Tyler Norris
@tnorris.bsky.social
"An expert in power systems" -NYTimes | J.B. Duke Fellow, PhDing @DukeU | Fmr: SPGlobal, USDOE, Cypress Creek Renewables | Stanford alumn
Substack: http://powerpolicy.net
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Tyler Norris
@tnorris.bsky.social
· May 20
This is the deepest journalism I’ve seen yet on AI’s impact on the US power sector. I’m honored to be included w/ David Victor, Ari Peskoe, Costa Samaras, EPRI, and others. 🔌💡 www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
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Country 9 in global oil reserves has invaded country 1 and arrested its president. Country 7 is under sanctions and its refineries are being destroyed. Country 2 is facing off with country 6. And there are riots in country 3. But oil is only $60/bbl. Maybe oil is not as critical as it used to be?
January 3, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Country 9 in global oil reserves has invaded country 1 and arrested its president. Country 7 is under sanctions and its refineries are being destroyed. Country 2 is facing off with country 6. And there are riots in country 3. But oil is only $60/bbl. Maybe oil is not as critical as it used to be?
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www.utilitydive.com/news/in-an-e...
...Large loads increase rates if they induce utilities to make expensive grid infrastructure upgrades to meet higher demand peaks...But with policy incentives to “restrain” peak demand, large loads can avoid the costs that drive higher rates...
...Large loads increase rates if they induce utilities to make expensive grid infrastructure upgrades to meet higher demand peaks...But with policy incentives to “restrain” peak demand, large loads can avoid the costs that drive higher rates...
In an era of rising rates, policies to strengthen power system flexibility can lower costs
The right policies can provide grid flexibility, which reduces demand-driven rate spikes and protects consumers while allowing utilities to build out the grid, experts say.
www.utilitydive.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM
www.utilitydive.com/news/in-an-e...
...Large loads increase rates if they induce utilities to make expensive grid infrastructure upgrades to meet higher demand peaks...But with policy incentives to “restrain” peak demand, large loads can avoid the costs that drive higher rates...
...Large loads increase rates if they induce utilities to make expensive grid infrastructure upgrades to meet higher demand peaks...But with policy incentives to “restrain” peak demand, large loads can avoid the costs that drive higher rates...
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Most of the year, U.S. electricity grid utilization is around 50 percent. Some researchers say that spare electricity could be tapped and sent to other customers, presenting an opportunity to lower prices.
The U.S. may have a secret weapon against rising electricity prices
Most of the year, grid utilization is around 50 percent. Could that be used to lower prices?
www.washingtonpost.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Most of the year, U.S. electricity grid utilization is around 50 percent. Some researchers say that spare electricity could be tapped and sent to other customers, presenting an opportunity to lower prices.
Not many Christmas gifts beat @shannonosaka.bsky.social covering grid utilization! WaPo: “The US may have a secret weapon against rising electricity prices” www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
December 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Not many Christmas gifts beat @shannonosaka.bsky.social covering grid utilization! WaPo: “The US may have a secret weapon against rising electricity prices” www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
To anyone worried about a national energy wonk shortage: rest assured, there are still many brilliant experts available, Google just took the ones who chatter the most 😂
Google is gobbling up some of the most prominent voices on energy policy, including @tnorris.bsky.social, @douglewin.bsky.social, and Nathan Iyer.
Here's @zeitlin.bsky.social on why that makes sense for Google's goals on both AI and emissions reduction:
heatmap.news/energy/googl...
Here's @zeitlin.bsky.social on why that makes sense for Google's goals on both AI and emissions reduction:
heatmap.news/energy/googl...
Google Is Cornering the Market on Energy Wonks
The hyperscaler is going big on human intelligence to help power its artificial intelligence.
heatmap.news
December 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
To anyone worried about a national energy wonk shortage: rest assured, there are still many brilliant experts available, Google just took the ones who chatter the most 😂
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If you're interested, the link in the screen shot leads to www.ferc.gov/news-events/...
December 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
If you're interested, the link in the screen shot leads to www.ferc.gov/news-events/...
FERC’s bipartisan order last week is genuinely one of the more hopeful things I’ve seen happen in 2025. Good, well-informed, bipartisan policy on big complex issues is still possible!
December 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
FERC’s bipartisan order last week is genuinely one of the more hopeful things I’ve seen happen in 2025. Good, well-informed, bipartisan policy on big complex issues is still possible!
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Google is obviously doing great things, on many fronts. Among the most inspiring are their energy transition and climate focused efforts, having also recently added superstars like @tnorris.bsky.social and @douglewin.bsky.social to their mix.
December 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Google is obviously doing great things, on many fronts. Among the most inspiring are their energy transition and climate focused efforts, having also recently added superstars like @tnorris.bsky.social and @douglewin.bsky.social to their mix.
My elderly mother just sent me this - I don’t know if AI-assisted research will arrive in time to help her, but the possibility is part of why I believe we need responsible AI leadership from Google and others.
December 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
My elderly mother just sent me this - I don’t know if AI-assisted research will arrive in time to help her, but the possibility is part of why I believe we need responsible AI leadership from Google and others.
Speaking of TIME, I had no idea they made my profile #1 for TIME100 Climate this year until I saw the hard copy (1st and longest profile)… clearly a very slow news year! 😂
December 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Speaking of TIME, I had no idea they made my profile #1 for TIME100 Climate this year until I saw the hard copy (1st and longest profile)… clearly a very slow news year! 😂
FT's big new piece on "The AI power crunch" appropriately includes a section on flexibility, and I appreciate them referencing our research. ig.ft.com/ai-power
December 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
FT's big new piece on "The AI power crunch" appropriately includes a section on flexibility, and I appreciate them referencing our research. ig.ft.com/ai-power
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If you're not a subscriber, you're missing out on this goldmine - www.powerpolicy.net/p/new-study-...
A good topic for anyone at the intersection of #CloudNative DataCenters, #EnergySky and Telco
@tnorris.bsky.social
A good topic for anyone at the intersection of #CloudNative DataCenters, #EnergySky and Telco
@tnorris.bsky.social
New Study Presents Novel Insights on Large Load Integration in PJM
First public study to model flexibility using real utility network data to resolve generation and transmission constraints simultaneously
www.powerpolicy.net
December 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If you're not a subscriber, you're missing out on this goldmine - www.powerpolicy.net/p/new-study-...
A good topic for anyone at the intersection of #CloudNative DataCenters, #EnergySky and Telco
@tnorris.bsky.social
A good topic for anyone at the intersection of #CloudNative DataCenters, #EnergySky and Telco
@tnorris.bsky.social
Speaking of sensible things, @volts.wtf new solo pod episode is must-listen! 🔌💡 www.volts.wtf/p/whats-goin...
December 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Speaking of sensible things, @volts.wtf new solo pod episode is must-listen! 🔌💡 www.volts.wtf/p/whats-goin...
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This piece from @tnorris.bsky.social is about the only sensible thing NYT has published on the subject of electricity prices.
Opinion | A Simple Fix to America’s Soaring Electricity Prices
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This piece from @tnorris.bsky.social is about the only sensible thing NYT has published on the subject of electricity prices.
This is the 2nd near-catastrophic event caused by gas in a major downtown area where I’ve lived in recent yrs (other was gas explosion in dtown Durham, killing 2 and injuring 25, including 9 firefighters). www.wral.com/news/local/f...
December 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This is the 2nd near-catastrophic event caused by gas in a major downtown area where I’ve lived in recent yrs (other was gas explosion in dtown Durham, killing 2 and injuring 25, including 9 firefighters). www.wral.com/news/local/f...
Excited to share this professional update! 🔌💡
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Excited to share this professional update! 🔌💡
This recommendation of my @nytimes.com op-ed means a lot coming from Truman Semans, a respected leader in global climate finance & corporate sustainability on @dukeenvironment.bsky.social's board:
November 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This recommendation of my @nytimes.com op-ed means a lot coming from Truman Semans, a respected leader in global climate finance & corporate sustainability on @dukeenvironment.bsky.social's board:
Grid utilization appears increasingly likely to emerge as a defining theme in US electricity regulation & policy going forward 🔌💡
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Grid utilization appears increasingly likely to emerge as a defining theme in US electricity regulation & policy going forward 🔌💡
Notable op-ed today by @allisonclements.bsky.social @mfarmer.bsky.social & Sam Walsh: "bottom line is that enabling load flexibility is critical to achieving speed-to-power for large customers while keeping the grid reliable and affordable for the rest of us." 🔌💡 www.utilitydive.com/news/data-ce...
Making flexibility work: A concrete framework for the DOE large load proposal
The proposal for interconnecting data centers to the grid calls for load flexibility but gives few details. Former FERC Commissioner Allison Clements and Miles Farmer and Sam Walsh of Roselle LLP fill...
www.utilitydive.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Notable op-ed today by @allisonclements.bsky.social @mfarmer.bsky.social & Sam Walsh: "bottom line is that enabling load flexibility is critical to achieving speed-to-power for large customers while keeping the grid reliable and affordable for the rest of us." 🔌💡 www.utilitydive.com/news/data-ce...
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Great piece from @tnorris.bsky.social Tyler Norris in the NYT earlier this week, ICYMI. Gift link below. "A Simple Fix to America’s Soaring Electricity Prices" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Opinion | A Simple Fix to America’s Soaring Electricity Prices
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Great piece from @tnorris.bsky.social Tyler Norris in the NYT earlier this week, ICYMI. Gift link below. "A Simple Fix to America’s Soaring Electricity Prices" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
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DOE's ANOPR could change the way large energy users connect to the grid. This Policy Brief, by Roselle, @allisonclements.bsky.social and Nicholas Institute, unpacks a promising principle in the ANOPR: interconnection for flexible loads should be expedited. nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/publications...
How DOE’s Proposed Large Load Interconnection Process Could Unlock the Benefits of Load Flexibility
In the United States, the current system for interconnecting large electric loads, like data centers, to the grid has left all sides frustrated. Data center developers are mired in slow interconnectio...
nicholasinstitute.duke.edu
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
DOE's ANOPR could change the way large energy users connect to the grid. This Policy Brief, by Roselle, @allisonclements.bsky.social and Nicholas Institute, unpacks a promising principle in the ANOPR: interconnection for flexible loads should be expedited. nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/publications...
🚨 NEW REPORT:
A major FERC rulemaking on large load interconnection is likely imminent, and anyone who wants to understand its potential should read @nichinstitute.bsky.social new brief by @mfarmer.bsky.social @allisonclements.bsky.social @azevin.bsky.social @smaczni.bsky.social et al. 🔌💡
A major FERC rulemaking on large load interconnection is likely imminent, and anyone who wants to understand its potential should read @nichinstitute.bsky.social new brief by @mfarmer.bsky.social @allisonclements.bsky.social @azevin.bsky.social @smaczni.bsky.social et al. 🔌💡
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
🚨 NEW REPORT:
A major FERC rulemaking on large load interconnection is likely imminent, and anyone who wants to understand its potential should read @nichinstitute.bsky.social new brief by @mfarmer.bsky.social @allisonclements.bsky.social @azevin.bsky.social @smaczni.bsky.social et al. 🔌💡
A major FERC rulemaking on large load interconnection is likely imminent, and anyone who wants to understand its potential should read @nichinstitute.bsky.social new brief by @mfarmer.bsky.social @allisonclements.bsky.social @azevin.bsky.social @smaczni.bsky.social et al. 🔌💡
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Interesting about the 22 hours/year.
This aligns with the energy storage VPP programs around the nation. The batteries are expected to be used a handful of times for a few hours each time during complex grid moments.
Our power grids are build to sustain these peaks, but now we have tools.
This aligns with the energy storage VPP programs around the nation. The batteries are expected to be used a handful of times for a few hours each time during complex grid moments.
Our power grids are build to sustain these peaks, but now we have tools.
"if big new power users [data centers] curbed demand just 0.25 percent of the time — about 22 hours a year — the United States could accommodate more data centers without burdening household electricity users." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o... @tnorris.bsky.social
Opinion | A Simple Fix to America’s Soaring Electricity Prices
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Interesting about the 22 hours/year.
This aligns with the energy storage VPP programs around the nation. The batteries are expected to be used a handful of times for a few hours each time during complex grid moments.
Our power grids are build to sustain these peaks, but now we have tools.
This aligns with the energy storage VPP programs around the nation. The batteries are expected to be used a handful of times for a few hours each time during complex grid moments.
Our power grids are build to sustain these peaks, but now we have tools.
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We've been doing power generation and distribution using combustion and a brute force approach which is incredibly wasteful in many ways.
The good news is we have a lot of ways to move beyond this approach now, that benefits us all in many ways.
Progress.
The good news is we have a lot of ways to move beyond this approach now, that benefits us all in many ways.
Progress.
"if big new power users [data centers] curbed demand just 0.25 percent of the time — about 22 hours a year — the United States could accommodate more data centers without burdening household electricity users." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o... @tnorris.bsky.social
Opinion | A Simple Fix to America’s Soaring Electricity Prices
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We've been doing power generation and distribution using combustion and a brute force approach which is incredibly wasteful in many ways.
The good news is we have a lot of ways to move beyond this approach now, that benefits us all in many ways.
Progress.
The good news is we have a lot of ways to move beyond this approach now, that benefits us all in many ways.
Progress.
#2 piece @nytopinion.nytimes.com right now! 🔌💡
November 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
#2 piece @nytopinion.nytimes.com right now! 🔌💡