Brendan Pierpont
@brendan.bsky.social
Energy and climate nerd. Electricity @energyinnovation.bsky.social. Views are my own.
Good piece! Quick note - the data you show for "utilities" appears to be the CPI data for "Utility (Piped) Gas Service" - that's natural gas utilities specifically. In the CPI data electric utilities are up 5.1% year over year (still higher than overall inflation but much less extreme).
November 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Good piece! Quick note - the data you show for "utilities" appears to be the CPI data for "Utility (Piped) Gas Service" - that's natural gas utilities specifically. In the CPI data electric utilities are up 5.1% year over year (still higher than overall inflation but much less extreme).
You can even see fun stuff like helicopters doing circles above a certain federal facility in Portland...
October 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
You can even see fun stuff like helicopters doing circles above a certain federal facility in Portland...
Nevada has recouped almost all of the increase in retail electricity prices experienced since 2021.
At the same time net generation from solar in NV more than doubled since 2021.
At the same time net generation from solar in NV more than doubled since 2021.
September 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Nevada has recouped almost all of the increase in retail electricity prices experienced since 2021.
At the same time net generation from solar in NV more than doubled since 2021.
At the same time net generation from solar in NV more than doubled since 2021.
“Portland, it’s unbelievable what’s going on in Portland. The destruction of the city.”
“It’s like living in hell.”
“It’s like living in hell.”
September 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
“Portland, it’s unbelievable what’s going on in Portland. The destruction of the city.”
“It’s like living in hell.”
“It’s like living in hell.”
I think this is the trend folks have been pointing to - possible that RMI /Kingsmill Bond kicked off the most recent wave of this narrative. rmi.org/the-race-to-...
August 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I think this is the trend folks have been pointing to - possible that RMI /Kingsmill Bond kicked off the most recent wave of this narrative. rmi.org/the-race-to-...
Man, do I have a report for you: energyinnovation.org/report/clean...
August 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Man, do I have a report for you: energyinnovation.org/report/clean...
I think their wallet metric includes gasoline as well. energywallet.epri.com/en/map.html
August 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I think their wallet metric includes gasoline as well. energywallet.epri.com/en/map.html
So is this one (same report: energywallet.epri.com )
August 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
So is this one (same report: energywallet.epri.com )
Yeah that agricultural character right next to a substation, plastics company, and gravel lot. Absurd.
August 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Yeah that agricultural character right next to a substation, plastics company, and gravel lot. Absurd.
I didn't realize there were woodpeckers the size of small dogs until I saw two of these in the forest of the Olympic Peninsula over the weekend. wdfw.wa.gov/species-habi...
August 12, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I didn't realize there were woodpeckers the size of small dogs until I saw two of these in the forest of the Olympic Peninsula over the weekend. wdfw.wa.gov/species-habi...
Pretty credible source on the second point: @jigarshahdc.bsky.social, Podcaster.
July 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Pretty credible source on the second point: @jigarshahdc.bsky.social, Podcaster.
This is an entire year of high voltage transmission projects completed in the U.S. 😬
Check out ACEG's new report for the details. cleanenergygrid.org/portfolio/re...
Check out ACEG's new report for the details. cleanenergygrid.org/portfolio/re...
July 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is an entire year of high voltage transmission projects completed in the U.S. 😬
Check out ACEG's new report for the details. cleanenergygrid.org/portfolio/re...
Check out ACEG's new report for the details. cleanenergygrid.org/portfolio/re...
Great independent validation of what we found looking at this last year. Different time frame, slightly different y-axis, same general conclusion: energyinnovation.org/report/clean...
July 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Great independent validation of what we found looking at this last year. Different time frame, slightly different y-axis, same general conclusion: energyinnovation.org/report/clean...
DOE assumes only "Tier 1" resources identified by NERC are added by 2030. Here's NERC's Tier 1 and 2 (Tier 1 is generally the nearer-term additions) combined and you quickly see that DOE is essentially assuming we stop building new generation around 2027: www.nerc.com/pa/RAPA/ra/R...
July 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
DOE assumes only "Tier 1" resources identified by NERC are added by 2030. Here's NERC's Tier 1 and 2 (Tier 1 is generally the nearer-term additions) combined and you quickly see that DOE is essentially assuming we stop building new generation around 2027: www.nerc.com/pa/RAPA/ra/R...
Lost in the wave of many terrible things, this is so dumb. The bill changes DOE sec. 1706 loan guarantees from repurposing and repowering of energy infrastructure to reduce emissions to "Energy Dominance Finance". 🤦
![SEC. 50403. ENERGY DOMINANCE FINANCING.
(a) In General.--Section 1706 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 16517) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the
end;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``avoid'' and all
that follows through the period at the end and
inserting ``increase capacity or output; or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) support or enable the provision of known or
forecastable electric supply at time intervals necessary to
maintain or enhance grid reliability or other system adequacy
needs.'';
(2) by striking subsection (c);
(3) by redesignating subsections (d) through (f) as
subsections (c) through (e), respectively;
(4) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by adding ``and'' at the end;
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph
(2);
(5) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated), by striking
``for--'' in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and all that
follows through the period at the end of paragraph (2) and
inserting ``for enabling the identification, leasing,
development, production, processing, transportation,
transmission, refining, and generation needed for energy and
critical minerals.''; and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Funding.--
``(1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise
available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal
year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, $1,000,000,000, to remain available through
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July 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Lost in the wave of many terrible things, this is so dumb. The bill changes DOE sec. 1706 loan guarantees from repurposing and repowering of energy infrastructure to reduce emissions to "Energy Dominance Finance". 🤦
Real-time electricity prices getting spicy. www.gridstatus.io/live
June 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Real-time electricity prices getting spicy. www.gridstatus.io/live
MISO's market monitor found some pretty basic errors in NERC's long-term assessment of reliability risk #energysky: www.rtoinsider.com/108392-nerc-...
June 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
MISO's market monitor found some pretty basic errors in NERC's long-term assessment of reliability risk #energysky: www.rtoinsider.com/108392-nerc-...
Sometimes the new coverage of wonky environmental regulatory stuff doesn't quite capture what's at stake.
EPA argues that US power sector GHG emissions aren't "significant", and therefore they don't have to regulate them. Read the proposed rollback here: subscriber.politicopro.com/f/?id=000001...
EPA argues that US power sector GHG emissions aren't "significant", and therefore they don't have to regulate them. Read the proposed rollback here: subscriber.politicopro.com/f/?id=000001...
June 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Sometimes the new coverage of wonky environmental regulatory stuff doesn't quite capture what's at stake.
EPA argues that US power sector GHG emissions aren't "significant", and therefore they don't have to regulate them. Read the proposed rollback here: subscriber.politicopro.com/f/?id=000001...
EPA argues that US power sector GHG emissions aren't "significant", and therefore they don't have to regulate them. Read the proposed rollback here: subscriber.politicopro.com/f/?id=000001...
Some great data in this @policyintegrity.bsky.social report.
If the US power sector were a country, it would have been the 6th biggest emitter since 1990:
If the US power sector were a country, it would have been the 6th biggest emitter since 1990:
June 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Some great data in this @policyintegrity.bsky.social report.
If the US power sector were a country, it would have been the 6th biggest emitter since 1990:
If the US power sector were a country, it would have been the 6th biggest emitter since 1990:
