Morgan Jones
@mjjones.bsky.social
He/Him. Working in Canadian Utility industry doing Market analysis in energy. Most important work as Dad. Follower and commentator on all energy trends. Transportation as my second love. On Treaty 1 land.
OK Brendan helpfully pointed to this report.. so lets go through my bitchings.
page 14: rate based return. well clearly that would be an issue until you realize Crown utilities dont have rate based return. they follow up on page 15 talking PBR. sure, that works IF YOU HAVE PRIVATE UTILITIES.
page 14: rate based return. well clearly that would be an issue until you realize Crown utilities dont have rate based return. they follow up on page 15 talking PBR. sure, that works IF YOU HAVE PRIVATE UTILITIES.
I take it you take umbrage with Electricity Canada's Back to Bonbright report?
Would be curious to read/discuss what needs to change.
Bonbright Principles are not totally formulaic... it's still a rather open ended what rates & compensation regimes they lead one to....
issuu.com/canadianelec...
Would be curious to read/discuss what needs to change.
Bonbright Principles are not totally formulaic... it's still a rather open ended what rates & compensation regimes they lead one to....
issuu.com/canadianelec...
Back to Bonbright: Economic Regulation Fundamentals can Enable Net Zero
issuu.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
OK Brendan helpfully pointed to this report.. so lets go through my bitchings.
page 14: rate based return. well clearly that would be an issue until you realize Crown utilities dont have rate based return. they follow up on page 15 talking PBR. sure, that works IF YOU HAVE PRIVATE UTILITIES.
page 14: rate based return. well clearly that would be an issue until you realize Crown utilities dont have rate based return. they follow up on page 15 talking PBR. sure, that works IF YOU HAVE PRIVATE UTILITIES.
something for the Manitoba NDP to consider, as they announce 750mw of new natural gas.
New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson.
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession
North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
something for the Manitoba NDP to consider, as they announce 750mw of new natural gas.
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Are we here yet?
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Are we here yet?
So #energy 🔌💡 you guys really need to figure out Crown Utilities like in Canada. You have WAPA and BPA. Just do more.
I'm dense when it comes to finance, so the fact that I got to a point of understanding how utilities earn profit and why they should or shouldn't earn less means you can too. I stayed up till 3am trying to explain in an accessible way. Hopefully it was worth it!
heatmap.news/energy/calif...
heatmap.news/energy/calif...
What If Utilities Just Made Less Money?
California energy companies are asking for permission to take in more revenue. Consumer advocates are having none of it.
heatmap.news
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
So #energy 🔌💡 you guys really need to figure out Crown Utilities like in Canada. You have WAPA and BPA. Just do more.
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Spoiler for an upcoming piece. On average, the income of men aged 65+ in Canada is higher than that of their 25-34-year-old counterparts.
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Spoiler for an upcoming piece. On average, the income of men aged 65+ in Canada is higher than that of their 25-34-year-old counterparts.
poster has a good point, but what stands out to me is that a 6 hour battery is better ELCC then a gas CT, and a 10 hour battery is rated higher than a dual fuel CT.
So here’s a really fascinating thing in energy news today. According to PJM, the only thing better at meeting grid short-term power needs than load-sited demand reduction “DR” is nuclear. This is a really BFD. www.pjm.com/-/media/DotC...
November 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
poster has a good point, but what stands out to me is that a 6 hour battery is better ELCC then a gas CT, and a 10 hour battery is rated higher than a dual fuel CT.
extremely niche hot take: Bonbright Principles are 60 years old and dont make sense anymore without a substantive re-write. between climate change, decarbonization, non WIRES, GRID edge. the utility of Bonbright is becoming less and less.
November 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
extremely niche hot take: Bonbright Principles are 60 years old and dont make sense anymore without a substantive re-write. between climate change, decarbonization, non WIRES, GRID edge. the utility of Bonbright is becoming less and less.
does someone make pro Butlerian Jihad bumper stickers? .. asking for a friend.
November 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
does someone make pro Butlerian Jihad bumper stickers? .. asking for a friend.
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'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
Another auroral night. More typical green ribbons.
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Another auroral night. More typical green ribbons.
Question to my fellow Canadians. My (likely sheltered) feeling is that credit score isn't as much of a cultural discussion here vs US?
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Question to my fellow Canadians. My (likely sheltered) feeling is that credit score isn't as much of a cultural discussion here vs US?
People want aurora pics? These were tonight
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
People want aurora pics? These were tonight
I will never forgive "the golden age of TV" for skipping over the Epic of Gilgamesh. You had a miniseries right there for you. It has everything you want. It would have been like Troy, Rome, 300, GoT. Because of the nature of the material you could have random episodes non linear, different director
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I will never forgive "the golden age of TV" for skipping over the Epic of Gilgamesh. You had a miniseries right there for you. It has everything you want. It would have been like Troy, Rome, 300, GoT. Because of the nature of the material you could have random episodes non linear, different director
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Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
but quick.. lets worry about C-59! all that bill did was make a huge amount of companies/governments/municipalities pull their targets and environmental discussion from anything in fear of possible legal concerns. it basically sent the message of "its better to say nothing"
NEW: Weeks after the auditor general scolded Ontario for falling far behind its emissions goals, the government is scrapping the requirement to set targets or report on them publicly at all. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1151465...
globalnews.ca/news/1151465...
Ford government scrapping its own emissions targets and reporting requirements | Globalnews.ca
Buried in the Fall Economic Statement on Thursday was the news that the government would be repealing sections of existing legislation.
globalnews.ca
November 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
but quick.. lets worry about C-59! all that bill did was make a huge amount of companies/governments/municipalities pull their targets and environmental discussion from anything in fear of possible legal concerns. it basically sent the message of "its better to say nothing"
the first line in the study: "The latest large language model from OpenAI offers safety gains, persistent risks and the illusion of understanding". quick.. better tie our entire economy to it.
"Even with notable gains in fluency, GPT-5 is still prone to hallucinate, break rules, and exhibit latent capabilities that raise safety and biosecurity concerns" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The fragile intelligence of GPT-5 in medicine
Nature Medicine - The latest large language model from OpenAI offers safety gains, persistent risks and the illusion of understanding.
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
the first line in the study: "The latest large language model from OpenAI offers safety gains, persistent risks and the illusion of understanding". quick.. better tie our entire economy to it.
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“a person from the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than the poorest 50% emit all year”
A stark visual from ‘Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster’ by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
A stark visual from ‘Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster’ by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
November 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“a person from the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than the poorest 50% emit all year”
A stark visual from ‘Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster’ by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
A stark visual from ‘Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster’ by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
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A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
forget the discussions on CCS and all the fancy stuff.. this kind of stuff will make a huge difference to emissions. in this scenario you can replace virtually all fleet vehicles (inc. a lot of trucks) for large business and contractor types: electrek.co/2025/10/28/k...
Kia's electric van breaks the Guinness World Record, driving 430+ miles carrying a full load
Kia’s electric van, the PV5, set a new Guinness World Record after driving over 430 miles on a single charge…...
electrek.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
forget the discussions on CCS and all the fancy stuff.. this kind of stuff will make a huge difference to emissions. in this scenario you can replace virtually all fleet vehicles (inc. a lot of trucks) for large business and contractor types: electrek.co/2025/10/28/k...
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To all Alberta teachers, I'm sorry you are going through this. I know you can't formally work to rule. So go with malicious compliance. Don't have time for marking? Everyone gets a 90%! Be sick for school sports. Chat GPT everything.
October 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
To all Alberta teachers, I'm sorry you are going through this. I know you can't formally work to rule. So go with malicious compliance. Don't have time for marking? Everyone gets a 90%! Be sick for school sports. Chat GPT everything.
I will always say "always both yes". you need near term reductions from wind/solar, and nuke output later for the last push of decarbonization as the cost benefits of wind/solar start to run up against total variable renewable penetration limits.
Eight AP1000s would provide 9.6 GW of output. Maybe these all come online by 2040? In 2024, the US installed 41 GW of utility-scale solar. You can do both! Only one will meaningfully address electricity supply and costs in the near term.
October 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I will always say "always both yes". you need near term reductions from wind/solar, and nuke output later for the last push of decarbonization as the cost benefits of wind/solar start to run up against total variable renewable penetration limits.
you'll see some junk AI "showing" an airline going over the top of a hurricane (lol) but this is the truth, besides specialized hurricane hunting aircraft no one is going close.
The Sunday 8pm live flight radar tracker gives you a pretty good idea of where Hurricane Melissa is, based on where aircraft *aren’t*.
Good lord.
Just a few long hauls trying to skirt by at super high altitude.
It’s gotta be a choppy ride. #Category5 level within a few hours. 🙏
#HurricaneMelissa
Good lord.
Just a few long hauls trying to skirt by at super high altitude.
It’s gotta be a choppy ride. #Category5 level within a few hours. 🙏
#HurricaneMelissa
October 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
you'll see some junk AI "showing" an airline going over the top of a hurricane (lol) but this is the truth, besides specialized hurricane hunting aircraft no one is going close.