Gene

Taking a break from graduate school. It wasn't the financial problems or the unemployment, but suicide of a relative that appears to be driven by inability to pay medical debts that made me decide to take a break. I don't handle these sorts of things well. I'll be back at it in the summer

The cold is far less severe now so Denver has that "winter wonderland" feel. Looking forward to more snow this weekend

Walking like the Fremen across the ice to get to my car

President Trump Names Mark Christie Chairman of FERC Mark Christie made the following statement on the announcement that President Trump has named him Chairman of FERC: “I want to thank President Trump for appointing me to lead FERC at this important ti...

President Trump Names Mark Christie Chairman of FERC | www.ferc.gov/news-events/...

Sums it up well. Happy to have been included in this NPR story yesterday (print) on US load growth: #energysky www.npr.org/2025/01/16/n...

Most people are afraid of cabin fever. Under 2 ft of snow and winds this fast I just embrace it. I've cleaned both bathrooms and I'm getting ready to tackle the kitchen. Deep clean time

A Macy's is closing 'round these parts so I'm looking into a summer outfit

🌞 @ferc.gov programming note: The Sunshine Notice for the January 16th Commission meeting will be posted later today.

Thurs, Jan 9, is declared a National Day of Mourning by President Biden in honor of the death of Former President Jimmy Carter with federal offices closed.
🔌💡

These disasters in California always fill me with a complex sadness. I hated the Paradise fires and I really hate this.

Phone can see further than I can

Even better it's foggy

Please let it snow 4" tomorrow please

I bought Xenonauts 2 with a gift card I got for Christmas. It's only in early access, but it's definitely a big improvement on the xcom formula. Between this and gfl2 I'll be playing a lot of turn-based strategy this year.

Made a big ol pot of green chili for new years and now I'm eating green chili all week

Strong point 👉

Oh sweetie…you’re constantly insulted on EVERY platform.

Post-holiday travel podcasts to better understand a chief obstacle to cleanly supply load growth - here are 3 interviews I did in 2024 on unlocking grid interconnection queues: 🔌💡
1) heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
2) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
3) www.energync.org/podcast/epis...

Read the 1st 3rd of “Democracy in Power” this morning and while I knew the broad strokes, it mostly strikes me how present the individual details are over and over again in US politics

Except congressional police compelling testimony, that’s an artifact of a much more robust Congress

#energysky

I'm unemployed for now so I'm taking a lot of time to read before I go back to grad school. No money for the slopes

Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄

Happy winter solstice, it's tomorrow

Weird that the Broncos are considered to be in the playoff contention

There are very few transmission planners in the industry with my particular set of skills

Remember your ABCs: Always Be Conversing

It's possible he likes flying too

A lot of rabbits, easy game. Often they drop the carcasses in the street because we clean them. Magpies like to pick at these

Managed to snap this yesterday. Finally certain it's a red-tailed falcon

Is there an artistic way to take pictures of power lines? I'll keep trying

Insane headline but unsurprising: the murderer of the UHC CEO who escaped on a public scooter was outed by a data scientist who happened to be scraping all the scooter data in NY.

1 in n more like fun in now

Still workshopping that