Joshua Basseches (joshuabasseches.bsky.social)
@JoshuaBasseches
Renewable energy & climate politics & policy. Assistant Professor @Tulane. Forthcoming book about utilities and state-level renewable electricity policymaking.
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-…
The Investment Tax Credit for solar was put in place in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 passed by a Republican House, Republican Senate, and signed by George W. Bush. Because of the federal budget bill, consumers will now pay a lot more for power from a less reliable grid.
Biden's Inflation Reduction Act expanded wind and solar subsidies that distorted the energy market. This administration's focus on common sense energy solutions will see reality replace subsidies and encourage sound energy investments. wsj.com/opinion/the-re…
Our government has let hedge funds buy up vital institutions only to gut them for profit, cutting jobs and leaving communities worse off. I stand with the journalists impacted and the Tribune newsroom. Chicago needs strong local media to hold power accountable.
Today, @chicagotribune laid off five guild staff members in a roughly 10% cut to our newsroom. These layoffs underscore a sad but unsurprising failure of leadership by Alden Global Capital, our hedge fund owner, and local management.
This is propaganda. What he’s actually doing is making us dependent on expensive, outdated energy sources. That is why your electric bill is going up.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
No member of Congress who voted for this disastrous legislation should be re-elected.
This 1000x. Another plea to fellow journalists: When you include the obligatory "energy dominance" quote from the Trump administration, you also need to point out they are actively blocking abundant low-cost energy resources for ideological reasons.
Trump is doing the opposite of what the “Abundance” book recommends by canceling transmission lines and weaponizing the federal permitting process to block solar and wind development. That’s just a fact. Now can we have a real argument about what everyone really believes, please?
The DOE just terminated a $4.9 billion loan guarantee that is likely to kill the largest planned transmission project in America. Cancelling this loan guarantee is one more sign that the Trump administration isn't serious about "energy dominance."
BREAKING🚨: A damning new analysis by @cacindiana exposes how in the past year, Indiana’s monopoly utilities have imposed the most severe electric bill increases on residential customers in *at least two decades*. The average bill increase was a shocking $28/month for 1,000 kWh.
This is Energy Incontinence, not Energy Dominance. nytimes.com/2025/07/23/cli…
More bad news expected from EPA (& really the White House). I spoke to the NYT: E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change nytimes.com/2025/07/22/cli…
Expiration of tax credits brings new urgency to the longstanding problem of the interconnection queue: heatmap.news/energy/interco…
Approximately 1 out of every 6 U.S. teachers works a second job.
White House AI plan, dropped today: "The US must develop a comprehensive strategy to enhance & expand the power grid" The same administration, also today:
FirstEnergy, which admitted it bribed a now former chairman of the @PUCOhio, recommends PUCO respond to its bribery enabled misuse of ratepayer money with what would amount to a pat on the back for cooperating with criminal investigations after it was caught red handed.
FirstEnergy's recommendations on how to resolve the PUCO investigations. dis.puc.state.oh.us/ViewImage.aspx…
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.…
When you have nothing to hide so you shut down half of congress to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
Breaking News: Speaker Mike Johnson said he would shut down the House until September to block a vote on calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. nyti.ms/4nZtblR
"The current conditions in [PJM's] capacity market are almost entirely the result of large load additions from data centers" -Independent Market Monitor for PJM, June 2025
we need more electricians and more sociology majors and less charlie kirks
We need more electricians and less sociology majors.
It’s not every day you see an RTO invoked in a gubernatorial candidate’s tweet. This is progress.
If you were appalled by your utility bill this month, you’re not alone. New Jerseyans are bearing the brunt of failures by our grid operator, PJM. And today, we found out they’re raising rates again. Here’s how I’ll address PJM’s mismanagement and lower your utilities 🧵1/13
"@tylerhnorris... said NC lacks transparency needed for the public to gauge the potential impact of proposed large loads on utility rates, the environment and the state’s progress toward its legislative mandate for 100% carbon-neutral electricity by 2050." utilitydive.com/news/growing-r…
