Joe Daniel
@electronecon.bsky.social
Electricity Economics and Policy
Working to ensure an affordable energy transition
Principal, RMI (electricity affordability)
opinions expressed here are my own
Working to ensure an affordable energy transition
Principal, RMI (electricity affordability)
opinions expressed here are my own
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Joe Daniel
@electronecon.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Excited to announce that my new role at RMI will have me leading the electricity team's work on affordability.
Some tangible actions PUCs can take durring the government shutdown to assist low-income families, all of which are struggling right now as important support programs are frozen. rmi.org/as-the-gover...
As the Government Shutdown Freezes Low-Income Assistance Funds, PUCs Can Help - RMI
As LIHEAP funding stalls, millions face energy insecurity; PUCs act to prevent shutoffs and protect struggling families.
rmi.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Some tangible actions PUCs can take durring the government shutdown to assist low-income families, all of which are struggling right now as important support programs are frozen. rmi.org/as-the-gover...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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If you’re driving around in unmarked cars, wearing masks, and kidnapping people, you’re not one of the good guys.
October 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
If you’re driving around in unmarked cars, wearing masks, and kidnapping people, you’re not one of the good guys.
Millionaires will continue to live in NYC for the Lincoln Center, and Broadway, for the Opera, and the Met gala. They will continue to seek the status of living on Central Park West or in Tribeca, or billionaires row.
Research is clear: millionaire flight due to higher taxes is simply not a thing. Millionaires move *less* than the rest of us and often move from one higher-tax state to another (because of amenities!). prospect.org/2025/10/23/m...
The Myth That Mamdani Will Cause New York City’s Richest to Leave - The American Prospect
Millionaire tax flight would devastate a future Mamdani administration. If the rich leave, how could anything be financed? But research shows that wealthy individuals move at lower rates than others, ...
prospect.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Millionaires will continue to live in NYC for the Lincoln Center, and Broadway, for the Opera, and the Met gala. They will continue to seek the status of living on Central Park West or in Tribeca, or billionaires row.
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
In the few contacts I've dug into the price is paid as part of the transportation cost ($) but often reported as an added in the price ($/mmbtu) but would love to know if this is norm or outlier
With natural gas pipeline contracts for electric utilities, if an electric utility signs a more firm pipeline capacity contract, is the firmness of that contract rolled into the retail customers fuel charge, or is it a separate line item paid for by the utility?
October 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
In the few contacts I've dug into the price is paid as part of the transportation cost ($) but often reported as an added in the price ($/mmbtu) but would love to know if this is norm or outlier
That's 0.1%. FWIW, In Illinois nearly 1 and 4 adults has a criminal record (thanks to over policing). You best bet kidnapping random adults to goose up the stats is next.
Trump claims ICE’s reign of terror in Chicago is targeting the “worst of the worst.”
But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background.
Don’t believe his lies for a second.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background.
Don’t believe his lies for a second.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.
Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.
www.msnbc.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
That's 0.1%. FWIW, In Illinois nearly 1 and 4 adults has a criminal record (thanks to over policing). You best bet kidnapping random adults to goose up the stats is next.
Looking forward to reading the NYC oped "The rise of pro-hitler young republicans is the fault of Democrats not capitulating enough."
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
@politico.com
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@politico.com
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October 15, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Looking forward to reading the NYC oped "The rise of pro-hitler young republicans is the fault of Democrats not capitulating enough."
Wedding in sleepy hollow in October... Very fun.
Meeting "Bear" at the local coffee shop... Perfect
Meeting "Bear" at the local coffee shop... Perfect
October 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Wedding in sleepy hollow in October... Very fun.
Meeting "Bear" at the local coffee shop... Perfect
Meeting "Bear" at the local coffee shop... Perfect
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we need to abolish this shit
October 12, 2025 at 6:42 AM
we need to abolish this shit
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Wild fact from the utility/large-business settlement proposal in FPL’s rate case, via @shelbyisgreen.bsky.social.
Every time I hear a politician describe the pro-monopoly, pro-utility, pro-rate hike position as “pro-business,” a part of me dies inside.
energyandpolicy.org/key-decision...
Every time I hear a politician describe the pro-monopoly, pro-utility, pro-rate hike position as “pro-business,” a part of me dies inside.
energyandpolicy.org/key-decision...
September 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Wild fact from the utility/large-business settlement proposal in FPL’s rate case, via @shelbyisgreen.bsky.social.
Every time I hear a politician describe the pro-monopoly, pro-utility, pro-rate hike position as “pro-business,” a part of me dies inside.
energyandpolicy.org/key-decision...
Every time I hear a politician describe the pro-monopoly, pro-utility, pro-rate hike position as “pro-business,” a part of me dies inside.
energyandpolicy.org/key-decision...
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Today on Volts: traditionally, electricity grids are kept stable by large spinning masses, usually fossil fuel generators. What will ensure stability when the fossil fuels retire? Enter "grid-forming inverters" attached to solar, wind, & batteries. I dig into the tech & the growing market.
How inverters can stabilize a renewables-heavy grid
Daniel Duckwitz and Catarina Augusto explain how we can run stable electricity grids on inverter-based clean energy resources.
www.volts.wtf
September 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Today on Volts: traditionally, electricity grids are kept stable by large spinning masses, usually fossil fuel generators. What will ensure stability when the fossil fuels retire? Enter "grid-forming inverters" attached to solar, wind, & batteries. I dig into the tech & the growing market.
Despite not having representation at the legislature, and despite my city being turned into a police state, I show up today for jury service.
September 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Despite not having representation at the legislature, and despite my city being turned into a police state, I show up today for jury service.
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It's time to wake up!
“Because here in DC we deserve leadership that is better… it is time to put them all on notice.”
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Afeni Edwards, DC Activist.
#FreeDC #WeAreAllDC
“Because here in DC we deserve leadership that is better… it is time to put them all on notice.”
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Afeni Edwards, DC Activist.
#FreeDC #WeAreAllDC
September 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It's time to wake up!
“Because here in DC we deserve leadership that is better… it is time to put them all on notice.”
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Afeni Edwards, DC Activist.
#FreeDC #WeAreAllDC
“Because here in DC we deserve leadership that is better… it is time to put them all on notice.”
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Afeni Edwards, DC Activist.
#FreeDC #WeAreAllDC
People are being disappeared! Crime isn't down.
all these media asking democrats 'but crime seems to be down in DC isn't that good'
ARMED MILITARY ON THE STREETS IS NEVER FUCKING GOOD
ARMED MILITARY ON THE STREETS IS NEVER FUCKING GOOD
August 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
People are being disappeared! Crime isn't down.
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Our utility wildfire staff attorney, Eric Macomber, wrote a long post summarizing changes to utility liability for wildfire that have occurred across the West this year.
August 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Our utility wildfire staff attorney, Eric Macomber, wrote a long post summarizing changes to utility liability for wildfire that have occurred across the West this year.
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"As much as I love [gas], I’m never going back to it."
Head chef Jeremy Chan discusses why Ikoyi, a London restaurant with two Michelin stars, uses induction cooking instead of gas burners.
Head chef Jeremy Chan discusses why Ikoyi, a London restaurant with two Michelin stars, uses induction cooking instead of gas burners.
With Induction Stoves, Chefs Discover a Foolproof Path to Perfection
From Michelin kitchens to home wok burners, induction delivers consistency that gas can’t match.
www.bloomberg.com
August 31, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"As much as I love [gas], I’m never going back to it."
Head chef Jeremy Chan discusses why Ikoyi, a London restaurant with two Michelin stars, uses induction cooking instead of gas burners.
Head chef Jeremy Chan discusses why Ikoyi, a London restaurant with two Michelin stars, uses induction cooking instead of gas burners.
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The uneconomic coal dispatch work that HCI has funded at @rockymtninst.bsky.social led by @electronecon.bsky.social relies on the bulk FERC & EIA data that we publish through our Public Utility Data Liberation Project (PUDL). #OpenData #EnergySky
Today on Volts: "uneconomic dispatch" is when utilities run coal plants even when there are cheaper options, just to justify keeping them open. Based on a bogus Trump reliability report, that practice is about to get much more common, and worse. I talk with an expert.
Trump's latest attempt to save coal
Frank Rambo joins me to discuss the multi-billion-dollar utility practice of running expensive coal plants and the Trump administration's efforts to prop them up.
www.volts.wtf
August 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The uneconomic coal dispatch work that HCI has funded at @rockymtninst.bsky.social led by @electronecon.bsky.social relies on the bulk FERC & EIA data that we publish through our Public Utility Data Liberation Project (PUDL). #OpenData #EnergySky
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Today on Volts: "uneconomic dispatch" is when utilities run coal plants even when there are cheaper options, just to justify keeping them open. Based on a bogus Trump reliability report, that practice is about to get much more common, and worse. I talk with an expert.
Trump's latest attempt to save coal
Frank Rambo joins me to discuss the multi-billion-dollar utility practice of running expensive coal plants and the Trump administration's efforts to prop them up.
www.volts.wtf
August 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Today on Volts: "uneconomic dispatch" is when utilities run coal plants even when there are cheaper options, just to justify keeping them open. Based on a bogus Trump reliability report, that practice is about to get much more common, and worse. I talk with an expert.
This work wouldn't be possible without Catalyst Cooperative. Supporting them supports me, RMI, and countless others in our industry trying to use defensible data to inform policies.
The uneconomic coal dispatch work that HCI has funded at @rockymtninst.bsky.social led by @electronecon.bsky.social relies on the bulk FERC & EIA data that we publish through our Public Utility Data Liberation Project (PUDL). #OpenData #EnergySky
Today on Volts: "uneconomic dispatch" is when utilities run coal plants even when there are cheaper options, just to justify keeping them open. Based on a bogus Trump reliability report, that practice is about to get much more common, and worse. I talk with an expert.
August 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This work wouldn't be possible without Catalyst Cooperative. Supporting them supports me, RMI, and countless others in our industry trying to use defensible data to inform policies.
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Coal plants present a huge reliability liability for grids where data center loads represent a large portion of demand. rmi.org/reality-chec...
Reality Check: We Have What’s Needed to Reliably Power the Data Center Boom, and It’s Not Coal Plants - RMI
A range of clean, resilient solutions can help us meet the electrical needs of our growing digital economy while saving Americans money.
rmi.org
August 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Coal plants present a huge reliability liability for grids where data center loads represent a large portion of demand. rmi.org/reality-chec...
Coal plants present a huge reliability liability for grids where data center loads represent a large portion of demand. rmi.org/reality-chec...
Reality Check: We Have What’s Needed to Reliably Power the Data Center Boom, and It’s Not Coal Plants - RMI
A range of clean, resilient solutions can help us meet the electrical needs of our growing digital economy while saving Americans money.
rmi.org
August 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Coal plants present a huge reliability liability for grids where data center loads represent a large portion of demand. rmi.org/reality-chec...
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Führer Noem can’t stop Nazi posting. Even AI agrees. Jeez.
Trump Admin Called Out for Mirroring 'Known White Supremacist' Messaging With 'Disgusting' Image of Colonization
The Department of Homeland Security shared an X post with a Manifest Destiny painting that users said referenced Nazi propaganda and "Heil Hitler."
www.latintimes.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Führer Noem can’t stop Nazi posting. Even AI agrees. Jeez.