnold nuclear plant in Iowa to help meet growing power demand. The plant was shut down in 2020 after being damaged in a storm a few months before its planned retirement. 🔌💡
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SC utility Santee Cooper is seeking proposals to acquire and complete construction of two abandoned nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer plant. 🔌💡
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January 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
SC utility Santee Cooper is seeking proposals to acquire and complete construction of two abandoned nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer plant. 🔌💡
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Industry experts expected the incoming administration to block future offshore wind development and potentially rescind past lease sales and project approvals, but the expansion into onshore wind is more of a surprise. My latest: 🔌💡
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January 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Industry experts expected the incoming administration to block future offshore wind development and potentially rescind past lease sales and project approvals, but the expansion into onshore wind is more of a surprise. My latest: 🔌💡
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Former FirstEnergy CEO, senior exec indicted on federal racketeering charges
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January 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Former FirstEnergy CEO, senior exec indicted on federal racketeering charges
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The Energy Evolution podcast is merging with Platts' Future Energy! Come check out this episode where my new co-host @eklavya.bsky.social and I talk about what's ahead in the world of energy transition in 2025! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l... 🔌💡
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January 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The Energy Evolution podcast is merging with Platts' Future Energy! Come check out this episode where my new co-host @eklavya.bsky.social and I talk about what's ahead in the world of energy transition in 2025! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l... 🔌💡
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American Electric Power transmission sale seen as strong step in transformation
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January 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
American Electric Power transmission sale seen as strong step in transformation
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Montana's top court affirmed that state environmental regulators must consider #climate impacts when issuing fossil fuel permits. How and when such analysis will be used for the gas plant at the center of the litigation is uncertain. tinyurl.com/4a4cweyv
January 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Montana's top court affirmed that state environmental regulators must consider #climate impacts when issuing fossil fuel permits. How and when such analysis will be used for the gas plant at the center of the litigation is uncertain. tinyurl.com/4a4cweyv
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2025 preview: Load growth focuses power sector on residential rates, interconnection clarity
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January 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
2025 preview: Load growth focuses power sector on residential rates, interconnection clarity
www.spglobal.com/marketintell... 🔌💡
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🔌💡 'Risk-on' investor attitude could drag US utility stock performance in 2025. My latest:
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December 13, 2024 at 5:06 PM
🔌💡 'Risk-on' investor attitude could drag US utility stock performance in 2025. My latest:
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A senator filed legislation this week that aims to provide as much as $3.6B in federal funds to offset cost overruns from construction of new nuclear generation, an incentive advocates have long requested to boost the next US reactors.
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December 5, 2024 at 8:51 PM
A senator filed legislation this week that aims to provide as much as $3.6B in federal funds to offset cost overruns from construction of new nuclear generation, an incentive advocates have long requested to boost the next US reactors.
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A new episode of our podcast Energy Evolution: COP29 in oil and gas nation Azerbaijan – What was achieved? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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December 6, 2024 at 6:31 PM
A new episode of our podcast Energy Evolution: COP29 in oil and gas nation Azerbaijan – What was achieved? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...