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jakemcdermott.bsky.social
Western Electricity Markets guy | he/him | views/opinions are only mine, not my employer’s | Bay State to Bay Area
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This draft policy decision on M+ is quite the read lemme tell ya

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In response to lots of comments on here: If you're taking consumer action against certain newspapers: 1. Consider whether you support the owners in other, more substantial ways. Cancelling your WaPo subscription but use Amazon/have Prime? You've got your order of operations wrong!

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Come work with us at the CEC! We're hiring for a bunch of new roles, including this awesome opportunity to manage a very impactful team. This would be a great civil service opportunity for any federal folks looking to make a change too: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

EXCLUSIVE: A federal worker at the EPA sent an incredible email to Administrator Lee Zeldin. He's refused to stay silent, and has asked me to share the email - and his name - with the public. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

submitted 17 days ago • 1119 comments

Bushnell does a good job laying out criticisms of both energy-only and energy+capacity markets. I think he undersells the reliability politics in TX post-URI and hand-waves on “selectively” providing different reliability services to customers (how do you do this when you have bundled 1/

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

In its fourth quarter report, the Western Energy Imbalance Market indicates it continues to deliver the value of regional coordination through West-wide economic and reliability benefits. Read the news release ➡️ ow.ly/OQUJ50UQunO

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

I'm also today posting a short paper responding to a report from consultant for rooftop solar industry that disputes my calculations of the rooftop solar cost shift. That report incorrectly argues rooftop solar has actually lowered rates for other customers. faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/borenste/Res...

submitted 41 days ago • 3 comments

I’m by no means an insurance expert, but I do wonder what this functionally means for insurance markets in CA. You either have very high premiums for folks living in the highest risk places and shield people in lower risk areas OR You raise everyone’s premiums to higher levels, irrespective of 1/

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

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Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed

submitted 47 days ago • 787 comments

Couldn’t help myself but hear a parody in the making: Wait, oh yes, wait a minute, Mr. Risk Manager I’ve been hedging all my trades, But I need a little help today, So please, Mr. Risk Manager, Look over my exposure and tell me if it's right. Look at these contracts I’ve signed.

submitted 51 days ago • 2 comments

I started to write a list of possible concerts to go to this year. As I was searching through a show aggregator I realized I know far fewer modern artists than I used to. I am in denial that it’s because my age cohort is no longer determining which artists are “in.”

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

@resnikoff.bsky.social hits the nail on the head here. It reveals the basic truth that in either outcome, some firms will benefit. The question for me then becomes: which path will benefit everyday people? My answer: the one where we build more housing.

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment