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The USA Potato<p><strong>“Abundance” Lobby Uses Trendy Words to Hide Same Old Attacks on the Environment</strong></p> The “abundance” climate agenda is little more than a progressive repackaging of trickle-down, anti-regulatory economics. <p><a href="https://murica.website/2025/09/abundance-lobby-uses-trendy-words-to-hide-same-old-attacks-on-the-environment/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">murica.website/2025/09/abundan</span><span class="invisible">ce-lobby-uses-trendy-words-to-hide-same-old-attacks-on-the-environment/</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>An Uncertain Future For U.S. Energy Policy <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1108464/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1108464/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FERC</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreenhouseGasEmissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenhouseGasEmissions</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Oklahoma’s tax and energy policies could be a National model, says taxpayer advocate <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1041322/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1041322/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FederalEnergyRegulatoryCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalEnergyRegulatoryCommission</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FERC</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/house" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>house</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NationalTaxpayersUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalTaxpayersUnion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewEngland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PeteSepp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeteSepp</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentDonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentDonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TaxFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>texas</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/77186/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/77186/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> The Trump Administration’s Overreach Into State Energy Markets <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/electric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electric</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Federalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Federalism</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Federalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Federalist</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FERC</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markets</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Transmission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transmission</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/utilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>utilities</span></a></p>
Walt Baldwin<p>wtf</p><p>"...Covered Agencies shall issue a sunset rule, effective not later than September 30, 2025, that inserts a Conditional Sunset Date into each of their Covered Regulations."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/EnergyMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/EnergyTransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyTransition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/FERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FERC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/DOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/EO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EO</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/zero-based-regulatory-budgeting-to-unleash-american-energy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whitehouse.gov/presidential-ac</span><span class="invisible">tions/2025/04/zero-based-regulatory-budgeting-to-unleash-american-energy/</span></a></p>
Doug Bostrom<p>Until shortly ago this spillway entrance was overseen for failure analysis by <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/FERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FERC</span></a> experts. The operators do not have this expertise, which was shared by many quite efficiently.</p><p>The structure protects a 61m earth fill damn that has zero tolerance for over-topping.</p><p>If the dam fails, it will put a community of ~3,OOO under as much of 10m of water.</p><p>Losing this capacity is not a savings. There was already efficiency and anyway the prime purpose of government is effective service not efficiency.</p>
Doug Bostrom<p>As I heard it today during an engineer-led tour in connection with emergency warning systems improvements, we're no longer capable of modeling complex flow effects through the relief systems for the 200' earth fill dam serviced by this "glory hole" spillway-- due to gratuitous destruction at <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/FERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FERC</span></a>.</p><p>Which comes while dam spillways etc. are being reassessed and revised to account for 50 years of better statistics and projection of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> effects.</p>
CelloMom On Cars<p>"Dismissing opposition from renewable energy developers, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Tuesday approved the PJM Interconnection’s proposal for a fast-track interconnection review for shovel-ready generation projects.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FERC</span></a> also approved changes to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PJM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PJM</span></a>’s rules for Surplus Interconnection Service, or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SIS</span></a>, that could help get additional capacity online."</p><p><a href="https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-pjm-fast-track-surplus-interconnection-queue/739908/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">utilitydive.com/news/ferc-pjm-</span><span class="invisible">fast-track-surplus-interconnection-queue/739908/</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>US regulator Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FERC</span></a>) blocked <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a>'s bid to access more power from the Susquehanna <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> plant for its <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/datacenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>datacenter</span></a>, citing grid reliability and consumer cost concerns. <br><a href="https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4970068-us-regulator-rejects-bid-to-boost-nuclear-power-to-amazon-data-center/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/policy/technology/</span><span class="invisible">4970068-us-regulator-rejects-bid-to-boost-nuclear-power-to-amazon-data-center/</span></a></p>
We Can Be Gyros<p>2/<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FERC</span></a> approved the transaction on the back of a previously granted blanket authorization to BlackRock that allows the asset manager to acquire up to 20% of voting securities of certain types of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UtilityCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UtilityCompanies</span></a>. BlackRock first received the authorization in 2010, and the Commission declined to reconsider it as part of the transaction.</p><p><a href="https://www.esgdive.com/news/ferc-approves-blackrock-acquisition-global-infrastructure-partners-12-5b-transition-decarbonization/726602/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">esgdive.com/news/ferc-approves</span><span class="invisible">-blackrock-acquisition-global-infrastructure-partners-12-5b-transition-decarbonization/726602/</span></a></p>
Walt Baldwin<p>Former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chair Neil Chatterjee said on Thursday he gave a road map to the Trump transition team on how to implement job cuts at the agency that regulates the nation’s gas and electric systems.</p><p>“It’s despicable for former FERC chairman and Commissioner to make a threatening statement like that about FERC staff,” </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/EnergyMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/EnergyTransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyTransition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/FERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FERC</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/07/chatterjee-trump-ferc-cut-00188307" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2024/11/07/c</span><span class="invisible">hatterjee-trump-ferc-cut-00188307</span></a></p>
Walt Baldwin<p>"The results of the 2024 presidential election are now apparent and leadership of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will soon change. As a traditional part of the peaceful transfer of power, FERC should immediately stop work on any partisan or controversial item under consideration...</p><p>Cathy McMorris Rodgers<br>Chair<br>Committee on Energy and Commerce"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/EnergyTransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyTransition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/FERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FERC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/EnergyMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a></p>
Flipboard Tech Desk<p>Federal regulators have rejected a deal that would let Amazon draw more power from a Pennsylvania nuclear plant to supply new bit barns next to the site, on the grounds this would set a precedent which may affect grid reliability and increase energy costs. Read more at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://geeknews.chat/@theregister" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>theregister</span></a></span>. <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPower</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Susquehanna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Susquehanna</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FERC</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://flip.it/bn51C1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/bn51C1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Tod Robbins<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.energy/@catalystcoop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>catalystcoop</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@ZaneSelvans" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ZaneSelvans</span></a></span> this is worth a listen/read: <a href="https://www.volts.wtf/p/what-allison-clements-thinks-about" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">volts.wtf/p/what-allison-cleme</span><span class="invisible">nts-thinks-about</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/powergrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>powergrid</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/FERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FERC</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a></p>
Catalyst Cooperative<p>A bunch of fresh data has landed in the PUDL nightly builds over the past week, including:<br>- 2023 early release <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/EIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EIA</span></a> 923<br>- 2023 <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/FERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FERC</span></a> Form 1 (ugh, XBRL)<br>- 2006-2020 FERC-714 demand forecasts Cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.energy/@jgkoomey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jgkoomey</span></a></span> </p><p>Next versioned release should be mid-August, but feel free to play with these if you want to live on the bleeding edge!</p><p><a href="https://catalystcoop-pudl.readthedocs.io/en/nightly/data_access.html#access-nightly-builds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">catalystcoop-pudl.readthedocs.</span><span class="invisible">io/en/nightly/data_access.html#access-nightly-builds</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/OpenData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenData</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/EnergyTransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyTransition</span></a></p>
Catalyst Cooperative<p>A great (and frustrating) discussion of the decades long fight by utilities to prevent cost-effective regional transmission planning and the new FERC order 1920, with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.energy/@aripeskoe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aripeskoe</span></a></span> &amp; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.energy/@chrisnelder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chrisnelder</span></a></span> via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.energy/@TransitionShow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TransitionShow</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-227-ferc-order-1920/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/epi</span><span class="invisible">sode-227-ferc-order-1920/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/EnergyTransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyTransition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/Transmission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transmission</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/FERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FERC</span></a></p>
Brad Johnson<p>The Week in Climate Hearings: Hawai'i Climate Youth Win<br>The Summer of Heat continues with FERC, SCOTUS, Loggapalooza, and Biden-Trump<br><a href="https://hillheat.news/p/week-climate-hearings-hawaii-climate-youth-win" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hillheat.news/p/week-climate-h</span><span class="invisible">earings-hawaii-climate-youth-win</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ferc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ferc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scotus</span></a></p>
Catalyst Cooperative<p>Why do we labor in the <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/FERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FERC</span></a> Form 1 bit mines?</p><p>Have you ever wondered where all the rate base is hiding? The y-axis is in trillions of dollars.</p><p>EDIT: The underlying data can be found here <a href="https://data.catalyst.coop/pudl/out_ferc1__yearly_rate_base" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">data.catalyst.coop/pudl/out_fe</span><span class="invisible">rc1__yearly_rate_base</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/EnergyTransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyTransition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/Electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Electricity</span></a></p>
CelloMom On Cars<p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FERC</span></a> said that reforms to transmission planning received over 30,000 pages of comments, creating the largest public record ever considered by the commission."</p><p>I would love to know how many of these comments come from individual people, and how many were in favour of making the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grid</span></a> renewables-ready.</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/ferc-overhaul-us-electric-transmission-system-2024-05-13/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/energy/fe</span><span class="invisible">rc-overhaul-us-electric-transmission-system-2024-05-13/</span></a></p>
CelloMom On Cars<p>"The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday approved the first major electric transmission policy update in over a decade that aims to speed up new interregional lines to move more <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CleanEnergy</span></a> to meet growing demand amid the explosion of electric vehicles, data centers and artificial intelligence."<br> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/ferc-overhaul-us-electric-transmission-system-2024-05-13/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/energy/fe</span><span class="invisible">rc-overhaul-us-electric-transmission-system-2024-05-13/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FERC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FERC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectricGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricGrid</span></a></p>