jeffreytomich
@jefftomich
Midwest reporter at E&E News, part of @POLITICO. Energy, marathons, baseball. Husband. Dad to two great kits who frazzle my wits.
One of those Rivian taking up 2 spots at the busy Supercharger type of days 🙄
In a moment of irony, I'm watchin the NOLA hearing on the MISO load shed event when ....my power goes out
Watching this New Orleans City Council meeting and re: May 25 load shed and there's some major buck passing going on. Entergy: "MISO made us shed load...." MISO: "NERC made us do it within 30 minutes..." NERC: not in the room
La. load curtailment partially result of a "bruising spring heat wave?" 😂 subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews… via @EENewsUpdates
Just when you think it can’t possibly get any dumber apple.news/ALdqzvNI7Qpaic…
New twist on an old classic: Colocated a 3 GW data center on the electric utility and got to charge all the other properties for grid upgrades. ⚡️ 💰
Both NYISO and ISO-NE import millions of cheaper MWhs per year from Canada. With just 10% tariffs, this price advantage is nearly eliminated. Both NYISO and ISO-NE import millions of cheaper MWhs per year from Canada. With just 10% tariffs, this price advantage is nearly…
I keep thinking about how I gave up on watching "House of Cards" years ago because by season 5 or 6 it felt too far-fetched. 😐
One year ago (almost to the day), Scott Bessent wrote to his investors: “Tariffs are inflationary and would strengthen the dollar—hardly a good starting point for a US industrial renaissance.” “The tariff gun will always be loaded and on the table but rarely discharged.”
When were Illinois' climate goals ever on track? 🤔 chicago.suntimes.com/environment/20…
“The confusing nomenclature has led an untold number of people astray, condemning them to harsh lighting that makes everything in a home, including its residents, less attractive.” apple.news/AEznQElM6QUeBT…
When data center load growth, state utility regulators are gatekeepers who will shape how energy needs are met and who bears the cost: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews…
VC Summer brings up an interesting debate around cost shifting—South Carolina ratepayers will end up paying billions of dollars for a nuclear plant that never went into service. If tech companies revive it, should they also pay for the initial $9ish billion instead of ratepayers?
The definition of “it was over but now we’re so back”
Trump says 25% tariffs will be imposed on Feb. 1 on imports from Canada and Mexico.
ND Gov. Kelly Armstrong has named PSC staffer Jill Kringstad to replace outgoing commissioner Julie Fedorchak, who was elected to Congress last fall. Kringstad was manager of business operations for the PSC.