Kyle Wallace

E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy

This would be a shocking and harmful action that will hurt vulnerable families who are struggling with rising energy costs. The Solar for All program has been embraced by both red and blue states and has so much promise. EPA should not do this. #SolarforAll
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My family were some of those pioneers that trekked west, and many were immigrants!

We are really doing this blatant nazi propaganda shit from official government accounts? Horrifying

Look at the last part of the ITC section. The new PIS by end of 2027 requirement appears to only take effect for projects that haven’t commenced construction before the date of enactment.

Which section is this? And this is not the excise tax linked to FEOC recapture?

I know I’m a bit late to this, but watching Nathan Fielder in The Rehearsal meet with a Congressman made me viscerally uncomfortable.

Curious on why TOU is shown as more risky for customers than a three part rate design? Is it just assuming the demand charge component is small enough to not drive a lot of variability in their month to month bill? Or assuming really high TOU differentials?

It’s structured as “No credit shall be allowed” if either of those are not met, meaning both need to be true in order to claim the credit.

I haven’t found the exact hour, but I assume it is in the morning because the solar contribution is still small. Just apparently after sunrise though.

Also the first time that ISO-NE expects the winter peak to shift to a day-time hour and that solar will help reduce it. The impact is small at first but each year into the 10-year forecast the % of nameplate capacity that is expected to reduce peak demand increases.

Very interesting times ahead

They apply a “policy-based” discount factor that increases up to 15% for 2030 and beyond. So their forecast before that discount is applied shows more steady deployment. Also tied to ITC post 2032 I would assume.

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Interesting finding from ISO-NE’s 2025 CELT Report - for the first time, BTM solar is forecast to provide winter peak demand reduction over the coming decade!

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E&E News: Zeldin claims media ignored ‘evidence’ against climate groups The EPA administrator expressed frustration with reporters and a judge who have pointed to the agency’s unsupported claims of fraud in a climate program.

Boy, talk about grasping at straws: ‘newness’ and ‘Democrats on the board’ are his evidence of “waste, fraud and abuse”? Pathetic. No wonder judges found “no evidence.”

(BTW, what’s “new” is an association of longstanding, respected entities who joined together to better implement the program.)

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I think what’s most striking about the last few months is how rarely anyone in the GOP applies this simple test. A lot of checks and balances rely on this kind of worrying about precedent but it’s now totally absent, as if they don’t think they’ll ever be out of power again.

vance is a detestable liar and an open enemy of the constitution. the central load bearing factual claim here is completely false and even if it wasn’t the constitution contains two explicit guarantees of due process

I love this whole thread of powerful testimony against SB 819 in Texas! These energy projects are critical revenue sources for communities and will help lower energy costs.

This is colossally stupid. Think of all the work required to conduct the RFI process described in the EO every few years (and theoretically each year!). now think about doing that with a hollowed out federal workforce. This is a major burden that will slow down everything else they are working on.

This wouldn't be happening if investors were expecting some major industrial buildout...

*COPPER FUTURES ON COMEX SINK BY MORE THAN 8% ON TARIFF RISKS

Imagine calling something “the most fair thing in the world” when the Costco hotdog exists.

Meanwhile my recommendation to other countries is:

One big point amid all the headlines: I was texting with press secretary Karoline Leavitt during the event and she confirms that the 34 percent tariff on China is ON TOP of the previous 20 percent. So that means the rate on China will be *54* percent when these tariffs take effect.

Don’t check your 401k for a while.

That’s a good point, had forgotten about that.

An FDA worker confirms what I've seen out there.

CDC's entire FOIA office is gone.

The FDA's communications and web office were cut.

"The FDA as we know it is gone."

This is not an exaggeration: illegally gutting this program will cause Americans to freeze to death in their homes.

LIHEAP?! This is unbelievably cruel and shortsighted. Families across the country are still grappling with the impact of inflation on their utility costs and Covid-era challenges, and taking away this assistance is going to put so many more at risk of disconnection.

THE ZOO!!?