Senior Fellow @kleinmanenergy.bsky.social. Consultant. Former Secretary, PA DCNR and PA DEP. Former Mayor of Hazleton, PA. Many other formers.
Brilliant: VA seeks to aggregate residential solar sales to capture economies of scale and lower costs, electricity bills. www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/new...
Governor Spanberger Announces First-in-the-Nation Energy Affordability InitiativeRICHMOND, VA — Governor Abigail Spanberger today announced that Virginia will be the first state in the nation to offer residents across the Commonwealth the opportunity to participate in Switch Toget...www.governor.virginia.govAnother terrible idea from a longtime foe of public lands, conservation, and environmental protection. Unconstitutional under A1 S27 and state Supreme Court ruling that state government is a trustee, not a proprietor, of the public lands. Of course, that ruling has also been ignored for years.
PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP SecretarySpotlight PA: Republican House Bill Would Redirect Timber Sale, Oil & Gas Lease Monies Supporting DCNR Operations To Local Governments, School Districts With Publicly Owned Land In Addition To In-lieu Of Tax Payments www.spotlightpa.org/statecollege...
An error in this piece. The state park/forest leasing moratorium (which I drafted as DCNR Secretary) was first put in place by Gov. Ed Rendell, was rescinded by Gov. Tom Corbett, was reinstated by Gov. Tom Wolf, and has been maintained under Gov. Shapiro.
PA Environment Digest, By David E. Hess, Former PA DEP SecretarySpotlight PA: Where Governor Candidates Garrity, Shapiro Stand On Energy Costs, The Environment, More www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/07...
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FERC will impose reforms if PJM fails to adopt changes by September, chairman warnsThere appears to be broad support for strengthening the independence of the grid operator’s board, possibly by moving to an advisory stakeholder process, and giving states more influence. Some also ca...www.utilitydive.comwww.utilitydive.com/news/renewab...
Renewables, storage can meet one-third of US industrial heat demand: reportThe UC Berkeley analysis should be welcome news for a manufacturing industry that is heavily reliant on natural gas, with its volatile prices, said Jose Dominguez, one of the report’s authors.www.utilitydive.comA 114-MW wind farm built on former coal mining land begins commercial operation in Pennsylvania. renewablesnow.com/news/cpv-bri...
CPV brings 114-MW Pennsylvania wind farm into commercial operationUS-based power developer Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) said on Wednesday that its 114-MW CPV Rogue's Wind wind farm in Pennsylvania has entered commercial operation, joining the PJM electricity mar...renewablesnow.comIn PJM’s last four capacity auctions, data center-related capacity charges were nearly half of the $63.6 billion in total charges. x.com/utilitydive/...
Utility Dive (@UtilityDive) on XData centers drove $6.3B in PJM capacity auction costs: market monitor
In the PJM’s last four capacity auctions, data center-related capacity charges were nearly half of the $63.6 billion in total ch...x.comwww.utilitydive.com/news/pjm-cap...
PJM capacity prices hit price cap, reserve shortfall grows“The outcome demonstrates that the current system doesn’t work to bring online new capacity or stimulate demand response, the two things we need the most,” Aurora Energy’s Julia Hoos told Utility Dive...www.utilitydive.com💔
Meade KrosbyThe fires in Ontario - like so many others - demonstrating viscerally how climate change perpetuates the displacement and dispossession of Indigenous peoples, who have least contributed to emissions and over and over again put their bodies on the line to prevent fossil fuel development.
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PJM power grid auction hits price limit, falls short of reliability goalPower prices in PJM Interconnection's latest annual capacity auction on Tuesday held near record highs at about $325 per megawatt-day, the maximum allowed under a temporary price cap by the largest ...www.reuters.comI'm quoted in this piece from @thetennesean.bsky.social. @kleinmanenergy.bsky.social www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...
Your guide to data centers in Tennessee and how they could affect youAI is driving a wave of data center projects across Tennessee. Here's how they could affect your community, from electricity and water use to noise.www.tennessean.comQuelle surprise. Federal policy changes since January 2025 will increase energy prices, slow economic growth and job creation, increase air pollution and healthcare costs, and worsen grid reliability. energyinnovation.org/report/econo...
Economic, Consumer Cost, and Pollution Impacts of Federal Energy Policy ChangesFederal energy policy changes will spike energy prices, slow GDP and job growth, add pollution and harm health, and harm grid reliability.energyinnovation.orgI'm quoted in this @san.com piece by @keatonpeters.bsky.social. @kleinmanenergy.bsky.social san.com/cc/electric-...
Electric grid strains while 150 million endure high heat ahead of July FourthWholesale electricity prices on America’s most highly populated regional power grid are surging under the heat.san.comwww.utilitydive.com/news/sticker...
Why the true cost of new gas plants is much higher than the sticker priceWhen reviewing gas-fired power plant proposals, regulators often fail to consider pipeline, fuel and storage costs, which can add about 30% to a project’s total cost, GridLab’s Cassady Craighill write...www.utilitydive.com
April Fools Joke: 'It's Fine' MemeALT: April Fools Joke: 'It's Fine' Memestatic.klipy.comJeff BerardelliHeads up‼️ Hottest Ever?! It’s genuinely possible. No exaggeration to say that the severity of the #heatwave the East US is about to experience will be cruel/ grueling for days! 100s of record highs, some neck and neck with the hottest ever in the East Coast cities! Peak heat index numbers near 115.
