Making EV tax credits available at the dealership is just such a no brainer and great improvement in the efficacy of this policy.

(Also: who are the 10% of people who, when asked if they'd like their money now or later, say 'Later please'?? 🤔)

This weekend, make sure you're all caught up with Robinson Meyer and Jesse D. Jenkins' podcast, SHIFT KEY.

They had Akshat Rathi and Sophie Purdom on this week to talk about the profitability of decarbonization:

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I would be WAY more stupid without Heatmap News. Consider subscribing to this non-replicable and highly valuable resource.

Congratulations to Heatmap News on your first anniversary! Wish I could have joined the shindig.

A veteran Republican consultant has a message for the GOP: 'Slam the brakes on the electric vehicle bashing. It will cost you on Election Day.'
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People really have no idea this is happening.

AMERICA HAS AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS CRISIS

Tracy Alloway and I talked to Chris Hatch / NNN Income about the ongoing scarcity of switchgears and transformers, and how you have virtually complete buildings going empty because they can't get one critical missing part.

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Dr. Roland Horne, an absolute legend in the geothermal industry from Stanford ENERGY, gives the best comprehensive overview of the new breakthroughs in geothermal I’ve seen yet in this seminar. Check it out if you are curious why geothermal is taking off. youtu.be/rguJPPWAJr8?si…

Bricks (yes, bricks!) could help us reduce global emissions by 15% ⚡

I'll admit, it sounded too simple to be true. But energy experts (& Bill Gates) agree that storing energy in Rondo Energy's bricks has massive potential for combatting climate change 🌡
nbcbayarea.com/news/national-…

Seems good.

Virginia passed some cool legislation encouraging GETs! blog.advancedenergyunited.org/articles/va-pa…

Ratepayers should not bear the cost of utilities and regulators being unwilling to change. 30% of Tx lines and 60% of distribution lines need to be replaced because they are at end of life. We should not replace like-for-like, which is what utilities do today - instead we should…

We have the tools to use what we have paid for more efficiently. The key is reliably shaving peaks. We have 30 years of pilots in #VirtualPowerPlants and #GridModernization . It is time to choose a path that is 90% cheaper than business-as-usual.

Can capitalism solve the climate crisis? Is the drive for profit the hero of the story, or simply an expedient incentive by which policy can wrestle capitalists into working for the public interest? I'm excited to share our first LIVE episode of SHIFT KEY featuring Bloomberg…

Most if not all these utilities are assuming a maximalist, worst-case scenario where new mega-customers are 100% inflexible even during extreme contingency events, and they've declined to seriously explore alternative solutions, e.g. here's Duke: (4/8) duke-energy.com/-/media/pdfs/o…

Excellent new investigation on proposed gas power expansion by US utilities to support mega-customers, by Jeff St. John Canary Media. It covers a lot of ground. Here are a few highlights. (🧵1/8) canarymedia.com/articles/utili…

Steve Bannon just wrecked one of Trump's biggest lies about Biden. Bannon said MAGA will poach lefty voters from Biden by highlighting record oil production under him.

But that flatly contradicts Trump's claims about Biden's energy policies. 1/

Link:
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