Emil Dimanchev

More on our important election here in GA. Early voting has started. There are 2 commissioners positions in the ballot. Don’t like how high your power bills have gotten? This is a chance to vote for 2 people that can stand up to GA Power!!

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There is an important election opportunity for Georgia voters to have their say on the future of electricity regulation in the state. Turnout is typically incredibly low.

Good break down here. youtube.com/watch?v=UgvE...

Modeling Monday: How clean are EVs, really?
Short answer: it depends on the question. Attributional vs. consequential LCA, average vs. marginal, short- vs. long-run... the metric can flip the answer. 1/🧵

Plus, if we do want to send individuals signals based on the expected consequences of their actions, shouldn't we incorporate long-run consequences too? So I come back to the idea that for a persistent charging schedule, we'd also want to use LRMER or, more realistically, a good proxy.

So do we have to add another "it depends": whether the change in demand is persistent or not?

Perhaps if we are talking about a change in demand that, even if small is predictable (i.e. an EV's charging schedule is changed in a persistent way), then I suppose that would be something system operators will know day-ahead and meet it based on marginal costs.

Ok gotcha. To be honest, I am not sure and curious to hear more. A small, unexpected, perturbation in demand will be handled by frequency regulation and one of several operating reserves. Which generator ramps up in response is very unclear.

This meme is our research to a T.

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And yes LRMER for planning is the way!

Ultimately, I think we need new metrics to inform dispatch decisions. In the meantime, dispatching toward the periods with large shares of variable renewables in the generation mix seems like a good heuristic to me.

Great breakdown, and thanks for sharing our paper! About dashboards, I am wondering what kind of use case setting are we talking about, especially for ops? If it's to inform the dispatch decisions of an aggregator, I am concerned about using SRMER in case it leads to the kinds of outcomes we saw.

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Does seem like the major AI companies are under-prioritizing safeguards. I am skeptical we can rely on self-regulation when it comes to AI.

Microsoft Office is such a striking example of this. MS is investing heavily in AI but still hasn't figured out how to open files with the same name in different folders.

Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate

Some thoughts on the strategic logic behind Kemi Badenoch’s announcement that she’d scrap the Climate Change Act (CCA).
It serves two functions:
1️⃣ It appeals to lukewarm pivotal voters in marginal seats sceptical of costly green measures.
2️⃣ It is designed to
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To be clear, the term baseload was already outdated - as electricity generation in modern power systems increasingly revolves around renewable resources - but some who still use it can stand to heed this case.

Newest big U.S. coal-plant offline until 2027 The newest major coal-fired power plant in the U.S. is expected to be offline until March 2027 after a major failure in April.

Baseload you say? ieefa.org/resources/ne...

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States should make sure data centers are accompanied by more zero-fuel-cost capacity and transmission.

We live in a world where AI companies are working on tools that allow people to make ever more realistic deepfakes, but dont think to apply their resources so autocorrect can recognize and add apostrophe to “don’t”.

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I've read most of his books and love all of them, though some more than others. He's just exceptional at ideas-centric stories, not to mention all the times actual mathematics plays a key role in the plot. And he writes realistic scientists and engineers doing the coolest stuff.

Then "blackout" will be forbidden. I mean it's already not looking good for blackout. @brendan.bsky.social www.realclearenergy.org/articles/202...

Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.

"In addition to “climate change” and “green,” [Department of Energy] EERE forbid officials from using “emissions” to avoid the implication that they are a negative."

If "emissions" are a forbidden word, I guess "cost" is next, cause that's pretty negative?

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Faramir: “dad, I started reading Lord of the rings”. Denethor: “Boromir would have read the Silmarillion”.

Then we should surely see The Silmarillion. static0.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp...

Neal Stephenson - Anathem

As hard as it is to pick a favorite, for me it’s Anathem www.nealstephenson.com/anathem.html

Not necessarily because some amount of clean firm capacity like nuclear tends to lower system costs in the literature than having none or almost none. In this case, I haven’t dived into the assumptions but am guessing the Finnish system already has some amount of firm capacity.

Can confirm.

I love Tchaikovsky! Haven't read that one yet.

Cloudy with a Loss of Spending Control: How Data Centers Are Endangering State Budgets - Good Jobs First Cloudy with a Loss of Spending Control: How Data Centers Are Endangering State Budgets - Good Jobs First

Remember those data centers raising electricity prices? In many cases, they are also getting taxpayer subsidies.

“At least 10 states already lose more than $100 million per year in tax revenue to data centers”

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