Dave Rogers
@drogersenergy.bsky.social
Fighting climate change, working to move the South Beyond Coal w/ Sierra Club. Tired parent of twins. Mostly an Eeyore who tries really hard to be more like Pooh. He/him
A little transparency from the data center industry and utilities would go a long way. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/busines...
Charlotte’s data center surge — pricey, power-hungry and shrouded in secrecy
Big Tech is pouring billions into Carolinas data centers to meet AI demand. But the public remains in the dark on the scope of what’s here and what’s coming.
www.charlotteobserver.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A little transparency from the data center industry and utilities would go a long way. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/busines...
There are a lot of wasteful uses of energy and fossil fuels, but using a gas powered leaf blower to clear THE STREET in front of your house might be the worst.
November 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
There are a lot of wasteful uses of energy and fossil fuels, but using a gas powered leaf blower to clear THE STREET in front of your house might be the worst.
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somewhere in portland, there's one person, or a small handful of people, who came up with the inflatable costume idea, and I feel like they deserve our immense respect for defining the obvious developing aesthetic of the contemporary battle against fascism
October 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
somewhere in portland, there's one person, or a small handful of people, who came up with the inflatable costume idea, and I feel like they deserve our immense respect for defining the obvious developing aesthetic of the contemporary battle against fascism
But I was told coal is perfectly reliable and we had to have it or our lights would go out!
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Newest big U.S. coal-plant offline until 2027
The newest major coal-fired power plant in the U.S. is expected to be offline until March 2027 after a major failure in April.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
But I was told coal is perfectly reliable and we had to have it or our lights would go out!
ieefa.org/resources/ne...
ieefa.org/resources/ne...
So is this repurposed solar for all $$? Really forward thinking country these days?
September 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
So is this repurposed solar for all $$? Really forward thinking country these days?
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‘Mine, Baby, Mine’: Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal
www.nytimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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More people should be talking about this.
September 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
More people should be talking about this.
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SCOOP: Yesterday, Trump issued an ultimatum to the only 3 TVA board members he hasn't yet fired.
Fire the CEO or prepare to be fired.
The board balked.
But insiders suspect the president is angling to install an ally who could help revive privatization plans.
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Fire the CEO or prepare to be fired.
The board balked.
But insiders suspect the president is angling to install an ally who could help revive privatization plans.
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
July 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
SCOOP: Yesterday, Trump issued an ultimatum to the only 3 TVA board members he hasn't yet fired.
Fire the CEO or prepare to be fired.
The board balked.
But insiders suspect the president is angling to install an ally who could help revive privatization plans.
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Fire the CEO or prepare to be fired.
The board balked.
But insiders suspect the president is angling to install an ally who could help revive privatization plans.
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
More than one truly awful thing in this bill. In addition to CWIP, the bill also shifts a bunch of costs from industrial customers to residential folks through changing how fuel and purchased power are allocated. Guess who was in the room when this leg was written? (Hint: industrial groups)
1. The clean energy target delay is not the most important part of this bill -- Duke already faced no penalty for non-compliance.
2. The truly awful thing here is the blanket authorization for CWIP for the euphemistically-named "baseload" power plants.
It will absolutely raise pollution and bills.
2. The truly awful thing here is the blanket authorization for CWIP for the euphemistically-named "baseload" power plants.
It will absolutely raise pollution and bills.
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein vetoed a bill that would’ve let Duke Energy bypass a carbon reduction goal, citing a report that found it would raise utility bills.
July 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
More than one truly awful thing in this bill. In addition to CWIP, the bill also shifts a bunch of costs from industrial customers to residential folks through changing how fuel and purchased power are allocated. Guess who was in the room when this leg was written? (Hint: industrial groups)
Data Centers in NoVA driving real time prices up above $750/MWh. I'm sure those companies are paying their fair share of those costs.....
June 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Data Centers in NoVA driving real time prices up above $750/MWh. I'm sure those companies are paying their fair share of those costs.....
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The Spanish government is reporting that the cause of the massive blackout wasn't a lack of thermal power plants - rather that they failed to provide power at the time, acting 'inappropriately'.
Funny, after fossil lobbyists were so quick to blame renewables..
elpais.com/economia/202...
Funny, after fossil lobbyists were so quick to blame renewables..
elpais.com/economia/202...
June 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The Spanish government is reporting that the cause of the massive blackout wasn't a lack of thermal power plants - rather that they failed to provide power at the time, acting 'inappropriately'.
Funny, after fossil lobbyists were so quick to blame renewables..
elpais.com/economia/202...
Funny, after fossil lobbyists were so quick to blame renewables..
elpais.com/economia/202...
Wait until this guy learns about time zones and the fact that the sun rises earlier in the East and sets later in the West. It’s gonna blow his mind!
Here's Adam Keech, VP at PJM, stating that inter-regional transmission won't help PJM "because other regions don't have excess capacity" - has he not hear of coincident peak?
This is from the FERC conference on Resource Adequacy last week.
This is from the FERC conference on Resource Adequacy last week.
June 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Wait until this guy learns about time zones and the fact that the sun rises earlier in the East and sets later in the West. It’s gonna blow his mind!
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Good morning with good news: US fossil fuel generated electricity fell to its record low share in April, down to 49.26%!
FF electricity has been below the 50% milestone in both March & April!
That is historic, as monthly FF electricity had never been below 50% since at least 1940s.
#energysky
FF electricity has been below the 50% milestone in both March & April!
That is historic, as monthly FF electricity had never been below 50% since at least 1940s.
#energysky
May 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Good morning with good news: US fossil fuel generated electricity fell to its record low share in April, down to 49.26%!
FF electricity has been below the 50% milestone in both March & April!
That is historic, as monthly FF electricity had never been below 50% since at least 1940s.
#energysky
FF electricity has been below the 50% milestone in both March & April!
That is historic, as monthly FF electricity had never been below 50% since at least 1940s.
#energysky
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Congrats to the Ohio legislature for finally putting a stinking garbage pile of corruption behind it by repealing HB6 yesterday.
What was HB6? Corrupt bailout for two awful coal plants and a nuke. Why was it corrupt? Glad you asked.
www.cincinnati.com/in-depth/new...
What was HB6? Corrupt bailout for two awful coal plants and a nuke. Why was it corrupt? Glad you asked.
www.cincinnati.com/in-depth/new...
Selling out in the Statehouse
A timeline deep dive inside HB 6 and the biggest government scandal in Ohio state history.
www.cincinnati.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Congrats to the Ohio legislature for finally putting a stinking garbage pile of corruption behind it by repealing HB6 yesterday.
What was HB6? Corrupt bailout for two awful coal plants and a nuke. Why was it corrupt? Glad you asked.
www.cincinnati.com/in-depth/new...
What was HB6? Corrupt bailout for two awful coal plants and a nuke. Why was it corrupt? Glad you asked.
www.cincinnati.com/in-depth/new...
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Propping up a dying industry that kills millions. Trump's EOs today to fulfill promises to coal execs will not revive this industry, but they will prolong the harms to public health, communities, and the climate. @sierraclub.org
www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
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Trump to Bolster Coal with Executive Order
Washington, D.C. - According to Politico, today Donald Trump will sign executive orders in an attempt to bolster coal production in the United States.
www.sierraclub.org
April 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Propping up a dying industry that kills millions. Trump's EOs today to fulfill promises to coal execs will not revive this industry, but they will prolong the harms to public health, communities, and the climate. @sierraclub.org
www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
Big News! Yesterday we agreed to settle our case against the West Virginia PSC that challenged the mandate on utilities to run their coal plants at least 69% of the time! www.sierraclub.org/press-releas... 🧵
Sierra Club Secures End to West Virginia PSC’s Costly 69% Coal Plant Capacity Directives
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Today, Sierra Club and West Virginia residents Bruce Perrone and Rosanna Long have successfully negotiated a legal settlement ending a series of costly coal directives issued by th...
www.sierraclub.org
March 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Big News! Yesterday we agreed to settle our case against the West Virginia PSC that challenged the mandate on utilities to run their coal plants at least 69% of the time! www.sierraclub.org/press-releas... 🧵
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BREAKING: @campaignlegal.org @ucsusa.bsky.social @jacl-national.bsky.social & Sierra Club have filed a lawsuit challenging Elon Musk and DOGE's unlawful & devastating funding & staffing cuts to the U.S. National Park Service & Forest Service www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
March 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
BREAKING: @campaignlegal.org @ucsusa.bsky.social @jacl-national.bsky.social & Sierra Club have filed a lawsuit challenging Elon Musk and DOGE's unlawful & devastating funding & staffing cuts to the U.S. National Park Service & Forest Service www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
Question for housing experts. Is gentrification the right term for the change in upper-mid class neighborhoods where folks are tearing down houses that cost like 750k and replacing them with multimillion $ mansions?
March 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Question for housing experts. Is gentrification the right term for the change in upper-mid class neighborhoods where folks are tearing down houses that cost like 750k and replacing them with multimillion $ mansions?
Cap ? Re: the Seth Jones contract. Can the Blackhawks retain a % for fewer years for the full term? So, can they retain 50% for 2 years, for example? Or does it have to be the same % over the entire contract? @benpopecst.bsky.social @scottpowers.bsky.social @mariotirabassi.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Cap ? Re: the Seth Jones contract. Can the Blackhawks retain a % for fewer years for the full term? So, can they retain 50% for 2 years, for example? Or does it have to be the same % over the entire contract? @benpopecst.bsky.social @scottpowers.bsky.social @mariotirabassi.bsky.social
@johnburnsnc.bsky.social I need a hot take on the Rantanen deal!
January 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
@johnburnsnc.bsky.social I need a hot take on the Rantanen deal!
One way to know whether or not you are on the right side of history? You’re getting sued by Exxon.
Exxon Mobil sued California’s attorney general, the Sierra Club and other environmental groups on Monday. The lawsuit alleges that they conspired to defame the oil giant and kneecap its business prospects amid a debate over whether plastics can be recycled effectively.
Exxon Sues California Official, Claiming He Defamed the Company
The lawsuit, an unusual strategy for the oil giant, comes after California’s attorney general sued Exxon last year alleging it misled the public about plastics recycling.
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
One way to know whether or not you are on the right side of history? You’re getting sued by Exxon.
If data centers want to connect to the grid, they can pay their fair share of the costs.
www.utilitydive.com/news/big-tec...
www.utilitydive.com/news/big-tec...
Big tech must stop passing the cost of its spiking energy needs onto the public
We need new policies that ensure the cost of new data centers is carried by the tech companies that profit from them, not by regular energy consumers such as family households and small businesses.
www.utilitydive.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
If data centers want to connect to the grid, they can pay their fair share of the costs.
www.utilitydive.com/news/big-tec...
www.utilitydive.com/news/big-tec...
I also promise never to “just flag” something for someone else ever again.
One of my New Year’s resolutions is no more circling back. You can’t make me.
January 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I also promise never to “just flag” something for someone else ever again.
Out of the box idea. How about we just delay interconnection for new large load customers until we can actually supply them (and the entire system) reliably?
This needs to be repeatedly emphasized: there's nothing about megaload growth that necessarily increases blackout risk to existing customers *unless* megaloads are prioritized over those customers. Fearmongering will not be conducive to smart decision-making. 🔌💡 www.utilitydive.com/news/explosi...
December 29, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Out of the box idea. How about we just delay interconnection for new large load customers until we can actually supply them (and the entire system) reliably?
How about instead of an annual raise or indexing to inflation, we index it to the federal minimum wage? You give the lowest paid folks a raise, you get one yourself!
Members of Congress should get an annual pay raise. Better yet, raise their salaries to match the President’s salary ($400k/yr), prohibit any individual stock purchases or sales while in office, and put in a lobbying ban after office.
December 23, 2024 at 2:29 AM
How about instead of an annual raise or indexing to inflation, we index it to the federal minimum wage? You give the lowest paid folks a raise, you get one yourself!