Laurel Peltier
@Greenlaurel7
Low-income energy advocate in MD. Fought hard to reform MD's residential retail energy market (we did it-SB1). Learn here: http://www.energysupplierhelpdesk.org
Are You a Customer of PJM? Its Capacity Auction Will Affect Your Electricity Prices in 2026 insideclimatenews.org/news/20072025/…
It’s clear that AI, bitcoin, Google, Meta & data centers do not care about our climate. Our climate is just there to be trashed so we build data centers fueled by new gas plants at lightning speed. It’s sad to me when data shows we hit 450 ppm CO2 any year now.
Energy assistance benefits expanded to more Marylanders | Click on the image to read the full story wbaltv.com/article/energy…
The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country! Utterly insane and destructive. It gives handouts to industries of the past while severely damaging industries of the future.
The new Senate draft raises taxes on all wind and solar projects that haven't begun construction today unless they are placed service by end of 2027 and navigate complex, likely unworkable requirements to prove they don't use a drop of Chinese materials. After that, this bill…
Is Sam Altman even doing anything about the Republicans' One Big Horrible Bill? What happens to ChatGPT without the new electricity needed to power data centers? If @elonmusk helps kill this atrocious bill, I promise to use @grok for 100% of my analysis. Thank you Elon.
Stunningly, the new Senate budget bill contains a NEW tax on wind & solar power projects. Avoiding the tax depends on positive demonstration that projects dont violate material assistance rules that is next to impossible to demonstrate. Based on my calcs, could raise taxes on…
At a moment of rapid demand growth and a growing electricity affordability crisis, the Republican's One Big Horrible Bill will RAISE TAXES on the only new sources of electricity we are able to rapidly add to the US grid in four different ways.
A YouTube and blog post explaining how Purchase of Receivables (POR) Fuels Retail Energy's High Rates. It's a sweet business deal-little revenue risk. #energytwitter retailenergyrevealed.org/retail-energy-…
“Research has shown that it costs more to operate most coal plants than it would to build wind and solar power replacements.” So consumers get to pay more? 😖DOE thinks it’s 1984. nytimes.com/2025/06/06/cli… via @NYTimes
Consumer advocate @Greenlaurel7 looks at some of the big names in the retail energy supplier space (and the bills they send). Those who "sell low, then bill high." retailenergyrevealed.org/key-players #energytwitter
I joined 87 of my colleagues in a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to urge them to correct failures by PJM, the regional grid operator, which would lead to increased rates and unnecessary payments to electric companies. Read here: canva.com/design/DAGoA4w…
Good coverage and explainer of our work to get @FERC to prevent rate hikes from coming through. nbcwashington.com/news/local/hig…
@nrgenergy #energytwitter you must read this hysterical residential contract, “but no matter what” we will only rip you off by 30% a month! Variable pricing is industry’s drug…
Celebrating all the good things that passed in the Next Gen Act, including my fast-tracked battery storage procurements - the fastest way to reliability, paving the path to a clean energy future. (Cake with the diagram of how energy storage works. Yum!) #MDGA25 #working4MD
As US consumer electricity rates climb, the Retail Energy industry @ChooseMyEnergy pushes the Retail Choice 1.0 solution. Yet this model ain't no pretty picture. 10 M US families paid +$4 BILLION than regulated in 2023. Learn more here: retailenergyrevealed.org #energytwitter
Excellent @insideclimate reporting. A century of "Drill baby drill" led to climate change which messes up water-too much, too little and H@O in the wrong places. Irony here of Texas drilling draining the drought Rio Grande. Not sustainable. insideclimatenews.org/news/13052025/…
Everyone is hair-on-fire about @pjminterconnect capacity prices, but the fact is, if you're out in the market trying to buy electric generating capacity now, you're paying a pretty penny everywhere. This table put together by my great team @nrgenergy. I'll have more to say…
Chairman Christie’s Dissent in part and Concurrence in part to Valley Link Incentives Award, ER25-1633, EL25-77 cms.ferc.gov/news-events/ne…
Check out my @baltimoresun Op Ed highlighting the importance of transparency in @pjminterconnect voting processes and my bill which requires MD utilities to disclose their votes. Similar legislation moving through other legislatures now. baltimoresun.com/2025/05/14/mar…
Why? It seems admin wants peopel to spend more on utilities? Wants consumers to use more gas? #energytwitter insideclimatenews.org/news/08052025/…
