Quick recap today as the day job takes over my day today.
Covering Climate Politics. Congrats to Julia Pyper of GTM who is venturing out to contributing editor and focus on her Poli Climate podcast alongside her co-hosts. They will be focusing on climate issues in politics leading up to the 2020 election. Supported by Schwarzenegger’s institute and Leonardo DiCaprio’s foundation, the podcast will be covering an important topic in an important time.
I Lose You Lose. Duke wants ratepayers to pay for coal ash cleanup. I have a question about the regulated monopolies. Are there any costs that consumers shouldn’t pay for? At what point do shareholders bear some risk of capital loss? This can’t be a guaranteed growth of capital investment, that’s not a monopoly anymore. That’s privatized government.
Grid Operators Speak Out. Interesting view on a renewable grid in the UK. National Grid is playing lots of cards in the energy deck on multiple continents, that could make for a fun board room at times.
PURPA In Big Sky Country. No-one really wants to open up the PURPA law but maybe the decades old law needs to be reformed so that there is clarity and certainty across the Country.
MD Win. The House in Maryland passed the 50% RPS yesterday. Ball goes to Governor Hogan, let’s see what he does.
- Axios: “Political Climate” podcast gets high-profile new partners
- CleanTechnica: Duke Energy Wants Consumers To Pay For Coal Ash Clean Up
- Bloomberg: U.K. Power Grid Getting Ready for Life Without Gas Power Plants
- Utility Dive: Montana judge rules PSC intentionally set PURPA rates to kill solar projects
- Think Progress: Youth around the country to lobby state lawmakers, demanding climate action
- Greentech Media: Kevin de León Wants Cleantech to Focus More on Equity and Access
- GreenBiz: ING’s quest to turn ‘sustainable finance’ into just … finance
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Have a great day!
Yann