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Scott Clavenna
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Co-founder of Latitude Media and watcher of climatetech news
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I spent time this week parsing the second list of (potential) DOE award cancellations that has been circulating DC, and it occurred to me that others would probably appreciate a clean, searchable dataset.

So I made one, for @latitudemedia.bsky.social :

🔌💡 www.latitudemedia.com/news/which-a...
Chart of the number of awards DOE is poised to potentially cancel (647), and the funds awarded (nearly $24 billion), broken down by office
October 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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lisamartinejenkins.bsky.social
Yesterday, Russ Vought tweeted out that DOE is canceling nearly $8 billion in clean energy funding. Today, @latitudemedia.bsky.social @maeveallsup.bsky.social obtained the list of all 321 projects that are having their awards pulled.

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SCOOP: These are the 321 awards DOE is canceling
All of the awards, totaling $7.5 billion, are for projects in blue states.
www.latitudemedia.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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get your friends and gather round the wurlitzer on a saturday night and listen to me on this pod cast open.spotify.com/episode/4bOh...
costasamaras.com Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Jul 25
I got to be a guest host on the Open Curcuit podcast with @stephenlacey.bsky.social & @cleangridview.bsky.social this week, & here’s how we talked about the One Big Beautiful Bill & what it does to raise costs, raise emissions, & reduce reliability. 🔌💡 Listen: www.latitudemedia.com/news/open-ci...
Bike man meme. Riding the bike: we need energy dominance and affordability! Putting a stick through the spikes: OBBB, permitting restrictions, red tape, cancelling a transmission line On the ground, hurt: but, but, but blackouts are coming
July 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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latitudemedia.bsky.social
A decision to shut down the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations could be coming as early as this week, sources familiar with the matter have told Latitude Media. Here's what that means:

www.latitudemedia.com/news/what-it...
What it means to cut the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
OCED has enjoyed bipartisan support, and fills a critical gap in the American technology ecosystem.
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April 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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After two months on the job, Trump appointee John Sneed will leave the Department of Energy on Friday.

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Trump’s appointee is out at the DOE Loan Programs Office
After two months on the job, John Sneed will leave the Department of Energy on Friday.
www.latitudemedia.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Are we in an AI energy bubble? Probably. Our CEO, @scottclavenna.bsky.social, who covered the fiber bubble extensively earlier in his career, has a breakdown of how infrastructure bubbles form, and what to watch in the AI race:
Are we in an AI-energy bubble?
Examining the evidence — and why the power markets may make the infrastructure boom less dramatic than it could be.
www.latitudemedia.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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With each passing week, it’s getting harder to square the discourse around gas as a generation source for the AI data center market.

@scottclavenna.bsky.social reads the tea leaves in his latest commentary for Latitude's AI-Energy Nexus newsletter: www.latitudemedia.com/news/where-d...
Where does gas fit in the puzzle of powering AI?
Gas is shrinking as a share of power on the grid, even as developers announce new deals for data centers.
www.latitudemedia.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Engie is withdrawing a major gas project from consideration for a Texas program that provides low-interest loans for new or expanded dispatchable energy generation, citing equipment procurement delays:

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Engie’s pulled project highlights the worsening economics of gas
Due to “equipment procurement constraints,” the Perseus gas peaker plant is no longer in the running for a slice of the $5 billion Texas Energy Fund.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Utilities are using AI to rewire how they work, evolving their leadership, teams, and strategies to deliver transformation, David Groarke, managing director for Indigo Advisory Group, writes for Latitude Media:

www.latitudemedia.com/news/how-uti...
How utilities are designing and embedding AI operating models
Utilities are using AI to rewire how they work, evolving their leadership, teams, and strategies to deliver transformation.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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We dug in and covered this today: www.latitudemedia.com/news/trump-a...
February 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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The Trump administration today is laying off most probationary employees at the Department of Energy, sources confirmed to Latitude Media. Behind the scenes, extensive changes have been happening, even before today’s layoffs.

www.latitudemedia.com/news/mass-la...
Mass layoffs bring an end to DOE's 'weird, quiet limbo'
The Trump transition has brought DOGE inside the agency offices, and put 20-somethings in charge of screening all department communications.
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February 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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“The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau takes the side of ordinary people and honest businesses," said Richard Dubois @nclc4consumers.bsky.social. "Without it we could return to the days before the 2008 financial crisis." #ProtectConsumers #DefendCFPB www.nclc.org/lawsuit-chal...
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Illegal Effort to Shut Down CFPB
National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), National Consumer Law Center, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Virginia Poverty Law Center, CFPB Employee Association, and ...
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February 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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latitudemedia.bsky.social
AI, and how its powered, is in a moment of transition. A mix of intense competition with China, urgency to deploy data centers at scale, & widespread frustration with the length of interconnection queues continues to fuel a move toward on-site generation.

www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-ris...
The rise of on-site generation to power AI
Artificial intelligence, and how its powered, is in a moment of transition.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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As clean energy faces its biggest test yet, @jigarshahdc.bsky.social, @cleangridview.bsky.social, and @stephenlacey.bsky.social are reuniting for their newest project: Open Circuit. 🧵 (1/5)
February 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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@stephenlacey.bsky.social , @jigarshahdc.bsky.social , and @cleangridview.bsky.social are back. There’s never been a better time to get these three behind the mic to talk all things clean energy and the future of the climate tech revolution. Let’s go!!!! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
The energy transition, decoded
Podcast Episode · Open Circuit · Trailer · 7m
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February 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Out today: @nathanielbullard.com's 200-page slide deck with data from across the energy transition. In part one of their two-part conversation, cherry-picked the most interesting slides and sat down with Nat to unpack them.

Listen now: www.latitudemedia.com/news/catalys...
2025 trends: aerosols, oil demand, and carbon removal
Nat Bullard is back at it again, releasing a massive deck on the most important trends in decarbonization.
www.latitudemedia.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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My latest, on DeepSeek and its possible impacts on power markets and forecasts www.latitudemedia.com/news/does-de...
Does DeepSeek call the data center boom into question?
We explore a few outcomes for the power market, which is already distorted by AI demand.
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January 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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What a ‘pause’ on IRA funds really means
With a 90-day review period, the Trump administration “threads a needle” between campaign promises and angering allies on the Hill.
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January 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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lisamartinejenkins.bsky.social
And finally, from @scottclavenna.bsky.social: One of the year's biggest stories was the AI boom, and the many ways in which it upended things from utilities and power markets.

www.latitudemedia.com/news/a-dizzy...
A dizzying year at the AI energy nexus
In 2024, load growth from AI changed how both tech companies and utilities plan for the future.
www.latitudemedia.com
January 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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lisamartinejenkins.bsky.social
Related: We have an entire newsletter dedicated to to "The AI-Energy Nexus," which is a wonderful resource, written by the Latitude team (esp. @biancagiacobone.bsky.social, @stephenlacey.bsky.social, and @scottclavenna.bsky.social).

Link to sign up is here: www.latitudemedia.com/newsletter/
Newsletter
The Latitude newsletter features industry news on cutting-edge climate tech and the deals, policies, and market factors shaping the energy transition.
www.latitudemedia.com
January 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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This is a remarkable example of how AI data center power demand can reshape utility business models. www.latitudemedia.com/news/to-meet...
To get data centers online, one Virginia co-op is proposing a new business model
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative is bracing for data center builds — and is getting creative to avoid passing the risk to its members.
www.latitudemedia.com
December 21, 2024 at 10:17 PM
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Great new podcast
November 22, 2024 at 2:09 AM
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Almost sold out! This is going to be great.
latitudemedia.bsky.social Latitude Media @latitudemedia.bsky.social · Nov 19
Join our team on Dec 3 in DC for Transition-AI 2024! The one-day conference will tackle the challenges and opportunities of AI in the power sector, with speakers from Google, Meta, AES, Dominion, and more. Today thru Friday, take 15% off with 2WEEKS2GO: www.latitudemedia.com/events/trans...
Transition-AI 2024 | Latitude Media
The state of play for AI in the power sector
www.latitudemedia.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:30 AM
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latitudemedia.bsky.social
"I see geothermal as that next segue of utilizing all of the learnings from the oil and gas industry" - Cindy Taff, Sage Geosystems CEO

Did Trump pick a geothermal ally in fracking CEO Chris Wright?

#energysky #geothermal

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The geothermal industry has a potential ally in Chris Wright | Latitude Media
Trump's new energy secretary is a fracking CEO. What does that mean for enhanced geothermal?
www.latitudemedia.com
November 20, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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Incentivising behind the meter generation should be a good way to address data center power demand www.latitudemedia.com/news/pg-e-is...
PG&E is laying the groundwork for flexible data center interconnection | Latitude Media
Exclusive: The utility has been piloting a way of getting new load online faster — but it’s proving tricky.
www.latitudemedia.com
November 17, 2024 at 7:57 PM