Ben Paulos
@paulosanalysis.com
Consulting on energy policy, technology and trends at http://PaulosAnalysis.com. Affiliated with the Incentive Finder (govcentives.com), Ava Community Energy, Clean Energy States Alliance, and @solarunitedneighbors.org but posts are my own.
If people want to tie Trump / Republicans to the rising cost of energy, you can't get much more explicit than these federal must-run orders. 💡🔌
The Trump admin seems set to force two Colorado coal plants to stay open past their planned closure this year, even as the costs of keeping an aging, unnecessary Michigan coal plant running through the summer top $80M. Are more must-run orders coming?
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Trump’s DOE may soon force more coal plants to stay open
Colorado coal plants are likely to face DOE orders to keep running past planned closure dates, even as the costs of keeping an old Michigan plant open…
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November 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
If people want to tie Trump / Republicans to the rising cost of energy, you can't get much more explicit than these federal must-run orders. 💡🔌
Since the new @iea.org modeling is being talked about, I thought I’d post the paper I wrote with @charlesxhua.bsky.social on “how energy modeling works.”
Enjoy the aphorisms, like “if you torture your model long enough, it will confess to anything.”
www.cesa.org/resource-lib...
Enjoy the aphorisms, like “if you torture your model long enough, it will confess to anything.”
www.cesa.org/resource-lib...
How Energy Modeling Works: The Uses and Limitations of Energy Modeling for Decarbonization Planning - Clean Energy States Alliance
Energy modeling—using computer software and mathematical equations to simulate the operation and growth of energy systems—can be a powerful tool for state decarbonization planning. But because modelin...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Since the new @iea.org modeling is being talked about, I thought I’d post the paper I wrote with @charlesxhua.bsky.social on “how energy modeling works.”
Enjoy the aphorisms, like “if you torture your model long enough, it will confess to anything.”
www.cesa.org/resource-lib...
Enjoy the aphorisms, like “if you torture your model long enough, it will confess to anything.”
www.cesa.org/resource-lib...
Long time energy, climate, and food advocate @sueanderbois.bsky.social is running for lieutenant governor of Rhode Island, stepping up from the Providence city Council. Let’s keep moving Climate Warriors up the ladder.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJX1...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJX1...
Sue AnderBois for Lieutenant Governor
YouTube video by Sue AnderBois
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November 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Long time energy, climate, and food advocate @sueanderbois.bsky.social is running for lieutenant governor of Rhode Island, stepping up from the Providence city Council. Let’s keep moving Climate Warriors up the ladder.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJX1...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJX1...
THREAD: Community solar tax credits are phasing out, but states require more low-income subscribers. Working with community action agencies (CAPs) can lower customer acquisition costs and accelerate timelines. Read our guest piece in PV Magazine USA. pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/10/c... 🧵
CAP agencies make good partners for community solar
Community solar marketers can turn state mandates to serve low-income households into a lifeline by partnering with established anti-poverty infrastructure like Community Action Partnerships (CAPs). T...
pv-magazine-usa.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
THREAD: Community solar tax credits are phasing out, but states require more low-income subscribers. Working with community action agencies (CAPs) can lower customer acquisition costs and accelerate timelines. Read our guest piece in PV Magazine USA. pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/10/c... 🧵
Want to learn about research on electric-vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology? Join this webinar with @cleanenergygroup.bsky.social and the @masscec.bsky.social, tomorrow.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Want to learn about research on electric-vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology? Join this webinar with @cleanenergygroup.bsky.social and the @masscec.bsky.social, tomorrow.
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Yet another reminder that solar power has more value than just zero emissions and saving money.
“Resiliency is becoming even more important than lowering your bill.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...
“Resiliency is becoming even more important than lowering your bill.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Yet another reminder that solar power has more value than just zero emissions and saving money.
“Resiliency is becoming even more important than lowering your bill.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...
“Resiliency is becoming even more important than lowering your bill.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...
I’ll see you tonight at The Freight in Berkeley.
TONIGHT AT 6 PT: Watch live as Canary Media heads to the Bay Area for a night with TURN's Mark Toney, the California Energy Commission's David Hochschild, and a live podcast with @volts.wtf and Kim-Mai Cutler.
Canary Live Bay Area 2025
YouTube video by Canary Media
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November 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I’ll see you tonight at The Freight in Berkeley.
The Georgia election showed that pro-consumer commissioners can be elected in the Deep South, over the opposition of Southern Company. Now let’s do Mississippi and Alabama.
This reminds me of the joke Senator Bingaman told me in 2007: Q "How much does it cost to buy an Alabama utility regulator?" A "I dont know. Southern isn't selling." insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...
How Alabama Power Kept Bills Up and Opposition Out to Become One of the Most Powerful Utilities in the Country - Inside Climate News
In one of the poorest states in America, the local utility earns massive profits producing dirty energy with almost no pushback from state regulators.
insideclimatenews.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The Georgia election showed that pro-consumer commissioners can be elected in the Deep South, over the opposition of Southern Company. Now let’s do Mississippi and Alabama.
A note to nuclear fanboys — when your product costs $32 billion and triggers multiple rate increases, there are consequences. 🔌💡
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
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In an Upset, Democrats Oust Two Republicans on Georgia’s Utility Board
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
A note to nuclear fanboys — when your product costs $32 billion and triggers multiple rate increases, there are consequences. 🔌💡
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Good accurate coverage of the new @berkeleylabemp.bsky.social and Brattle Group report on rising electricity prices in the NYT.
(Here’s a new drinking game: drink every time you see “spike” and “skyrocket.”)
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Gift link-
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/c...
(Here’s a new drinking game: drink every time you see “spike” and “skyrocket.”)
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Gift link-
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/c...
Why the Price of Electricity Is Spiking Around the Country
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October 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Good accurate coverage of the new @berkeleylabemp.bsky.social and Brattle Group report on rising electricity prices in the NYT.
(Here’s a new drinking game: drink every time you see “spike” and “skyrocket.”)
🔌💡
Gift link-
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/c...
(Here’s a new drinking game: drink every time you see “spike” and “skyrocket.”)
🔌💡
Gift link-
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/c...
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Let's go GEORGIA! All Georgia voters have the chance to flip two seats on the Public Service Commission and vote for @ossoff.bsky.social endorsed climate champions Dr. Alicia Johnson and @peterhubbardga.bsky.social by November 4th!
October 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Let's go GEORGIA! All Georgia voters have the chance to flip two seats on the Public Service Commission and vote for @ossoff.bsky.social endorsed climate champions Dr. Alicia Johnson and @peterhubbardga.bsky.social by November 4th!
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🚴🚴🚴Berkeleyans can apply online for a monthly lottery to get $400 to $1,500 off the purchase of a new electric bicycle – with larger amounts helping lower income residents.
Apply now for a chance for a subsidy to purchase an electric bike:
Apply now for a chance for a subsidy to purchase an electric bike:
Apply for subsidy to buy an electric bicycle | City of Berkeley
Berkeley residents can enter monthly lottery to win rebate of up to $1,500 to buy an e-bike, making it even easier to bike around Berkeley. Berkeleyans can apply online for a monthly lottery to get $400 to $1,500 off the purchase of a new electric bicycle – with larger amounts helping lower income residents.The rebate will cover part of the cost of your new e-bike. Those selected will receive a personalized rebate code via email to buy an e-bike within 60 days from one of more than two dozen shops countywide – including five in Berkeley.This program is being offered by Ava Community Energy, the local electricity provider for virtually all residential and commercial accounts in Berkeley.
berkeleyca.gov
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🚴🚴🚴Berkeleyans can apply online for a monthly lottery to get $400 to $1,500 off the purchase of a new electric bicycle – with larger amounts helping lower income residents.
Apply now for a chance for a subsidy to purchase an electric bike:
Apply now for a chance for a subsidy to purchase an electric bike:
The retail price of natural gas was up 13.8% this year, as more LNG export terminals come on line, linking US prices to the global market.
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Competition for Natural Gas Sends U.S. Prices Skyward | OilPrice.com
While surging LNG exports are perfectly in line with the Trump Administration’s “energy dominance” agenda, soaring feedgas demand is putting upward pressure on residential gas prices in the United Sta...
oilprice.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The retail price of natural gas was up 13.8% this year, as more LNG export terminals come on line, linking US prices to the global market.
oilprice.com/Energy/Gas-P...
oilprice.com/Energy/Gas-P...
Congratulations to San Jose for being named the”greenest city” in America. SJ Clean Energy is using our Incentive Finder software to help their customers go green.
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San José Crowned Greenest City Glory in U.S. with Stellar Sustainability Score
San José tops WalletHub's 2025 green city rankings in the U.S. for sustainability efforts and renewable energy initiatives.
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October 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Congratulations to San Jose for being named the”greenest city” in America. SJ Clean Energy is using our Incentive Finder software to help their customers go green.
sjce.govcentives.com
flip.it/MZaHQb
sjce.govcentives.com
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1. Rising electricity bills are becoming a hotbutton issue, but pundits and politicians often talk about them in ways that are misleading or flat-out wrong. A new paper from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory examines actual data on retail electricity prices.
The results may surprise you. 🧵
The results may surprise you. 🧵
Factors influencing recent trends in retail electricity prices in the United States
This study analyzes the primary drivers of recent state-level trends in U.S. retail electricity prices. We summarize pricing trends, explore descripti…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
1. Rising electricity bills are becoming a hotbutton issue, but pundits and politicians often talk about them in ways that are misleading or flat-out wrong. A new paper from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory examines actual data on retail electricity prices.
The results may surprise you. 🧵
The results may surprise you. 🧵
Replacing gas two-stroke motorbikes with electric will make a huge impact on air quality in the developing world. U.S. companies that want carbon offsets should subsidize the shift.
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Vietnam’s love affair with gas bikes is colliding with a new electric reality
Vietnam is split between two visions: the rumbling, reliable gas-powered motorbikes that now rule the roads, and sleek, silent electric bikes the government says are its future. Its commercial capita...
finance.yahoo.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Replacing gas two-stroke motorbikes with electric will make a huge impact on air quality in the developing world. U.S. companies that want carbon offsets should subsidize the shift.
finance.yahoo.com/news/vietnam...
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Just boarded my plane in the People’s Republic of San Francisco. Getting ready to launch Project Weather Control.
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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Chemtrail? New Conspiracy Theory Takes Wing at Kennedy's HHS - KFF Health News
The idea that airplane vapors are toxic to people or that there are ongoing efforts to intentionally change the climate made the social media rounds. Now, it has found advocates at the Department of H...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Just boarded my plane in the People’s Republic of San Francisco. Getting ready to launch Project Weather Control.
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This is the only message that clean energy advocates should be using — renewable energy creates rural prosperity for the long run.
Rural Energy is Renewable Energy.
Rural Energy is Renewable Energy.
"In Randolph, millions of dollars have poured into school districts, emergency services, bridge repairs, streets, sidewalks and parks. EDPR NA is on track to pay the county over $65 million by 2038."
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Wind and solar aren't politically popular, but they've been profitable for 2 Indiana counties
Building wind and solar energy capacity in rural America isn’t about politics, and it isn’t about climate change. It’s about money.
www.indystar.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This is the only message that clean energy advocates should be using — renewable energy creates rural prosperity for the long run.
Rural Energy is Renewable Energy.
Rural Energy is Renewable Energy.
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Excited that @berkeleylab.lbl.gov's 2025 data drop for utility-scale #solar is out. Among other things, it validates what I've said: #Maine and #RhodeIsland are the top states in terms of moving to #solar East of the Rockies.
Maine: 17.1% of load met with solar in 2024
Rhode Island: 16.4%
How?
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Maine: 17.1% of load met with solar in 2024
Rhode Island: 16.4%
How?
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October 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Excited that @berkeleylab.lbl.gov's 2025 data drop for utility-scale #solar is out. Among other things, it validates what I've said: #Maine and #RhodeIsland are the top states in terms of moving to #solar East of the Rockies.
Maine: 17.1% of load met with solar in 2024
Rhode Island: 16.4%
How?
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Maine: 17.1% of load met with solar in 2024
Rhode Island: 16.4%
How?
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Esteban Rios, who had been wearing a hat and shirt that read “Proud Dad of a U.S. Marine,” was deported on Friday, his son said.
“He said, ‘Yeah, this is my lucky shirt, so we’ll be fine,’” Rios recalled his father saying.
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“He said, ‘Yeah, this is my lucky shirt, so we’ll be fine,’” Rios recalled his father saying.
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This family visit to a military base ended with ICE deporting a Marine's dad
A U.S. Marine says his parents were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials after they visited a California military base and one of them was later deported.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Esteban Rios, who had been wearing a hat and shirt that read “Proud Dad of a U.S. Marine,” was deported on Friday, his son said.
“He said, ‘Yeah, this is my lucky shirt, so we’ll be fine,’” Rios recalled his father saying.
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“He said, ‘Yeah, this is my lucky shirt, so we’ll be fine,’” Rios recalled his father saying.
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@jeffstjohn.bsky.social , things aren’t that clear in this story, but something interesting is going on here.
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Caltrain's Electric Fleet Powers Bay Area Grid, Secures Financial Returns Through Renewable Energy Credits
Caltrain's electric trains are now sending 23% of their energy back to the grid, earning about $1 million annually.
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October 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
@jeffstjohn.bsky.social , things aren’t that clear in this story, but something interesting is going on here.
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So the President wants to kill a project that would create 2,300 jobs in the home town of the Speaker of the House.
What would LBJ and Sam Rayburn have to say about that?
Wall Street Journal: share.google/iln3BUcEQFkO...
What would LBJ and Sam Rayburn have to say about that?
Wall Street Journal: share.google/iln3BUcEQFkO...
Energy Department to Slash Nearly $24 Billion in Green Project Funding
The move, affecting Republican and Democratic-led states, builds on cuts of more than $7 billion targeting mostly Democratic-led states.
share.google
October 9, 2025 at 5:48 AM
So the President wants to kill a project that would create 2,300 jobs in the home town of the Speaker of the House.
What would LBJ and Sam Rayburn have to say about that?
Wall Street Journal: share.google/iln3BUcEQFkO...
What would LBJ and Sam Rayburn have to say about that?
Wall Street Journal: share.google/iln3BUcEQFkO...
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🏅 Former Berkeley Lab senior scientist John Clarke has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics. His research on quantum tunneling in electric circuits paved the way for today’s quantum computers and sensors. 🧠 This brings LBNL’s Nobel count to 17!
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@uofcalifornia.bsky.social
Former Berkeley Lab Scientist John Clarke Wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics
The Nobel Prize committee honored former Berkeley Lab scientist John Clarke for research in quantum tunneling in electric circuits.
newscenter.lbl.gov
October 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🏅 Former Berkeley Lab senior scientist John Clarke has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics. His research on quantum tunneling in electric circuits paved the way for today’s quantum computers and sensors. 🧠 This brings LBNL’s Nobel count to 17!
@nobelprize.bsky.social
@uofcalifornia.bsky.social
@nobelprize.bsky.social
@uofcalifornia.bsky.social
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Everything you need to know about the e-bike revolution in Berkeley.
Main points:
e-bikes are mostly used for TRANSPORTATION not recreation. City planners should design streets accordingly.
They increase ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL, not just the rich, young, and physically fit.
Main points:
e-bikes are mostly used for TRANSPORTATION not recreation. City planners should design streets accordingly.
They increase ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL, not just the rich, young, and physically fit.
Residents of all ages and abilities are taking to electric bikes — used for commutes, school drop-offs, grocery trips and joy rides.
Why electric bikes are everywhere in Berkeley
Residents of all ages and abilities are taking to electric bikes — used for commutes, school drop-offs, grocery trips and joy rides.
www.berkeleyside.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Everything you need to know about the e-bike revolution in Berkeley.
Main points:
e-bikes are mostly used for TRANSPORTATION not recreation. City planners should design streets accordingly.
They increase ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL, not just the rich, young, and physically fit.
Main points:
e-bikes are mostly used for TRANSPORTATION not recreation. City planners should design streets accordingly.
They increase ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL, not just the rich, young, and physically fit.
The federal tax credit or electric vehicles ends today, BUT the Section 30C: Alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit does not end until next June 30. So you can still get a tax credit for a home charger.
October 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The federal tax credit or electric vehicles ends today, BUT the Section 30C: Alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit does not end until next June 30. So you can still get a tax credit for a home charger.