Joshua Basseches
@joshuabasseches.bsky.social
Renewable energy and climate politics and policy. Assistant Professor at Tulane University. Forthcoming book about utilities and state-level renewable electricity policymaking. More at joshuabasseches.com
Sure, but in Georgia especially, & other purple & even red states, I see the real winner as cheap, clean energy, and the loser as vertically-integrated monopoly utilities who see their regulators as their friends rather than those limiting their profits: (2/2)
How to make clean energy progress under Trump in the states—blue and red alike
Cheaper energy bills are a nonpartisan issue—no matter where you live.
www.technologyreview.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Sure, but in Georgia especially, & other purple & even red states, I see the real winner as cheap, clean energy, and the loser as vertically-integrated monopoly utilities who see their regulators as their friends rather than those limiting their profits: (2/2)
So get out there and vote, wherever you live, but if you live in Georgia, read up! (2/2)
www.volts.wtf/p/pay-attent...
www.volts.wtf/p/pay-attent...
Pay attention to the most important political race of 2025
With energy affordability set to dominate national politics, Peter Hubbard and Brionté McCorkle explain why a down-ballot Georgia race is ground zero for the fight.
www.volts.wtf
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
So get out there and vote, wherever you live, but if you live in Georgia, read up! (2/2)
www.volts.wtf/p/pay-attent...
www.volts.wtf/p/pay-attent...
Just think about it: revenue in fund is from emitting carbon. If we use that money to fund something essential (other than climate mitigation) we create a dependency on that revenue, which means more carbon pollution needed to keep coffers full: (2/2)
washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/clima...
washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/clima...
Climate dollars eyed to backfill WA wildfire funding • Washington State Standard
Washington’s lands commissioner Dave Upthegrove and a leading Democratic House lawmaker indicated that they want to tap revenue from the state’s Climate Commitment Act for at least some of the money.
washingtonstatestandard.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Just think about it: revenue in fund is from emitting carbon. If we use that money to fund something essential (other than climate mitigation) we create a dependency on that revenue, which means more carbon pollution needed to keep coffers full: (2/2)
washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/clima...
washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/clima...
It's also interesting that -- with some exceptions, certainly -- opposing vertically-integrated monopolies seems to have traction on both the political left and right: (4/4)
www.utilitydive.com/news/marylan...
www.utilitydive.com/news/marylan...
Maryland should resist rewriting utility monopoly laws
The state should embrace competition, innovation and accountability from power distributors, generators and utility regulators, writes Adam Dubitsky, state director for the Land & Liberty Coalition of...
www.utilitydive.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
It's also interesting that -- with some exceptions, certainly -- opposing vertically-integrated monopolies seems to have traction on both the political left and right: (4/4)
www.utilitydive.com/news/marylan...
www.utilitydive.com/news/marylan...
But policymakers -- especially those who already feel the information asymmetry between themselves and the monopoly transmission and distribution utility -- should think long and hard about whether they really want such a utility to also control generation. (3/)
November 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
But policymakers -- especially those who already feel the information asymmetry between themselves and the monopoly transmission and distribution utility -- should think long and hard about whether they really want such a utility to also control generation. (3/)