Rachel Permut
@rachelpermut.bsky.social
20+ years in electric utility and #cleantech world, US policy junkie, and #USWNT and #NWSL fan,
Thorns need to get tordin in asap
November 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Thorns need to get tordin in asap
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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I just donated to the Footprint Project, sending solar/battery/LED setups to Jamaica. Usually in the wake of a disaster you get noisy, polluting diesel generators that also need fuel. These microgrid setups will be useful and provide clean energy for years. www.footprintproject.org/rapid-disast...
Rapid Disaster Response Without All the Carbon — Footprint Project
We deploy mobile solar generators and related off-grid equipment to power rapid disaster response for communities in need.
www.footprintproject.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I just donated to the Footprint Project, sending solar/battery/LED setups to Jamaica. Usually in the wake of a disaster you get noisy, polluting diesel generators that also need fuel. These microgrid setups will be useful and provide clean energy for years. www.footprintproject.org/rapid-disast...
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Well, since this has gone more viral than expected:
In the absence of my cunning plans, here's a resource to find food banks locally. Volunteer and contribute if you can, and don't be ashamed to get help if you need it.
We're all in it together.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
In the absence of my cunning plans, here's a resource to find food banks locally. Volunteer and contribute if you can, and don't be ashamed to get help if you need it.
We're all in it together.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
October 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Well, since this has gone more viral than expected:
In the absence of my cunning plans, here's a resource to find food banks locally. Volunteer and contribute if you can, and don't be ashamed to get help if you need it.
We're all in it together.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
In the absence of my cunning plans, here's a resource to find food banks locally. Volunteer and contribute if you can, and don't be ashamed to get help if you need it.
We're all in it together.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
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Part of investment is investing in refereeing. I know it doesn't feel like it, but the refs and players are more aligned than not. These owners will suppress wages and hire the less qualified refs to save 10 bucks. That's a problem. Well trained and paid refs are the best refs. Imperfect, but good.
It’s never lost on me that NWSL pays for PRO2 level referees because they can’t/won’t pay for the PRO level and at some point, all the owners in the league are going to need to talk about that if they want to be serious
Trinity Rodman speaks out on the refereeing in yesterday’s Spirit-Wave game. (You probably know this, but poor officiating has been a theme across the league this NWSL season.)
“This is one of many examples…. Refs need to be better at managing these games. No words”
“This is one of many examples…. Refs need to be better at managing these games. No words”
October 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Part of investment is investing in refereeing. I know it doesn't feel like it, but the refs and players are more aligned than not. These owners will suppress wages and hire the less qualified refs to save 10 bucks. That's a problem. Well trained and paid refs are the best refs. Imperfect, but good.
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Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
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Vermont may join Utah as a balcony solar state! Sun Day on a roll!
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Vermont lawmakers plan to consider 'balcony solar' next session - VTDigger
A new legislative campaign aims to make it easier to export Germany’s successful portable solar installations to the U.S.
vtdigger.org
September 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Vermont may join Utah as a balcony solar state! Sun Day on a roll!
vtdigger.org/2025/09/17/v...
vtdigger.org/2025/09/17/v...
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Latitude reports on a new study showing that combined-cycle gas turbines slated for service in 2030–31 are now going for $2,000+ per kilowatt — up to 75% more than near-term projects.
www.latitudemedia.com/news/gas-tur...
www.latitudemedia.com/news/gas-tur...
Gas turbine prices are up — and aren’t going down anytime soon
As power demand soars, a new report finds that installing gas is getting pricier, and taking longer, than ever before.
www.latitudemedia.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Latitude reports on a new study showing that combined-cycle gas turbines slated for service in 2030–31 are now going for $2,000+ per kilowatt — up to 75% more than near-term projects.
www.latitudemedia.com/news/gas-tur...
www.latitudemedia.com/news/gas-tur...
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Good news: California lawmakers advanced 3 bills to encourage virtual power plants.
Bad news: They gutted the most ambitious proposal that would’ve saved ratepayers billions and boosted the grid.
Bad news: They gutted the most ambitious proposal that would’ve saved ratepayers billions and boosted the grid.
California quietly guts ambitious virtual power plant bill
Bills boosting solar, batteries, EVs, and smart thermostats to rein in California’s utility costs moved ahead — but the most innovative approaches were…
www.canarymedia.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Good news: California lawmakers advanced 3 bills to encourage virtual power plants.
Bad news: They gutted the most ambitious proposal that would’ve saved ratepayers billions and boosted the grid.
Bad news: They gutted the most ambitious proposal that would’ve saved ratepayers billions and boosted the grid.
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Very cool job alert. x.company/careers/8149...
Public Policy Manager (Tapestry)
x.company
September 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Very cool job alert. x.company/careers/8149...
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We've been at this a year. There's no cure but there's hope. We could use help from the soccer world to save our home while I find new work gofund.me/2a8e095e #nwsl #mls #efl #usl #woso Sorry to beg.
Donate to Help the Dunn Family Through Cristy's Fight Against Cancer, organized by James Dunn
Update: The good news is that Cristy had surgery on July 28th to… James Dunn needs your support for Help the Dunn Family Through Cristy's Fight Against Cancer
gofund.me
September 1, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Going to say it again this week after first 20 night…please explain to me. what is Deyna bringing besides trying to dribble through triple pressure and flop.
You know what would help Portland right now, a real 9 for hold up and distribution or turn and shoot - aka Tordin. #nwsl
August 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Going to say it again this week after first 20 night…please explain to me. what is Deyna bringing besides trying to dribble through triple pressure and flop.
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Support us with a New #USMNT / #USWNT hat as we wind the business down due to my wife's Stage 4 Leiomyosarcoma Cancer www.virtualsoccer.us/team-usa-us-... #CanSky #MLS #NWSL
Team USA - US Soccer 'Dusk' Adjustable Hat by Fan Ink - Exclusively from Virtual Soccer
Team USA, US Soccer, USMNT, USWNT, USSF, Pulisic, Gold Cup, World Cup, Copa America, Olympics, Trinity Rodman, Mallory Swanson, Sophia Smith, hat, cap, adjustable hat, black hat,
www.virtualsoccer.us
August 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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I have zero pride cos I have a wife with Stage 4 Cancer and a 10 yr old kid. So I beg. Plz go watch & C what you can do. Need 2 save home youtu.be/ZQOPUBR6U8Y #usmc #usa #help #soccer #woso #mls #nwsl #cancer
Marine Veteran with Disabled Wife Needs Help Saving Their Home
YouTube video by Perpetual Stew TV
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August 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Your Reigning Finals MVP. Your superstar goal scorer. Your Ballon d'Or finalist. Out because she didn't get enough time to warm up in a game that shouldn't have been played. I'd quit and go into hiding from the shame.
August 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Your Reigning Finals MVP. Your superstar goal scorer. Your Ballon d'Or finalist. Out because she didn't get enough time to warm up in a game that shouldn't have been played. I'd quit and go into hiding from the shame.
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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
August 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Unwinding these activities is being done with both zeal and an impressively petty attention to detail by the Trump administration
America is slashing its climate research
Hear no science, see no science, speak no science
econ.st
August 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Unwinding these activities is being done with both zeal and an impressively petty attention to detail by the Trump administration
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NEW: EPA to revoke 2009 finding that climate pollution endangers humans.
EPA to revoke 2009 finding that climate pollution endangers humans
The repeal of the finding on the dangers greenhouse gases pose to human health and welfare will face fierce legal challenges.
www.politico.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
NEW: EPA to revoke 2009 finding that climate pollution endangers humans.
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This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...
June 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...