Amid record-shattering demand this summer, the Texas grid held up reliably, without a single emergency alert or request to converve energy. Why? The answer from energy experts is unanimous: #solar panels and batteries. houstonchronicle.com/busines…
Re: Friday's order by @energy Sec. Wright forcing a costly Colo. coal plant to stay open: "a hiccup on the farewell tour for coal in Colorado, just a little political theater manufactured by Trump & his team." Great stuff from @BigPivots bigpivots.com/implications-o…
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Good morning with good news: Solar panel costs are now down to 12 cents per watt from $6 in 2000!
Cheap solar triggers rooftop/small solar surge in many places, including Africa, Europe, & Asia.
Small solar totals ~1.2 TW & growing rapidly!
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A new @SierraClub AZ report examines what @apsFYI's planned gas buildout could mean for ratepayers. Unsurprising spoiler alert: more gas means higher bills, greater risk of exposure to volatile fuel costs, decades of soaring costs for customers. Read more: bit.ly/4yaskDy
Electricity costs are on the rise in AZ as the state races to build data centers that consume huge amounts of power & water. Before @CorpCommAZ rubberstamps more, AZ needs a plan. Development minus a plan passes costs onto communities & ratepayers. bit.ly/4yhVT67
During Colo. PUC hearing on @XcelEnergyCO's proposed rules for serving massive data center power demands, @copirg's @dannykatzbc said "We need to get this right." Unfortunately, much of what Xcel's proposal is wrong and needs to be fixed pirg.org/colorado/updates/th… #CleanUpXcel
1 year ago, @XcelEnergyCO's newest, largest coal unit broke down. It's been out for a year & Xcel wants customers to pay millions to fix it, millions for replacement power, & it wants to lean on unreliable coal even more. Insane. pirg.org/colorado/foundation… #CleanUpXcel @copirg
The grid is flooded with new data center proposals that will never become reality – but households will get stuck with higher electricity bills as a result of speculative spending on larger fossil-fueled power plants. Time for PUCs to protect ratepayers. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
A plan by @NTEnergyCompany to dig up 500 million tons of #Navajo coal over the next 100+ yrs w the only mine customer set to close in 5 yrs, & Trump mining officials host 1 public mtg? Power to @DineCare, @tonizhoniani, others trying to stop the insanity insideclimatenews.org/news/2…
Of course @NTEnergyCompany dodges questions about what it will do with 500 million tons of coal over the next 110 years. Its only customer is a 60-year-old coal plant that is nearing retirement and there is no other market. This proposal makes zero sense. knau.org/knau-and-arizona-ne…
From one of the most trusted voices in energy pricing analytics: Apples to apples, "#Renewables Remain the Lowest-cost New-build Generation Despite Rising Cost Pressures." lazard.com/news-announcement…
This is simple: no more fossil fuels for generating electricity. #cleanenergy is the most affordable answer - by billions. energyinnovation.org/report/… @EnergyInnovLLC
Starting to see a pattern here? @CorpCommAZ loses again before the AZ Court of Appeals for not following rules. This time, the court overturned a fee on @apsFYI #solar customers, finding the ACC violated due process. It must rehear the case or kill the fee bit.ly/4vas5ae
Utility-scale #solar overtook fossil gas generation in the @CaliforniaISO footprint over the first 5 months of 2026, according to @EIAgov. Also, from January-May, solar in CAISO increased 21% compared to 2024, while fossil gas generation fell 60%. utilitydive.com/news/califor…
With a boost from federal policies in 2022, the U.S. #solar manufacturing base has roared to life, opening up enough factory capacity to assemble nearly 70 GW of finished solar panels, according to the @SEIA. canarymedia.com/articles/sol… @CanaryMediaInc
Solar surpasses coal for a full month for the first time ... and it won't be the last time. ember-energy.org/latest-upda…
Connect the dots. In the same year @XcelEnergyCO
reaped record profits of nearly $1 billion and inflated CEO pay by 24%, they ask for the biggest rate hike ever. Making a strong case for GOAT utility - Greediest of All Time. coloradosun.com/2026/06/04/x…
@ByMarkJaffe #CleanUpXcel
Colorado's newest and most expensive coal plant is still broken, and @XcelEnergyCO is hiding what should be public information on the repairs, cost and pollution. Time for the Colorado PUC to pull back the curtain. #NoMoreXcelSecrets cpr.org/2026/03/31/colorado-…
Mind-numbingly wrong! bigpivots.com/is-chris-wrigh…
Makes perfect sense in the sunniest state in the nation; Arizonans agree on #cleanenergy. A new @FirstSolar survey finds strong GOP support for solar and other clean energy sources that are affordable, reliable, and help lower energy costs. Read more: sot.ag/pPDjr





