Robert Zullo
@rczullo
National editor @statesnewsroom. Past: @MercuryVirginia @RTDNEWS @PittsburghPG @HoumaToday. Florijerseyan. Former energy reporter [email protected]
One of the hottest days of the year so far in Texas: 53% of the power on peak is coming from solar & wind. Wholesale power is ~$20 per megawatt-hour or 2 cents per kilowatt-hour. No conservation calls, no energy emergencies. ~20 gigawatts of extra power just sitting around.
Ozzy Osbourne has passed away at the age of 76. I still can't believe it. A few weeks ago he was giving his final concert. I hope you came home, Ozzy ❤️https://t.co/XLcxWz4MqC
An under the radar thing about this bipartisan Governors letter to PJM: they say they are going to create their own organization to participate in PJM alongside OPSI (which comprises the state regulators). That would be a big change for PJM governance. utilitydive.com/news/governors…
NJ attorney general blasts ‘outrageous’ claims lobbed by state senator newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/attorne…
AI data centers like the ones coming to Pa. are using more power. Regular customers are footing the bill penncapital-star.com/2025/07/16/rep…
John Hooker, first of ‘ComEd Four’ to be sentenced, gets 1½ years in prison via @@CapitolNewsIL capitolnewsillinois.com/news/john-hook…
BREAKING: A 27-year-old man has been killed after opening fire at a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, authorities say. apnews.com/article/mcalle…
One of the weirder things to happen lately in the power markets: California has become a huge exporter during its peak season. Meanwhile the rest of the West has hollowed out its fossil capacity, leaning on Cali's battery/gas/renewable abundance. (thank you Cali ratepayers!)
A panel of female journalists, including Kirby Adams of the @courierjournal, Sarah Ladd of the @KYLantern, Amber Philpott of @WKYT, and Kerri Richardson of @C2Strategic, is speaking on the role of media in the current landscape, some of the most impactful and consequential…
Excellent run-down of behind-the-meter generation serving AI data centers, via NGI: Data Centers Going Off-Grid With Natural Gas to ‘Find Any Way to Get Power’ "Behind-the-meter power generation was getting scant attention before billionaire Elon Musk installed natural gas…
NEW: Sen. Lisa Murkowski stares me down for more than 10 secs after I ask her to respond to Sen. Rand Paul’s critique of the deal she struck to get her to a YES and pass the OBBB. “Do I like this bill? No. But I tried to take care of Alaska’s interests.” w/ @frankthorp
Combs’ supporters are spraying baby oil on each other outside of the courthouse.
Combs’ supporters are spraying baby oil on each other outside of the courthouse.
As part of Richmond's fuel purchasing card program, employees are supposed to enter odometer readings to show there's no funny business. One employee was able to enter "12345" for 130 purchases. richmonder.org/audit-of-city-…
New Jersey removes mandate to publish legal notices in newspapers newjerseymonitor.com/2025/07/01/new…
'An irrational, infantile mania against clean energy.' eenews.net/articles/senat…
After violent deaths, children of Hortmans pray for peace at parents’ funeral minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/28/aft…
Gov Abbott just signed into law one of the first (the first?) mandatory curtailment requirements in the US for hyperscale loads
I filed a FOIA for communication records involving a few key people on the day of the second water problem. City got back to me today and said it would cost at least $1K They can choose not to charge for water docs given the high public interest in having water. But here we are
Richmond paid nearly a quarter of a million dollars for a so-so report on the water crisis. 💸 But we got most of our knowledge through the work of local journalists. Which was free.
Snapshot of the Texas grid
Intermittent power sources are a parasite on the grid! President Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill cuts subsidies for unreliable sources of power that rely on external conditions to work.