jglarusso.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

jglarusso.bsky.social

Senior Advocate and Manager, Clean Grid Program at Acadia Center. This is my personal account. (He/him) 📍The ISO New England control area. “It is not granted to you to complete the task, yet neither may you give it up.” ~Rabbi Tarfon.

312 posts 1,972 followers 409 following

Posts 28 Comments 22

Extracting Profits from the Public: How Utility Ratepayers Are Paying for Big Tech’s Power My new paper with Eliza Martin uncovers how utilities are forcing ratepayers to fund discounted rates for data centers 🔌💡 eelp.law.harvard.edu/extracting-p...

submitted 3 hours ago • 2 comments

Socialize cost, privatize profit. 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵

submitted 3 hours ago • 0 comments

In addition to @johnarnoldfndtn.bsky.social’s larger point, read this for the 1/24/25 excerpt from the NextEra Energy earnings call. x.com/johnarnoldfn...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

The IEA methane emissions estimates assume 92% flaring efficiencies. They note that many others assume 98%. This would indicate that 60% is more realistic.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

None of the justices responded to Trump’s “Thank you” last night. This is what they knew as he shook their hands… thehill.com/regulation/c...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced March 4 that the province will enact a retaliatory 25% tariff on its electricity exports to the U.S. — or even halt them. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/4w1X50VaLUl Writer: Amanda Durish Cook

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Editorial in today's Guardian cites Carbon Brief's analysis of the latest carbon-budget advice from the Climate Change Committee: "net cost of cutting UK’s GHGs in 2050 to 100% below 1990 levels is now 73% lower than it previously thought in 2020" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Trump energy policy, OTOH, amounts to commanding the tide not to rise. bsky.app/profile/keta...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

China is now live on @electricitymaps.com. 🔌💡

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

This is so fucking depressing. Ten @nytopinion columnists rate which of Trump's actions have been most consequential so far, and his destruction of climate policy and climate science doesn't even make it on the grid. The world is insane. Clinical levels of denial everywhere.

submitted 5 days ago • 26 comments

Meanwhile, in the U.K …. 🔌💡

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Meanwhile, in the UK… 🔌💡 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Important reminder 👇

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Looks like a 700 MW involuntary load shedding event 10:40a-10:50a.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

“If you board the wrong train, it is no use running up the aisle in the opposite direction.” ~ Attributed to Dietrich Bonhoeffer Seems an accurate description of how Democrats conceive of operating as an opposition party. This, rather than heaping as much debris as possible on the track.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

NERC’s persistent focus has been preventing Godzilla from coming to town. It didn’t anticipate Donald Trump coming to town.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

"Illinois has achieved close to universal [smart meter] coverage, but value is limited to a few use cases, namely automatic shut-offs." Utilities love to make the capital investment. Using the DER hardware for good? Not so much... www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insigh...

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

We brought in extraordinary people into the DOE. For folks to just cut people on probation (less than a year at DOE) means that many talented folks that are experts in their field won’t be available for the important work of electricity abundance or in a crisis. Reach out to them if you are hiring!

submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments

💯

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

I never thought that I would be so delighted to see @iso-ne.com continue to do business as usual, but this? Yes, absolutely, please continue doing this!

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

It’s one thing for Congressional Republicans to cower and do nothing while our democracy is dismantled, but when the Judicial branch is ignored then there’s no denying that the Constitutional order has collapsed. The next steps are clear: restore democracy, the Constitution, and the rule of law.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Did I just see the best SuperBowl ad, ever? ✅ Sells nothing ✅ Long-term thinking ✅ Backed by science ✅ Focuses on empathy ✅ Helps people & planet 👉 sciencemoms.com | @katharinehayhoe.com #climatechange #environment

submitted 24 days ago • 6 comments

Fellow lawyers… Does Raines v Byrd prohibit standing to a member of Congress who voted in favor of a program/agency signed into law and funded by subsequent appropriations, to sue a President who without subsequent Congressional action unilaterally terminates or neutralizes that policy/agency?

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

Thinking now of the enterprise of the Trump administration less as an undoing or destruction of the government, & more as an undoing/destruction of civic space—a space whose hallmark is mutual recognition, cooperation & respect. Civic space is anathema to Trump/Trump supporters.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Folks have any opinions on hybrid heat pump hot water heaters versus straight-up heat pump hot water heaters? I need to replace a conventional gas hot water heater.

submitted 25 days ago • 8 comments

My Uncle. Died fighting fascism. If you lack the courage to uphold the oath that you took, then have the courage at least to give up your country club membership in the U.S. Senate. You’re unfit to serve.

Extracting Profits from the Public: How Utility Ratepayers Are Paying for Big Tech’s Power My new paper with Eliza Martin uncovers how utilities are forcing ratepayers to fund discounted rates for data centers 🔌💡 eelp.law.harvard.edu/extracting-p...

Socialize cost, privatize profit. 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵

In addition to @johnarnoldfndtn.bsky.social’s larger point, read this for the 1/24/25 excerpt from the NextEra Energy earnings call. x.com/johnarnoldfn...

The IEA methane emissions estimates assume 92% flaring efficiencies. They note that many others assume 98%. This would indicate that 60% is more realistic.

None of the justices responded to Trump’s “Thank you” last night. This is what they knew as he shook their hands… thehill.com/regulation/c...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced March 4 that the province will enact a retaliatory 25% tariff on its electricity exports to the U.S. — or even halt them. #energysky🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/4w1X50VaLUl Writer: Amanda Durish Cook

Editorial in today's Guardian cites Carbon Brief's analysis of the latest carbon-budget advice from the Climate Change Committee: "net cost of cutting UK’s GHGs in 2050 to 100% below 1990 levels is now 73% lower than it previously thought in 2020" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump energy policy, OTOH, amounts to commanding the tide not to rise. bsky.app/profile/keta...

China is now live on @electricitymaps.com. 🔌💡

This is so fucking depressing. Ten @nytopinion columnists rate which of Trump's actions have been most consequential so far, and his destruction of climate policy and climate science doesn't even make it on the grid. The world is insane. Clinical levels of denial everywhere.

Meanwhile, in the U.K …. 🔌💡

Meanwhile, in the UK… 🔌💡 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Important reminder 👇

Looks like a 700 MW involuntary load shedding event 10:40a-10:50a.

“If you board the wrong train, it is no use running up the aisle in the opposite direction.” ~ Attributed to Dietrich Bonhoeffer Seems an accurate description of how Democrats conceive of operating as an opposition party. This, rather than heaping as much debris as possible on the track.

NERC’s persistent focus has been preventing Godzilla from coming to town. It didn’t anticipate Donald Trump coming to town.

"Illinois has achieved close to universal [smart meter] coverage, but value is limited to a few use cases, namely automatic shut-offs." Utilities love to make the capital investment. Using the DER hardware for good? Not so much... www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insigh...

💯

I never thought that I would be so delighted to see @iso-ne.com continue to do business as usual, but this? Yes, absolutely, please continue doing this!

It’s one thing for Congressional Republicans to cower and do nothing while our democracy is dismantled, but when the Judicial branch is ignored then there’s no denying that the Constitutional order has collapsed. The next steps are clear: restore democracy, the Constitution, and the rule of law.

Did I just see the best SuperBowl ad, ever? ✅ Sells nothing ✅ Long-term thinking ✅ Backed by science ✅ Focuses on empathy ✅ Helps people & planet 👉 sciencemoms.com | @katharinehayhoe.com #climatechange #environment

Fellow lawyers… Does Raines v Byrd prohibit standing to a member of Congress who voted in favor of a program/agency signed into law and funded by subsequent appropriations, to sue a President who without subsequent Congressional action unilaterally terminates or neutralizes that policy/agency?

Thinking now of the enterprise of the Trump administration less as an undoing or destruction of the government, & more as an undoing/destruction of civic space—a space whose hallmark is mutual recognition, cooperation & respect. Civic space is anathema to Trump/Trump supporters.

Folks have any opinions on hybrid heat pump hot water heaters versus straight-up heat pump hot water heaters? I need to replace a conventional gas hot water heater.

My Uncle. Died fighting fascism. If you lack the courage to uphold the oath that you took, then have the courage at least to give up your country club membership in the U.S. Senate. You’re unfit to serve.

Tableau

Y'all there's lots of cool stuff happening in Massachusetts.