Carrie Hearne
@carrieella.bsky.social
Energy nerd; climate pragmatist. Utility regulation and energy policy in Virginia’s state government (#CEUR). Quaker; dog mom. WV native based in RVA. Posts my own!
Wondering about recent developments in #fusion technology? Watch this presentation from Ben Byboth of Commonwealth Fusion Systems from the 2025 VMI Environment Virginia Symposium: Our Fusion Future youtu.be/llahg2d2uWQ?si…
Ben Byboth: Our Fusion Future
YouTube video by VMI Center for Leadership and Ethics
https://youtu.be/llahg2d2uWQ?si…
April 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Wondering about recent developments in #fusion technology? Watch this presentation from Ben Byboth of Commonwealth Fusion Systems from the 2025 VMI Environment Virginia Symposium: Our Fusion Future youtu.be/llahg2d2uWQ?si…
“Over the course of last fall, the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation hammered out what I think is truly good legislation to … be sure our utilities are making the decisions that will improve our energy position and put the needs of ratepayers ahead of corporate profits.”
With vetoes and destructive amendments, Gov. Youngkin is doubling down on energy setbacks in Virginia — undermining even the limited, bipartisan progress lawmakers achieved, Ivy Main writes.
virginiamercury.com/2025/04/01/w...
virginiamercury.com/2025/04/01/w...
With vetoes and destructive amendments, Youngkin acts to deepen Virginia’s energy woes • Virginia Mercury
The governor decided to use his powers of veto and amendment to water down or scuttle the limited (and mostly bipartisan) progress legislators made, writes columnist Ivy Main
virginiamercury.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
“Over the course of last fall, the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation hammered out what I think is truly good legislation to … be sure our utilities are making the decisions that will improve our energy position and put the needs of ratepayers ahead of corporate profits.”
All the signs of Spring 🌱 from my backyard homestead 🌷 including some buds from my growing orchard. 🍊
📷: Fujifilm X-T10
📷: Fujifilm X-T10
March 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
All the signs of Spring 🌱 from my backyard homestead 🌷 including some buds from my growing orchard. 🍊
📷: Fujifilm X-T10
📷: Fujifilm X-T10
A federal judge has limited ICE raids in certain places of worship including Friends Meetings that are plaintiffs in the case. In Virginia, there are 17 #Quaker Meetings in the Baltimore Yearly Meeting, including Richmond Friends Mtg. #RVA
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mainemorningstar.com/2025/02/24/r...
Judge limits ICE raids in places of worship involved in suit against Trump administration • Maine Morning Star
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Maryland on Monday partly granted a request from Quakers and other religious groups to limit the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s authority to conduct immigration...
mainemorningstar.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A federal judge has limited ICE raids in certain places of worship including Friends Meetings that are plaintiffs in the case. In Virginia, there are 17 #Quaker Meetings in the Baltimore Yearly Meeting, including Richmond Friends Mtg. #RVA
mainemorningstar.com/2025/02/24/r...
mainemorningstar.com/2025/02/24/r...
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” -James Madison, The Federalist Papers No. 47
February 26, 2025 at 5:12 AM
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” -James Madison, The Federalist Papers No. 47
Solar and battery storage will lead new generation in 2025, per EIA. 63 GW of utility-scale generation capacity will be brought online this year, and 81% of that capacity will be solar and battery storage.
www.utilitydive.com/news/solar-a...
www.utilitydive.com/news/solar-a...
February 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Solar and battery storage will lead new generation in 2025, per EIA. 63 GW of utility-scale generation capacity will be brought online this year, and 81% of that capacity will be solar and battery storage.
www.utilitydive.com/news/solar-a...
www.utilitydive.com/news/solar-a...
CEUR ED Carrie Hearne told @VPM.org the siting bill’s goal was to get stakeholders on the same page.
“…we felt like focusing in on all the different stages of planning in the commonwealth and connecting local, regional and state was an important path to take.”
www.vpm.org/news/2025-02...
“…we felt like focusing in on all the different stages of planning in the commonwealth and connecting local, regional and state was an important path to take.”
www.vpm.org/news/2025-02...
Bill requiring solar planning framework dies, returns, dies again
Concerns over impacts on forest, farmland sank the proposal.
www.vpm.org
February 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
CEUR ED Carrie Hearne told @VPM.org the siting bill’s goal was to get stakeholders on the same page.
“…we felt like focusing in on all the different stages of planning in the commonwealth and connecting local, regional and state was an important path to take.”
www.vpm.org/news/2025-02...
“…we felt like focusing in on all the different stages of planning in the commonwealth and connecting local, regional and state was an important path to take.”
www.vpm.org/news/2025-02...
Levitating color chaos 🌈
January 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Levitating color chaos 🌈
I just heard a great definition of research: it’s an opportunity for people’s voices to be heard. I love this! Yes it’s a human-centered definition: flora, fauna, mineral and mycological representation matters too of course.
November 16, 2024 at 9:19 PM
I just heard a great definition of research: it’s an opportunity for people’s voices to be heard. I love this! Yes it’s a human-centered definition: flora, fauna, mineral and mycological representation matters too of course.
Saturday! Loving these blue sky fall days. This project is about to head off to the longarm quilter. Finally! 😅 #quilting #chaos #colorchaos #tradition
November 16, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Saturday! Loving these blue sky fall days. This project is about to head off to the longarm quilter. Finally! 😅 #quilting #chaos #colorchaos #tradition