Bennett Khurana Byerley
@bennettkb.bsky.social
Helping states and communities power their economies with clean energy. Director of Finance at S2 Strategies
An inspiring team of volunteer lawyers has been hard at work building resources that help states take positive climate action. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing this work up close, and it’s now getting well deserved attention.
Congratulations @michaelgerrard.bsky.social and team on the milestone!
Congratulations @michaelgerrard.bsky.social and team on the milestone!
The Model Climate Laws Initiative, a joint project of Columbia Law School's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Environmental Advocates NY, evolved from our Model Laws for Deep Decarbonization in the US project, and will draft even more state-level model laws. lpdd.org
July 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
An inspiring team of volunteer lawyers has been hard at work building resources that help states take positive climate action. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing this work up close, and it’s now getting well deserved attention.
Congratulations @michaelgerrard.bsky.social and team on the milestone!
Congratulations @michaelgerrard.bsky.social and team on the milestone!
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Here's what enactment of the One Big Bad Bill would mean for...
-Household energy costs: www.datawrapper.de/_/7paQ3/?v=2
-Growth in US electricity generating capacity www.datawrapper.de/_/HyQQw/?v=7
-US greenhouse gas emissions: www.datawrapper.de/_/MzdpE/?v=6
-Household energy costs: www.datawrapper.de/_/7paQ3/?v=2
-Growth in US electricity generating capacity www.datawrapper.de/_/HyQQw/?v=7
-US greenhouse gas emissions: www.datawrapper.de/_/MzdpE/?v=6
July 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Here's what enactment of the One Big Bad Bill would mean for...
-Household energy costs: www.datawrapper.de/_/7paQ3/?v=2
-Growth in US electricity generating capacity www.datawrapper.de/_/HyQQw/?v=7
-US greenhouse gas emissions: www.datawrapper.de/_/MzdpE/?v=6
-Household energy costs: www.datawrapper.de/_/7paQ3/?v=2
-Growth in US electricity generating capacity www.datawrapper.de/_/HyQQw/?v=7
-US greenhouse gas emissions: www.datawrapper.de/_/MzdpE/?v=6
The harms from this bill will compound in all sorts of ways.
Medicaid cuts are devastating. Also, hospitals & health centers used clean energy tax credits on projects to save $150 million, be more efficient, and keep power on when people care most. Cutting clean energy hurts public health too.
Medicaid cuts are devastating. Also, hospitals & health centers used clean energy tax credits on projects to save $150 million, be more efficient, and keep power on when people care most. Cutting clean energy hurts public health too.
Health Care Without Harm’s response to the most destructive environmental and health bill in U.S. history | Health Care Without Harm - US & Canada
us.noharm.org
July 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The harms from this bill will compound in all sorts of ways.
Medicaid cuts are devastating. Also, hospitals & health centers used clean energy tax credits on projects to save $150 million, be more efficient, and keep power on when people care most. Cutting clean energy hurts public health too.
Medicaid cuts are devastating. Also, hospitals & health centers used clean energy tax credits on projects to save $150 million, be more efficient, and keep power on when people care most. Cutting clean energy hurts public health too.
This bill gets it all so backward: it’s more red tape that’ll make it harder to build in America.
Just chatted last week with a company bringing more than 1,000 jobs to rural NC. They’d have to stop construction for the very reasons outlined in this piece by @jakehigdon.com & @azevin.bsky.social
Just chatted last week with a company bringing more than 1,000 jobs to rural NC. They’d have to stop construction for the very reasons outlined in this piece by @jakehigdon.com & @azevin.bsky.social
In Heatmap, @azevin.bsky.social & I explain how the web of "foreign entity" rules in the GOP budget bill is certain to backfire.
It's an "impossible bind" where the U.S. companies working the *hardest* to onshore supply chains are penalized the *most*. Their tech will end up right back in China.
It's an "impossible bind" where the U.S. companies working the *hardest* to onshore supply chains are penalized the *most*. Their tech will end up right back in China.
"In the end we will cede not only our supply chains to China, but also our competitive edge in the race for AI and manufacturing dominance."
Former DOE staffers @azevin.bsky.social and @jakehigdon.com argue that the Senate megabill will hand energy dominance to China ⬇️
Former DOE staffers @azevin.bsky.social and @jakehigdon.com argue that the Senate megabill will hand energy dominance to China ⬇️
July 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
This bill gets it all so backward: it’s more red tape that’ll make it harder to build in America.
Just chatted last week with a company bringing more than 1,000 jobs to rural NC. They’d have to stop construction for the very reasons outlined in this piece by @jakehigdon.com & @azevin.bsky.social
Just chatted last week with a company bringing more than 1,000 jobs to rural NC. They’d have to stop construction for the very reasons outlined in this piece by @jakehigdon.com & @azevin.bsky.social
“The bill deprives the country of the chance to rapidly reshape the American grid around cheap and plentiful clean energy—an economic, environmental, and health opportunity of epic proportions that policymakers threaten to whiff on”
Powerful piece from
@cthelala.bsky.social @advaitarun.bsky.social
Powerful piece from
@cthelala.bsky.social @advaitarun.bsky.social
One big beautiful blackout
It’s not just about cost—the bill text imposes new and perhaps insurmountable uncertainties on project developers and investors.
publicenterprise.org
July 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
“The bill deprives the country of the chance to rapidly reshape the American grid around cheap and plentiful clean energy—an economic, environmental, and health opportunity of epic proportions that policymakers threaten to whiff on”
Powerful piece from
@cthelala.bsky.social @advaitarun.bsky.social
Powerful piece from
@cthelala.bsky.social @advaitarun.bsky.social
Not just defund - they’re proposing to actively TAX the primary new sources of electricity generation. This would spark inflation, hurt growth, and raise bills for families.
Torres: "In 2024, 90% of new electricity generation in the US was clean energy. 60% of it is solar. And Republicans are proposing to defund solar and battery storage and wind, which are the leading sources of new electricity generations in the US. It is an act of strategic self-sabotage."
June 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Not just defund - they’re proposing to actively TAX the primary new sources of electricity generation. This would spark inflation, hurt growth, and raise bills for families.
R Senators - you too could just vote no to stop 11 million people from losing health insurance, a million families from losing food support, and 800k people from losing jobs in clean energy.
And then park yourself on a beach and leave this nonsense behind. Just like Thom. Doesn’t sound so bad.
And then park yourself on a beach and leave this nonsense behind. Just like Thom. Doesn’t sound so bad.
June 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
R Senators - you too could just vote no to stop 11 million people from losing health insurance, a million families from losing food support, and 800k people from losing jobs in clean energy.
And then park yourself on a beach and leave this nonsense behind. Just like Thom. Doesn’t sound so bad.
And then park yourself on a beach and leave this nonsense behind. Just like Thom. Doesn’t sound so bad.
This Republican energy tax would be a surefire way to drive up inflation: it'll increase electricity bills, spark an energy crisis, and kill industries of the future. All for hand outs to fossil fuel companies and billionaires. A must read from @jael.bsky.social
The GOP’s New Renewables-Killing Tax, Explained
As bad as previous drafts of the reconciliation bill have been, this one is worse.
heatmap.news
June 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This Republican energy tax would be a surefire way to drive up inflation: it'll increase electricity bills, spark an energy crisis, and kill industries of the future. All for hand outs to fossil fuel companies and billionaires. A must read from @jael.bsky.social
It's a crime against our kids to pile on $4 trillion in debt to get so little and give up so much
The Financial Cost of the Senate Budget Bill’s Tax Provisions
budgetlab.yale.edu
June 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It's a crime against our kids to pile on $4 trillion in debt to get so little and give up so much
Reposted by Bennett Khurana Byerley
If this Senate language on solar passes, I think we’re in a full-blown national energy crisis within 2 years.
Forecasting after the cliff is even worse, but project pipelines will dry up, supply chains will convulse...and cost of new additions will soar. Assuming we can even meet demand growth. 🔌💡
Forecasting after the cliff is even worse, but project pipelines will dry up, supply chains will convulse...and cost of new additions will soar. Assuming we can even meet demand growth. 🔌💡
June 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If this Senate language on solar passes, I think we’re in a full-blown national energy crisis within 2 years.
Forecasting after the cliff is even worse, but project pipelines will dry up, supply chains will convulse...and cost of new additions will soar. Assuming we can even meet demand growth. 🔌💡
Forecasting after the cliff is even worse, but project pipelines will dry up, supply chains will convulse...and cost of new additions will soar. Assuming we can even meet demand growth. 🔌💡
Reposted by Bennett Khurana Byerley
The latest version of the Senate's BBB is a death sentence for US energy leadership and a giant gift to China.
It eliminates tax cuts for solar that have been around since 2005, adds a new tax on solar after 2027, and creates a new direct subsidy for coal.
It eliminates tax cuts for solar that have been around since 2005, adds a new tax on solar after 2027, and creates a new direct subsidy for coal.
June 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The latest version of the Senate's BBB is a death sentence for US energy leadership and a giant gift to China.
It eliminates tax cuts for solar that have been around since 2005, adds a new tax on solar after 2027, and creates a new direct subsidy for coal.
It eliminates tax cuts for solar that have been around since 2005, adds a new tax on solar after 2027, and creates a new direct subsidy for coal.
Good for the planet, even better for your wallet.
"Achieving 100% clean electricity could lower average household energy costs by about $1,300 per year, according to a study conducted by the state’s energy office last year."
"Achieving 100% clean electricity could lower average household energy costs by about $1,300 per year, according to a study conducted by the state’s energy office last year."
Maine codifies new goal of 100% clean energy by 2040
Maine lawmakers have passed a bill that moves up the state's timeline to reach net zero carbon emissions.
www.mainepublic.org
June 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Good for the planet, even better for your wallet.
"Achieving 100% clean electricity could lower average household energy costs by about $1,300 per year, according to a study conducted by the state’s energy office last year."
"Achieving 100% clean electricity could lower average household energy costs by about $1,300 per year, according to a study conducted by the state’s energy office last year."
This Republican budget bill is not just immoral, self-destructive, and flat out bad policy - it’s also deeply unpopular.
“When shown the combined effects, the ratio of opposition to support increased to more than 7 to 1, and only 11% of Americans supported the bill.”
“When shown the combined effects, the ratio of opposition to support increased to more than 7 to 1, and only 11% of Americans supported the bill.”
Americans Informed About the Distributional Effects of Republicans’ Budget Bill Overwhelmingly Oppose It
Survey results show that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is broadly unpopular—overwhelmingly so after respondents learned of its regressive distributional effects.
equitablegrowth.org
June 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This Republican budget bill is not just immoral, self-destructive, and flat out bad policy - it’s also deeply unpopular.
“When shown the combined effects, the ratio of opposition to support increased to more than 7 to 1, and only 11% of Americans supported the bill.”
“When shown the combined effects, the ratio of opposition to support increased to more than 7 to 1, and only 11% of Americans supported the bill.”
I’ve spoken with companies across my home state of NC who would be forced to make layoffs, close up shop, and even leave manufacturing plants half built… all because of this budget bill.
Check out more examples of where this bill would kill jobs, raise costs, and hurt our energy future:
Check out more examples of where this bill would kill jobs, raise costs, and hurt our energy future:
Senate Republicans continue to consider a reconciliation bill that will cut off booming clean energy investment in the U.S.—killing jobs and raising costs on families just as oil prices and electricity demand skyrocket. A thread of just some recent stories on what their bill means for Americans: 🧵
June 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I’ve spoken with companies across my home state of NC who would be forced to make layoffs, close up shop, and even leave manufacturing plants half built… all because of this budget bill.
Check out more examples of where this bill would kill jobs, raise costs, and hurt our energy future:
Check out more examples of where this bill would kill jobs, raise costs, and hurt our energy future:
How can Republicans slash food stamps, Medicaid, and clean energy investment, yet still add $3 trillion in debt?
Easy: they’re giving welfare handouts of $400k to everyone who makes more than $4 million a year.
Easy: they’re giving welfare handouts of $400k to everyone who makes more than $4 million a year.
June 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
How can Republicans slash food stamps, Medicaid, and clean energy investment, yet still add $3 trillion in debt?
Easy: they’re giving welfare handouts of $400k to everyone who makes more than $4 million a year.
Easy: they’re giving welfare handouts of $400k to everyone who makes more than $4 million a year.