@JoshuaBasseches

Renewable energy & climate politics & policy. Assistant Professor @cwru. Author of Owning The Green Grid (MIT Press).

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Joined June 2018
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Today is the day! My book, Owning The Green Grid, is officially out in the world! *For orders placed today, June 23, only* use the discount code "MITP30" at checkout to receive 30% off. 20% off with the code "READMIT20" anytime after. penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
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Unbelievable. smdh. utilitydive.com/news/usda-ru…

Lawsuit alleges USDA illegally slashed rural solar development program

Internal emails show a department administrator stating “let’s let the comms shop find . . . the rationale behind their statistics” when asked to substantiate anti-solar claims underpinning the...

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Good news on building emissions in NYC! "Over 9,950 of these covered properties met emissions limits for 2024, making up 95% of filings." utilitydive.com/news/most-ny…

Most NYC buildings met emissions standard in first compliance year

Many improved their performance through building upgrades and energy-efficiency measures like lighting upgrades, envelope work, installing heat pumps or implementing energy management systems, a city...

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"But renewables are overly reliant on subsidies" 🙄 nytimes.com/2026/09/28/clima…

The Coal Industry Asked for a Rescue. Trump Obliged.

In a previously unreported letter, a top lobbyist floated the idea of using emergency powers to keep aging coal plants open.

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Ben Inskeep@Ben_Inskeep
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Big Tech is bullying, bribing, and suing communities to steamroll their AI data centers into places that don't want them. Big Tech is an existential threat to community self-determination and democracy in America.
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2026 Midterm Election Voter Guide for Cuyahoga County: Find key dates, resources and what’s on the ballot Early voting for the 2026 Midterm election starts Oct. 6. See what candidates and issues on your ballot and check new voter ID requirements. signalcleveland.org/election…

2026 Midterm Election Voter Guide for Cuyahoga County

Catch up on the candidates and issues on your Nov. 3 ballot and get reminders about voting dates and deadlines.

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Brendon Slotterback@bslotterback
Oct 5
Reminder that we have no effective methane policy at the national level, but states can do it. Widely-cited estimates of methane pollution dramatically undercount emissions.
EDF Energy Transition
@EDFEnergyEX
Oct 1
A strong methane win for states. 🤝 Colorado has fully adopted methane standards under the 2024 EPA rule, a great opportunity to quickly reduce emissions and an encouraging sign for other states to follow. More from EDF's Jon Goldstein. ⬇️
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Charles Paullin@CPaullinVA
Oct 5
In the Dominion-NextEra merger case, Clean Virginia asked for a memo detailing an investigation into alleged illegal political activity by a subsidiary of NextEra Energy. Dominion said that it wasn't relevant to the merger. A hearing examiner disagreed. utilitydive.com/news/virgini…

Virginia hearing examiner tells Dominion to release memo on FPL investigation

Dominion said the memo wasn’t relevant to its merger with NextEra Energy, but Clean Virginia, a customer advocacy group, said it speaks to the governance “fitness” of the potential combined company.

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jae holzman@jaeporeon
Oct 5
Scoop !
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This is sad: heatmap.news/energy/arevia-p…

Scoop: Arevia Power’s ‘Evolution’ From Solar to Gas and Data Centers

The renewables developer is expanding its business to serve “our nation’s growing energy needs.”

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Worth a read on scrutinizing what politicians say vs. do on data centers. As the saying goes, "talk is cheap": heatmap.news/ideas/2026-gove…

Should You Trust a Politician’s Pivot on Data Centers?

The cofounders of The Impact Project have a three-step test for voters.

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This is sad: heatmap.news/energy/arevia-p…

Scoop: Arevia Power’s ‘Evolution’ From Solar to Gas and Data Centers

The renewables developer is expanding its business to serve “our nation’s growing energy needs.”

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
Oct 4
There are a bunch of specific things I like about our permitting bill, beyond the big important stuff — that it will lower electric costs and emissions, and lift wind, solar and battery power (BIG lift for battery), and add LOTS of good jobs.🧵
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Thank goodness for groups like the Southern Environmental Law Center: subscriber.politicopro.com/a…

POLITICO Pro: Greens challenge air permits for $10B Amazon data center

The Southern Environmental Law Center filed suit against two air permits issued by North Carolina officials for diesel-fired generators at an Amazon data center, arguing they violate the Clean Air...

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"This year, 93% of new electricity capacity is expected to come from solar, wind and batteries. That is not because of any president. It is because clean energy is the cheapest way to add electricity to the grid." @leahstokes for @livescience: livescience.com/planet-earth…

Trump can't stop America's shift to clean energy. And we can accelerate it.

The cost of clean energy just keeps falling as the price of coal ramps up. Politicians promising affordability will follow those savings no matter who is in the White House. And in the meantime,...

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Insane that this happened (the confiscating ballots, I mean): nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/ri…

Republican Sheriff Illegally Seized California Ballots, Court Rules

The California Supreme Court ordered Sheriff Chad Bianco of Riverside County to return ballots to election officials after he confiscated them for an investigation.

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"Whitehouse maintains his colleagues are making a mistake if they aren’t talking about climate change, and about how industry money and influence on every branch of government has stymied action." insideclimatenews.org/news/2…

Whitehouse: Call Out the Corruption Propelling the US Climate Retreat - Inside Climate News

The Rhode Island senator, who could lead the Judiciary Committee if Democrats win in November, urges stronger messaging and a focus on Supreme Court reform.

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Very glad to see this. Can't overstate what a huge unforced error this was on the part of the United States in setting back our clean energy transition. It may also have been illegal. We cannot forget this! utilitydive.com/news/states-…

States sue Trump administration, developers over offshore wind lease buyouts

Attorneys general from California and a coalition of Northeastern states accused the federal government of violating several laws and the developers of colluding with the administration.

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Brendon Slotterback@bslotterback
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Lotta smart people have thought about how to decarbonize the US economy: we're gonna need to build A LOT of transmission. @EPRINews @JesseJenkins @EnergyInnovLLC
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Sandeep Vaheesan@sandeepvaheesan
Oct 1
Paperback copies of Democracy in Power just arrived in the mail. Truly grateful to the one and only @chadzimmerman_ and his terrific colleagues at @UChicagoPress for making it happen!
Sandeep Vaheesan@sandeepvaheesan
Sep 10
My book Democracy in Power: A History of Electrification in the United States will be out in paperback on October 12!
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Robinson Meyer
@robinsonmeyer
Sep 30
We’re starting to dig into the deal at Heatmap. Under the new bipartisan permitting deal, AI and crypto data centers would have to report their energy use to the federal government for the first time. This is already required for other large energy users.
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Grayson Flood@grayson_flood
Sep 30
Today we saw text of the Senate permitting bill. It's been 4 years since we passed the IRA. Since then, it's clear our ancient grid is keeping us from decarbonizing. This bill's transmission title takes a big step to fix that. Here's an explainer for all the non-energy heads.
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