David Pomerantz
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Exposing efforts by utilities and fossil fuel interests to undermine clean energy with the Energy and Policy Institute. Personal account.
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David Pomerantz (@davidpomerantz.bsky.social) ist seit 15 Mai 2023 auf Bluesky. Das Konto hat 6.979 Follower, folgt 822 Konten und hat 467 Posts veröffentlicht.
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What local reform is there for "this line goes from Utah to California but doesn't stop in Nevada so they won't let it be built"? Feds can issue permits for pipelines in that situation, but not electrical transmission. The bill has issues; the provision to let FERC permit tx lines is a good one.
Post anzeigenGood point raised by @davidpomerantz.bsky.social about potential air pollution reductions from BAAJA (federal permitting bill) accelerating transmission buildout and possibly reducing capacity factors for coal generators. My reply in a short thread:
Post anzeigenTL;DR: My thinking and modeling on this issue pertains to the net impact of BAAJA - good and bad, electricity and not electricity. I should have made that more clear, and will aim to do so in future posts. Thanks again for the feedback.
Post anzeigenenables electricity demand growth. However, BAAJA would also impact the other 82% of final energy that's not electricity. To reduce fossil fuel burning overall, and related public health impacts, electricity-sector wins would have to be big enough to outweigh non-electricty-sector losses.
Post anzeigenwhere federal mandates do not force coal plants to run despite being uneconomic, as we currently see. Beyond transmission, I also model BAAJA accelerating siting and interconnection of clean power plants, another effect that could displace coal or gas, depending on the extent to which BAAJA also
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