Ari Peskoe
@AriPeskoe
Director of the Electricity Law Initiative at Harvard Law. Tweets about energy law and policy. Tweets are my own and do not represent views of anyone else.
Why isn’t the power industry building more transmission? Adopting advanced transmission technologies? Connecting new projects faster? In Replacing the Utility Transmission Syndicate’s Control, I diagnose the fundamental issue: regional governance. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… 🧵
Nice piece that exposes a dumbfounding assumption hidden in DOE's recent report: no new power plants connect after 2026. This impossible constraint renders DOE's report practically useless.
🔌💡 Our @brendanpierpont's recent piece in @UtilityDive examines the negative impact of propping up uneconomic "zombie power plants" 🧟🏭 utilitydive.com/news/doe-grid-…
Just encountered some hot takes on the AI Action Plan, so I want to reiterate that the document's 1 page on energy: 1) is not a plan and 2) does not identify any entity that should take any action.
The Administration's "AI Action Plan" has less than 1 page on the power system. It is a mess. Here's what it says -- whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…
Lawsuit filed against DOE for its May order that prevents the Campbell coal-fired plant in MI from retiring - earthjustice.org/press/2025/pub… The MI AG filed a separate suit.
The New York Times is slowly transforming into RTOInsider - nytimes.com/2025/07/23/bus…
RTO governance is a kitchen table issue! Below from a candidate for NJ Governor⬇️
Hyperscale data centers are doing more than consuming more power; they’re transforming how it's bought, built, and governed. I revisit the make-or-buy decision I discussed in July 2024 to explain how hyperscalers are rewriting the electricity procurement playbook.
Let's take a look at @pjminterconnect's capacity auction, shall we? This market is tighter than a pair of skinny jeans. Only 17 MWs of capacity [solar, it would seem] was offered but did not clear (out of 134,205 MWs). 🧵
What does DOE's cancellation of the loan guarantee for Grain Belt Express mean? We'll see, but an executive told me this when Invenergy sought the loan guarantee in 2022:
RTO governance is a kitchen table issue! Below from a candidate for NJ Governor⬇️
Right now, nine bipartisan governors are holding PJM accountable with some securing a price cap for ratepayers – and I’m ready to do the same. I’ll force PJM to fill vacant board positions with public-minded members and take them to court when they don’t prioritize ratepayers.…
PJM Auction Procures 134,311 MW of Generation Resources; Supply Responds to Price Signal insidelines.pjm.com/pjm-auction-pr…
