Ruchira Shah
@ruchids.bsky.social
Love big batteries, views my own
This encapsulates so much of my current frustration. There’s a big gap missing from legislation to implementation and right now California isn’t getting it right.
May 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This encapsulates so much of my current frustration. There’s a big gap missing from legislation to implementation and right now California isn’t getting it right.
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Ah yes, obviously those don’t match, uh, everyone can see that
March 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Ah yes, obviously those don’t match, uh, everyone can see that
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I'm still of the opinion Harris ran a quality campaign under a very unfavorable set of circumstances. Her campaign probably saved a whole bunch of Senate seats. "Don't nominate women or POC" definitely isn't the takeaway from 2024.
February 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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And this is a perfect encapsulation of the “abundance” problem. Let’s ensure regulation does what it’s supposed to do. The challenge is when different stakeholders believe regulation serves different purposes… how do we determine whose goals regulation is actually there to support?
To understand some of these policy domains clearly, we need to break out of the regulatory-deregulatory dichotomy. "Regulation" isn't just a dial you turn up and down, it's thousands of moving parts. So what we need isn't MORE or LESS of it but a regulatory regime that does what we want it to do.
February 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
And this is a perfect encapsulation of the “abundance” problem. Let’s ensure regulation does what it’s supposed to do. The challenge is when different stakeholders believe regulation serves different purposes… how do we determine whose goals regulation is actually there to support?
As someone who generally sides with “abundance liberalism” I found this interesting. It’s facile to say some regulation is good and others bad, but of course that’s actually the case! Spending $1.7 million to build a toilet in Noe Valley is Bad but we obviously want safe food, water and air travel.
But anyway, reading this piece in the WSJ today, I was struck by how much the Abundance folks are missing in their diagnosis for why we can't build things anymore. www.wsj.com/business/air...
This New Airbus Jet Is Bad News for Boeing
While Boeing is bogged down, its archrival is pulling ahead with a new model that’s a symbol of their diverging fortunes.
www.wsj.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
As someone who generally sides with “abundance liberalism” I found this interesting. It’s facile to say some regulation is good and others bad, but of course that’s actually the case! Spending $1.7 million to build a toilet in Noe Valley is Bad but we obviously want safe food, water and air travel.
Trying to do a panel upgrade and the application is almost impossible for me to fill out despite 15 years+ working in energy. Why do we make this so complicated again?
February 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Trying to do a panel upgrade and the application is almost impossible for me to fill out despite 15 years+ working in energy. Why do we make this so complicated again?
1000 times, this needs to be the path forward for SF and California at large. Make blue state/city governance the best in the world.
This answer from San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Rafael Mandelman is exactly right. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
February 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
1000 times, this needs to be the path forward for SF and California at large. Make blue state/city governance the best in the world.
This whole thread is worth reading if you’re struggling to understand the Dem strategy.
I could try to explain part of the response and why I think this is wrong but people would just get mad and ratio it so I do not think I will
I really can’t wrap my head around congressional Democrats’ response to the past 12 days of crises. It reeks of pathetic capitulation. Trump is asserting dictatorial powers of absolute control over the entire government and the reaction is “we don’t swing at every pitch”? An appalling abdication.
February 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This whole thread is worth reading if you’re struggling to understand the Dem strategy.
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I know two things to be true: 1) People will rebuild here because they want to live in this magical place, and 2) these places will see fire again. I have no doubt. But I also know that you can rebuild and manage the land so that next time the houses won't burn down. I've seen it work.
January 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I know two things to be true: 1) People will rebuild here because they want to live in this magical place, and 2) these places will see fire again. I have no doubt. But I also know that you can rebuild and manage the land so that next time the houses won't burn down. I've seen it work.
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
Say goodbye to the duck curve….
Check out that drop in evening gas generation! Storage (+ solar) is crushing the evening peak in California. 🔌💡
More than 11,000 MW of battery storage resources are now deployed across CAISO’s grid — with much more on the way.
#energysky🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/lhHw50UA5mO
Writer: Ayla Burnett
#energysky🔌💡
See Full Story: ow.ly/lhHw50UA5mO
Writer: Ayla Burnett
January 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Say goodbye to the duck curve….
Not only is Texas beating CA on utility-scale solar power, it’s on track to beat CA on storage.
December 22, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Not only is Texas beating CA on utility-scale solar power, it’s on track to beat CA on storage.
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Despite it being the shortest day of the year, California still generated almost 13 GW - over 60% of system demand - around noon, not including any rooftop solar. ☀️🔌💡
December 22, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Despite it being the shortest day of the year, California still generated almost 13 GW - over 60% of system demand - around noon, not including any rooftop solar. ☀️🔌💡
The future of energy storage is here.
On Saturday, batteries set a new record in ERCOT, supplying 9% of power on an evening w/ high thermal outages & low wind. Prices spiked to near the max for 5 minutes, 4,300 megawatts of storage surged onto the grid (and demand went down ~2,000 MW) & things went back to normal. (h/t @gridstatus.io
December 21, 2024 at 7:06 PM
The future of energy storage is here.
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California NIMBY’s plan to fix it’s housing crisis
December 16, 2024 at 10:57 PM
California NIMBY’s plan to fix it’s housing crisis
This is 💯 correct.
This place is too cozy, so let me be a little provocative:
In the last 5 years or so, the climate movement had the opportunity to pivot away from No No No (fighting/blocking things) to Yes Yes Yes (supporting abundance, more RE, more housing, more building).
But ...
In the last 5 years or so, the climate movement had the opportunity to pivot away from No No No (fighting/blocking things) to Yes Yes Yes (supporting abundance, more RE, more housing, more building).
But ...
November 22, 2024 at 11:10 PM
This is 💯 correct.