Joe LaRusso 🔌 🕳🐇
@jglarusso
Senior Advocate @AcadiaCtr. This is my personal account. I am now mostly a political animal here. I am an energy policy animal on BS.
Trump administration greenlights Chevron to resume pumping oil in Venezuela - WSJ citing sources. $CVX
This will cool the cockles of your frozen, IBR-hating heart, @xiaowang1984… The Porter Square PV modules have been taken down. They were there for so long that I think they may have been the very first PV that I ever saw that wasn’t mounted on a spacecraft.
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.
“Our office.” …Preach!
President Obama has released a statement: "Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These…
I haven’t been able to find any info on the FY2025 budget for these facilities. Could they be alternatively funded? By whom?
nytimes.com/2025/07/17/cli…
Deconstruct the administrative state!
US raises permitting hurdles for wind, solar projects on public land: Solar and wind projects on public land in the United States will now undergo “elevated review” by US Department of Interior head Doug… dlvr.it/TM1wpC #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy
Brattle Group is NOT joking around about this in their 2025 CONE study for PJM: pjm.com/-/media/DotCom…
We wrote a blog post that covers a few of 'em: rmi.org/gas-turbine-su… Financial analysts def have a handle on it. Staff in GA also put together a great list: psc.ga.gov/search/facts-d…
Behind-all-meter solar reduced New England grid demand 5% in 2024. isonewswire.com/2025/07/09/sol…
She’s so close 🤏 (Hint: Fossil fuels are by far the largest contributor to global climate change responsible for causing more severe storms.)
I am introducing a bill that prohibits the injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals or substances into the atmosphere for the express purpose of altering weather, temperature, climate, or sunlight intensity. It will be a felony offense. I have been researching weather…
I’ve been posting a lot about behind-the-meter solar recently, mostly to point out that it has secured its place—as a significant and valuable resource—among the other resources that comprise New England’s generation portfolio. But Ramez is correct: solar can’t do everything.
Oh, I love wind, and it's a great complement to solar. My tweet was in response to a recent flood of posts saying solar will do everything.
Some needed perspective.
No, it is not accurate to say that the One Big Bad Bill passed today will "not only be wiped away" but will also be left "weaker than before Biden's presidency." Consider: -wind PTC was fully expired prior to passage of IRA. Projects commencing between 2022-2025 will get it.…
More than 6 GWs of behind-the-meter solar this Independence Day.
…Which in and of itself merits criticizing the administration.
EPA puts 139 employees on leave who criticized administration ift.tt/SIwy6Bh
More and more so here in New England as well.
Solar has replaced gas in the daytime. Europe now needs solar to replace gas in the evening, night-time and the morning. Oh batteries 🔋🔋🔋
In case you want to get some sense of the FERC pie chart of gas versus other forms of energy versus ratemaking. ferc.gov/news-events/ne…