Justin Gerdes
@justingerdes.bsky.social
I publish the Quitting Carbon newsletter. Subscribe: https://www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/. Former Managing Editor, Energy Monitor. Send story ideas or tips: justingerdes@gmail.com or Signal: JustinGerdes.85
@calenergy.bsky.social: "California now has nearly 17,000 megawatts of battery storage — one-third of the way to its 2045 goal." www.energy.ca.gov/news/2025-11... 🔌💡
November 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
@calenergy.bsky.social: "California now has nearly 17,000 megawatts of battery storage — one-third of the way to its 2045 goal." www.energy.ca.gov/news/2025-11... 🔌💡
From EIA's latest Short-Term Energy Outlook on natural gas prices: "We expect prices to average $4.00/MMBtu in 2026, 16% higher than in 2025, primarily due to increased liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports amid flat production growth." www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/ 🔌💡
November 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
From EIA's latest Short-Term Energy Outlook on natural gas prices: "We expect prices to average $4.00/MMBtu in 2026, 16% higher than in 2025, primarily due to increased liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports amid flat production growth." www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/ 🔌💡
"Midyear reporting indicates that the global power sector is doing a good job covering marginal growth with wind and solar," writes @gregor.us about H1 2025 data from @ember-energy.org: www.coldeye.earth/p/trade-games 🔌💡
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"Midyear reporting indicates that the global power sector is doing a good job covering marginal growth with wind and solar," writes @gregor.us about H1 2025 data from @ember-energy.org: www.coldeye.earth/p/trade-games 🔌💡
Not good! A @newslit.org report surveyed American teenagers about their attitudes towards journalists. "An overwhelming majority of teens (84%) described news media with negative words." www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/bias... via @sarahscire.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Not good! A @newslit.org report surveyed American teenagers about their attitudes towards journalists. "An overwhelming majority of teens (84%) described news media with negative words." www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/bias... via @sarahscire.com
Looking forward to @canarymedia.com's live event tonight in downtown Berkeley. If you'll be there, too, find me and say hello! www.eventbrite.com/e/canary-liv... 🔌💡
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Looking forward to @canarymedia.com's live event tonight in downtown Berkeley. If you'll be there, too, find me and say hello! www.eventbrite.com/e/canary-liv... 🔌💡
From the new "Clean Energy Across America" report: environmentamerica.org/center/resou... via Environment America Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group 🔌💡
November 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
From the new "Clean Energy Across America" report: environmentamerica.org/center/resou... via Environment America Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group 🔌💡
Here's @schatz.bsky.social on Trump's economy of scarcity (from the October 17 Pod Save America, beginning at 1:18:30 in the episode): www.crooked.com/podcast/trum...
October 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Here's @schatz.bsky.social on Trump's economy of scarcity (from the October 17 Pod Save America, beginning at 1:18:30 in the episode): www.crooked.com/podcast/trum...
EIA: "Since 2023, wind and solar generation, especially utility-scale solar, have been the fastest-growing sources of electricity in ERCOT and are increasingly meeting rising demand." www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... 🔌💡
October 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
EIA: "Since 2023, wind and solar generation, especially utility-scale solar, have been the fastest-growing sources of electricity in ERCOT and are increasingly meeting rising demand." www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... 🔌💡
I'm not surprised but it's still a shock to see this at the top of the official website of the White House.
October 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I'm not surprised but it's still a shock to see this at the top of the official website of the White House.
EIA: "LNG export capacity in North America is on track to increase from 11.4 Bcf/d at the beginning of 2024 to 28.7 Bcf/d in 2029, if projects currently under construction begin operations as planned." www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... 🔌💡
October 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
EIA: "LNG export capacity in North America is on track to increase from 11.4 Bcf/d at the beginning of 2024 to 28.7 Bcf/d in 2029, if projects currently under construction begin operations as planned." www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... 🔌💡
EIA: "An increasing share of U.S. households are using electricity for heating, although natural gas remains the most common heating fuel. In 2024, 42% of U.S. households reported that electricity was their main space heating fuel." www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... 🔌💡
October 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
EIA: "An increasing share of U.S. households are using electricity for heating, although natural gas remains the most common heating fuel. In 2024, 42% of U.S. households reported that electricity was their main space heating fuel." www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... 🔌💡
"In terms of the share of California's electricity generation mix, solar farms accounted for a record 39% of total utility-supplied generation during January to July, up from 33% during the same period in 2024." www.reuters.com/markets/comm... by @reuters.com's Gavin Maguire 🔌💡
October 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
"In terms of the share of California's electricity generation mix, solar farms accounted for a record 39% of total utility-supplied generation during January to July, up from 33% during the same period in 2024." www.reuters.com/markets/comm... by @reuters.com's Gavin Maguire 🔌💡
@iso-ne.com: "New England’s current power system emissions are well below those observed in the early 2000s and 2010s. Carbon dioxide emissions declined 20% between 2015 and 2024." isonewswire.com/2025/10/03/c... 🔌💡
October 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
@iso-ne.com: "New England’s current power system emissions are well below those observed in the early 2000s and 2010s. Carbon dioxide emissions declined 20% between 2015 and 2024." isonewswire.com/2025/10/03/c... 🔌💡
"This time, Trump has gotten Voughtier, and Republicans in Congress have gotten more compliant," writes @zeitlin.bsky.social: heatmap.news/politics/rus...
October 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"This time, Trump has gotten Voughtier, and Republicans in Congress have gotten more compliant," writes @zeitlin.bsky.social: heatmap.news/politics/rus...
Indeed! And to Coco as well!!
October 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Indeed! And to Coco as well!!
"There is much more to the relationship between demand growth from AI data centers and your electricity rates than has gotten coverage," writes @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social's @severinborenstein.bsky.social: energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/w... 🔌💡
September 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"There is much more to the relationship between demand growth from AI data centers and your electricity rates than has gotten coverage," writes @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social's @severinborenstein.bsky.social: energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/w... 🔌💡
Maybe Trump saw the billboards and was confused! #WarRavagedPortland
September 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Maybe Trump saw the billboards and was confused! #WarRavagedPortland
EIA: Distributed solar is the fastest-growing power source in Brazil: "Distributed solar generation capacity grew from less than 1 gigawatt (GW) in 2018 to 40 GW in 2025 through June, accounting for 43% of all electricity capacity additions over that period." www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... 🔌💡
September 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
EIA: Distributed solar is the fastest-growing power source in Brazil: "Distributed solar generation capacity grew from less than 1 gigawatt (GW) in 2018 to 40 GW in 2025 through June, accounting for 43% of all electricity capacity additions over that period." www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... 🔌💡
New York joins Colorado and California in fast-tracking renewables projects so they can quality for expiring federal tax credits: www.nyserda.ny.gov/About/Newsro... 🔌💡
September 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
New York joins Colorado and California in fast-tracking renewables projects so they can quality for expiring federal tax credits: www.nyserda.ny.gov/About/Newsro... 🔌💡
The Trump administration "is a Watergate every day," argues @vermontgmg.bsky.social: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/rid-me-of-...
September 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The Trump administration "is a Watergate every day," argues @vermontgmg.bsky.social: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/rid-me-of-...
@calenergy.bsky.social: There are now 201,180 fully public and shared electric vehicle charging ports in California - 68% more EV charger ports than the number of gasoline nozzles statewide: www.energy.ca.gov/news/2025-09... 🔌💡
September 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
@calenergy.bsky.social: There are now 201,180 fully public and shared electric vehicle charging ports in California - 68% more EV charger ports than the number of gasoline nozzles statewide: www.energy.ca.gov/news/2025-09... 🔌💡
@airresources.bsky.social: "Zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) made up nearly 23% of new medium- and heavy-duty vehicle sales in California in 2024 — more than double the state’s target and the highest total of ZEV sales ever reported." ww2.arb.ca.gov/news/nearly-...
September 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
@airresources.bsky.social: "Zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) made up nearly 23% of new medium- and heavy-duty vehicle sales in California in 2024 — more than double the state’s target and the highest total of ZEV sales ever reported." ww2.arb.ca.gov/news/nearly-...
EIA: At the end of 2024, CAISO reported 11.7GW of battery capacity, 43% of which was primarily used for arbitrage. ERCOT reported 8.1 GW of battery capacity, half of which was primarily used for arbitrage: www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... 🔌💡
September 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
EIA: At the end of 2024, CAISO reported 11.7GW of battery capacity, 43% of which was primarily used for arbitrage. ERCOT reported 8.1 GW of battery capacity, half of which was primarily used for arbitrage: www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... 🔌💡
"China’s EV sales are on pace to reach a full 50% of market share in 2025. ... Big picture: the lack of support for further oil demand growth in China is the key factor in oil’s dim outlook globally," writes @gregor.us: www.coldeye.earth/p/autumn-cha... 🔒 🔌💡
September 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"China’s EV sales are on pace to reach a full 50% of market share in 2025. ... Big picture: the lack of support for further oil demand growth in China is the key factor in oil’s dim outlook globally," writes @gregor.us: www.coldeye.earth/p/autumn-cha... 🔒 🔌💡
"At this time last year, the US was issuing gold-standard climate science and enacting a fitful policy to speed the energy transition. Now, the government is memory-holing some of that science and outright blocking wind and solar power." www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... by @blkahn.bsky.social 🔌💡
September 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"At this time last year, the US was issuing gold-standard climate science and enacting a fitful policy to speed the energy transition. Now, the government is memory-holing some of that science and outright blocking wind and solar power." www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... by @blkahn.bsky.social 🔌💡