Juan-Pablo Velez
@jpv.switch.box
Executive director of think tank @switch.box. Climate policy and data science. Mostly here to ask questions!
Forthcoming report! Heat pumps are systematically overpaying for the electricity they use. A new “heat pump-friendly” rate under consideration in MA would fix that imbalance, helping heat pumps beat natural gas on operating costs for most households. Report drops next Tue the 22nd, RSVP for webinar!
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Lower Bills, Cleaner Heat: How proposed heat pump rates can save Massachusetts residents hundreds of dollars on their heating bills. After registering, you ...
Heat pumps are already the most efficient way to heat and cool a home, but outdated electric rates mean many Massachusetts heat pump owners are overpaying for the electricity they use. A new “heat pum...
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July 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
@bunkum.us reading this book and I think you'd like it www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
The Primacy of Politics
Cambridge Core - Comparative Politics - The Primacy of Politics
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May 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
@bunkum.us reading this book and I think you'd like it www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
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The "spark gap" - the price difference between electricity and natural gas - is one of the biggest challenges in heat pump adoption. While heat pumps use 3-4 times less energy than gas furnaces, higher electricity rates can sometimes offset these efficiency gains. (1/3)
March 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The "spark gap" - the price difference between electricity and natural gas - is one of the biggest challenges in heat pump adoption. While heat pumps use 3-4 times less energy than gas furnaces, higher electricity rates can sometimes offset these efficiency gains. (1/3)
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Cartoon with caption by my buddy @jackhauen.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Cartoon with caption by my buddy @jackhauen.bsky.social
Speaking of failings of blue state governance: just helped a struggling mom get her stroller down subway stairs, she was dangerously close to losing control. Elevator was out. Upon leaving the station, ran into protest outside of @mta.info's HQ. Their chant: "what do we want? elevator maintenance!"
April 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Speaking of failings of blue state governance: just helped a struggling mom get her stroller down subway stairs, she was dangerously close to losing control. Elevator was out. Upon leaving the station, ran into protest outside of @mta.info's HQ. Their chant: "what do we want? elevator maintenance!"
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BIG NEWS: #SB282, the Heat Pump Access Act, advanced in #CALeg yesterday! This critical legislation will streamline the permitting process for heat pumps, making it faster and more affordable to modernize homes with efficient heating & cooling. @scottwiener.bsky.social #BuildingDecarb #EnergySky
April 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
BIG NEWS: #SB282, the Heat Pump Access Act, advanced in #CALeg yesterday! This critical legislation will streamline the permitting process for heat pumps, making it faster and more affordable to modernize homes with efficient heating & cooling. @scottwiener.bsky.social #BuildingDecarb #EnergySky
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Another year or three and renewables will meet 100% of additional power demand. And then they will keep going from there. The trope that new energy technologies are only ever additive will take some time to die, but die it will - as all pseudo-scientific cargo cults eventually do.
The vast majority of global electricity demand growth in 2024 – over 80% – was covered by low-emissions sources
This was supported by a huge expansion in renewable power capacity of about 700 GW, setting a new annual record for the 22nd year in a row ➡️ iea.li/4c0jI8t
This was supported by a huge expansion in renewable power capacity of about 700 GW, setting a new annual record for the 22nd year in a row ➡️ iea.li/4c0jI8t
March 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Another year or three and renewables will meet 100% of additional power demand. And then they will keep going from there. The trope that new energy technologies are only ever additive will take some time to die, but die it will - as all pseudo-scientific cargo cults eventually do.
What if instead of spending billions to replace old natgas pipes (that we need to start shutting down), we just gave the affected customers heat pumps? Our latest @switch.box report got an excellent write-up by @colinreports.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
What if instead of spending billions to replace old natgas pipes (that we need to start shutting down), we just gave the affected customers heat pumps? Our latest @switch.box report got an excellent write-up by @colinreports.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Four climate justice groups sue NY over delays in implementing its climate law.
Groups claim the state is “stonewalling necessary climate action in outright violation” of its legal obligations nysfocus.com/2025/03/31/n...
Groups claim the state is “stonewalling necessary climate action in outright violation” of its legal obligations nysfocus.com/2025/03/31/n...
Climate Groups Sue Hochul Administration Over Climate Law Backtracking
Environmentalists have long charged that New York is falling short of its climate mandates. Now, they’re taking the state to court.
nysfocus.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
BREAKING: Four climate justice groups sue NY over delays in implementing its climate law.
Groups claim the state is “stonewalling necessary climate action in outright violation” of its legal obligations nysfocus.com/2025/03/31/n...
Groups claim the state is “stonewalling necessary climate action in outright violation” of its legal obligations nysfocus.com/2025/03/31/n...
The fact that "Baby Shark" is this generation's "Baby Beluga" proves that we live in a fallen age.
February 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The fact that "Baby Shark" is this generation's "Baby Beluga" proves that we live in a fallen age.
Hey #energysky #econsky, anyone aware of good research on the demographics of heat pump adopters?
February 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Hey #energysky #econsky, anyone aware of good research on the demographics of heat pump adopters?
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Sitting in a meeting today with three former energy secretaries and three former FERC commissioners and this paper just keeps coming up. Tyler and his coauthors are doing great work and it is being noticed.
1/ 🚨New study alert!🚨 🔌💡
My DukeU colleagues and I just released a 1st-of-kind study on how the US grid could integrate up to 100 gigawatts of data centers w/out major new infrastructure, provided modest load flexibility (0.5%/yr). AI load growth can be managed faster, cheaper, & cleaner. 🧵👇
My DukeU colleagues and I just released a 1st-of-kind study on how the US grid could integrate up to 100 gigawatts of data centers w/out major new infrastructure, provided modest load flexibility (0.5%/yr). AI load growth can be managed faster, cheaper, & cleaner. 🧵👇
February 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Sitting in a meeting today with three former energy secretaries and three former FERC commissioners and this paper just keeps coming up. Tyler and his coauthors are doing great work and it is being noticed.
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Gas is just a bridge fuel they said. 🔌💡
February 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Gas is just a bridge fuel they said. 🔌💡
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If you want to know more about the past, present and future of #BuildingDecarb in #Maryland, or how their experience can help you decarbonize buildings in your state, register for the BDC National Policy Call: Maryland today! #Heatpump #Cleanheat #EnergySky
📢 Register now for our BDC National Policy Call: Maryland at 1 pm on Tues, 2/25! Baltimore Gas & Electric’s Lauren Urbane, MD DOE's Mark Stewart, & @rockymtninst.bsky.social's Ashita Gona will explore MD’s efforts to decarbonize its buildings: bit.ly/4k0cRj8 #BuildingDecarb #Maryland #EnergySky
Maryland National Policy Call
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February 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
If you want to know more about the past, present and future of #BuildingDecarb in #Maryland, or how their experience can help you decarbonize buildings in your state, register for the BDC National Policy Call: Maryland today! #Heatpump #Cleanheat #EnergySky
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Our report on energy poverty in New York gets a shoutout in this @gothamist.com piece about gas bills being too damn high #energysky
New Yorkers are getting burned by heating costs as gas bills soar, report says
The average Con Edison customer is paying almost $50 more per month for gas heating compared to 2022.
gothamist.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Our report on energy poverty in New York gets a shoutout in this @gothamist.com piece about gas bills being too damn high #energysky
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This is wild.
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January 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This is wild.
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Preview! Dandelion Energy CEO Kathy Hannun will talk at this Thursday's Speaker Series event about what state's are getting right and wrong when supporting deployment of ground source heat pumps.
Don't miss it! RSVP here: lnkd.in/g4XF8A9s
Don't miss it! RSVP here: lnkd.in/g4XF8A9s
January 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Disappointing to see @govkathyhochul.bsky.social backtrack on #NYHEAT in her budget, but we're going to win this with or without her.
All attention now moves to the Assembly. We can and will win it this year to lower bills and slash pollution. Let's go!
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/01/21/g...
All attention now moves to the Assembly. We can and will win it this year to lower bills and slash pollution. Let's go!
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/01/21/g...
Gov. Hochul Backtracks On Support For NY HEAT Act As Energy Bills Rise
All eyes turn to State Assembly to pass popular legislation to tackle skyrocketing energy bills, fossil fuel use
www.foodandwaterwatch.org
January 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Disappointing to see @govkathyhochul.bsky.social backtrack on #NYHEAT in her budget, but we're going to win this with or without her.
All attention now moves to the Assembly. We can and will win it this year to lower bills and slash pollution. Let's go!
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/01/21/g...
All attention now moves to the Assembly. We can and will win it this year to lower bills and slash pollution. Let's go!
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/01/21/g...
Preview! Dandelion Energy CEO Kathy Hannun will talk at this Thursday's Speaker Series event about what state's are getting right and wrong when supporting deployment of ground source heat pumps.
Don't miss it! RSVP here: lnkd.in/g4XF8A9s
Don't miss it! RSVP here: lnkd.in/g4XF8A9s
January 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Preview! Dandelion Energy CEO Kathy Hannun will talk at this Thursday's Speaker Series event about what state's are getting right and wrong when supporting deployment of ground source heat pumps.
Don't miss it! RSVP here: lnkd.in/g4XF8A9s
Don't miss it! RSVP here: lnkd.in/g4XF8A9s
January 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Preview! Dandelion Energy CEO Kathy Hannun will talk at this Thursday's Speaker Series event about what state's are getting right and wrong when supporting deployment of ground source heat pumps.
Don't miss it! RSVP here: lnkd.in/g4XF8A9s
Don't miss it! RSVP here: lnkd.in/g4XF8A9s
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Since nobody asked, here is a map showing where polar bears have been found in Iceland after drifting over from Greenland on icebergs.
January 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Since nobody asked, here is a map showing where polar bears have been found in Iceland after drifting over from Greenland on icebergs.
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📣 Tune in this Thursday (10/23) to hear from Kathy Hannun of Dandelion Energy about which policies are doing the most to speed — or impede — the deployment of ground source heat pumps. Come hear how your state ranks!
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#climatesky #energysky
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#climatesky #energysky
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Kathy Hannun: How do States support - or thwart - ground source heat pumps? (SB Speaker Series). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email a...
In 2024, State legislators proposed 42 bills across 14 states to promote the development of geothermal heat pumps. But what’s happening on the ground? Which policies are doing the most to speed — or i...
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January 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
📣 Tune in this Thursday (10/23) to hear from Kathy Hannun of Dandelion Energy about which policies are doing the most to speed — or impede — the deployment of ground source heat pumps. Come hear how your state ranks!
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#climatesky #energysky
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#climatesky #energysky
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"The median price of a home in California is $869,000. In Texas it is $349,000."
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
I really really have found myself enjoying the work in Liberal Currents of late.
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I really really have found myself enjoying the work in Liberal Currents of late.
The Crisis of Democratic Governance
State Democrats have failed to deliver what the American people want.
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January 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"The median price of a home in California is $869,000. In Texas it is $349,000."
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
I really really have found myself enjoying the work in Liberal Currents of late.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...
I really really have found myself enjoying the work in Liberal Currents of late.