“They’ve got Messi … but we’ve got Paul Rothrock.” @lobbingscorchers.com killed it with this edit.

I'm in @heatmap.news last night explaining how the proposed phaseout of the IRA's energy credits, if passed into law, would impact energy markets NOW.

(The "marginal tax rate" arg comes from my colleague @cthelala.bsky.social!)

Great overview of what to expect from @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social:

I'm in Utility Dive today explaining why the Ways & Means reconciliation proposal is tantamount to a repeal of the energy tax credits.

The PIS change, the E&C recissions, and the end of transferability are a toxic cocktail:
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It's been difficult to see so many extremely qualified friends and colleagues depart the federal government the past few weeks. Attention will shift to state and local actors, but it's important to remember the pendulum is always swinging...

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Latest newsletter from @publicenterprise.bsky.social is out today. The highlight for me is a great report from @advaitarun.bsky.social and @buddyyakov.bsky.social on how policymakers can help spur geothermal energy by building upon the tech that powered fracking.

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One man made the trip from San Francisco, CA to Sandy, UT to support his local NPSL team, brought a flag and banner and got to see them pull off a huge upset against an MLS Next Pro Team and waved that giant flag up to the end of the game (note him in the top left of the frame)

the USOC rules

Seattle is voting next week on a new, small tax on the city's biggest companies to fund the Seattle Social Housing Developer, whose start was approved by voters in 2023.

An exciting opportunity for a US city to show how it can lead on directly developing new, mixed-income social housing projects!

In the face of a relentless attack by the president & allies on the public sector, we need an opposition that can articulate support for the value of the civil service; the value of people who take jobs to help others, not to make a profit; the value of government initiative for public betterment.

Great piece from Diana Lind on specific code changes to harden homes and protect from fires. She describes resistance from owners about making the changes, but it feels like insurance cos. could easily incentivize changes with what coverage they offer.

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ICYMI: HUD released updated guidance in December related to public housing properties pursuing a RAD conversion in conjunction with a Section 18 demolition/disposition action (known as a RAD/Section 18 blend). This is an under the radar move that will provide a boost to RAD-converting properties...

Loving the new redesign of state-level pages on @HUDgov. Each state landing page now follows the same hierarchy as the main site and love that the remaining sections are organized by user-center questions, e.g., I am at-risk of homelessness, what should I do?

Seattle's Anti-Housing Activists Hope for Receptive Audience as Council Takes Up Comprehensive Plan Update

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Wrote a little bit about HUD publishing updated Operating Cost Adjustment Factors (OCAFs) this week…OCAFs are the way HUD administratively determines how much to increase project-based Section 8 subsidy amounts…

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Love this story demonstrating the impact of HUD's Green and Resilient Retrofit Program. A huge shout out to the Office of Recapitalization at HUD who designed, stood up, and distributed ~$1 billion in funding to help make affordable housing more resilient.

Kingston, NY recently released an RFI for public development. We've been working with Kingston to set up a mixed-income public development program...

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December edition of @publicenterprise.bsky.social Capacity Factor: we've got merch, a new addition to the CPE team, a new collaborative report and exciting public development news out of Kingston, NY!

Read it here: us13.campaign-archive.com?u=7bdf7e4940...

I'm generally skeptical of hype abt AI/ML to fix social problems, but this is pretty cool: Detroit used machine learning software to more cheaply and reliably identify lead pipes and leverage ARPA $$ to speed up the timeline for replacing those lines.
www.acceleratorforamerica.org/news/machine...