Anne Thrall-Nash
@annethrallnash.bsky.social
Energy law and regulation nerd. Planning Commissioner. Cargo cyclist. Parent. PDX area
Alas, no. I was as April’s meeting which was really informative. Have a great time!
September 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Alas, no. I was as April’s meeting which was really informative. Have a great time!
CREPC-WIRAB?
September 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
CREPC-WIRAB?
For the love of everything, why??? And if it is as simple as generating false demand, whose actual money pays for what’s supplied for that demand?
September 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
For the love of everything, why??? And if it is as simple as generating false demand, whose actual money pays for what’s supplied for that demand?
Agree that it is so hard to be concise when talking about electricity regulations and markets, particularly in WECC outside of CAISO. Just so many layers of intersecting jurisdictions
and non-jurisdictional entities. There are no easy solutions either, which is what people want.
and non-jurisdictional entities. There are no easy solutions either, which is what people want.
September 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Agree that it is so hard to be concise when talking about electricity regulations and markets, particularly in WECC outside of CAISO. Just so many layers of intersecting jurisdictions
and non-jurisdictional entities. There are no easy solutions either, which is what people want.
and non-jurisdictional entities. There are no easy solutions either, which is what people want.
It’s not just large projects that reach EFSEC that are opposed in OR on “save the farmland” grounds. A small 10-acre battery project is being opposed in the Hillsboro area right now because “oh my god it ruins the agricultural character of the area”.
August 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It’s not just large projects that reach EFSEC that are opposed in OR on “save the farmland” grounds. A small 10-acre battery project is being opposed in the Hillsboro area right now because “oh my god it ruins the agricultural character of the area”.
I feel like you should be accustomed to this cycle by now
August 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I feel like you should be accustomed to this cycle by now
Trying to imagine what would have happened if Dems in OR had tried this when Senate Republicans returned from fleeing to avoid a cap-and-trade law passing several years ago.
August 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Trying to imagine what would have happened if Dems in OR had tried this when Senate Republicans returned from fleeing to avoid a cap-and-trade law passing several years ago.
I think all of this is great, but in my experience living in the Bay Area for 16 years the rental buildings, both apartments and homes, were mostly old, with terrible windows and almost no insulation. Is there any effort to change that as well to really reap the benefits of heat pumps?
August 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I think all of this is great, but in my experience living in the Bay Area for 16 years the rental buildings, both apartments and homes, were mostly old, with terrible windows and almost no insulation. Is there any effort to change that as well to really reap the benefits of heat pumps?
I am having trouble reconciling the DOE I was a Fellow for a mere 5 months ago with the DOE as it exists now. It’s so disorienting.
July 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I am having trouble reconciling the DOE I was a Fellow for a mere 5 months ago with the DOE as it exists now. It’s so disorienting.
The concept of energy burden needs to be talked about in terms of total household expenditures, i.e. housing+transportation, to be able to illustrate that displacing total fossil fuel use is beneficial. I mostly see them discussed separately.
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July 24, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The concept of energy burden needs to be talked about in terms of total household expenditures, i.e. housing+transportation, to be able to illustrate that displacing total fossil fuel use is beneficial. I mostly see them discussed separately.
Shoutout to the person that organized finding 900+ people to sign this document. Hope your name ends up in history as well.
July 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Shoutout to the person that organized finding 900+ people to sign this document. Hope your name ends up in history as well.
I love the Rivers of London series and the St. Mary’s Chronicles series for good English humor and offbeat mystery+ some sci-fi/fantasy aspects.
July 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I love the Rivers of London series and the St. Mary’s Chronicles series for good English humor and offbeat mystery+ some sci-fi/fantasy aspects.
Reposted by Anne Thrall-Nash
if you’ve ever wondered why “escaping small scale subsistence farming” has been humanity’s primary group project for the majority of our known existence, it’s because small scale subsistence farming sucks real bad
June 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
if you’ve ever wondered why “escaping small scale subsistence farming” has been humanity’s primary group project for the majority of our known existence, it’s because small scale subsistence farming sucks real bad