Jacob Corvidae

Six State Priorities to Get Clean Energy Wins - RMI How states can optimize federal funding before it’s too late and fill in any funding gaps.

Here's my latest on how #States can move a #cleanenergy economy forward. Congress clarified what's next with tax credits. Certainty enables action.

rmi.org/six-state-pr...

#energysky

Yeah - and as you hopefully saw in the article: 2 separate songs with 2 separate videos (live action and animated), and then a mashup of both the songs and videos. Epic indeed. To be fair, I'm biased - I'm the gent who shows up with our kid for a hug at the end....

Behind the Video: Vienna Teng Discusses Her “We’ve Got You (Two Truths)” Music Video Singer-songwriter Vienna Teng premieres her music video for “We’ve Got You (Two Truths)” while joining us for a Behind the Video interview.

I know everyone sings your praises, but @scottmccloud.bsky.social thought you might appreciate this reference to your W/P interactions from musician @viennateng.bsky.social talking about her cool set of songs and videos written to be a mash-up: v13.net/2025/02/vien...

Yes - I pushed it on my mom decades ago and she finished it and declared that it should be required reading for every art class. (though I agree it goes beyond that). YMMV, but for those who resonate, it's amazing. And it's lovely how his plea that the medium can be more diverse has come so true....

Alternative Financing Decision Trees for Common Clean Energy Projects - RMI Helping to plan and complete the capital stack for fleet electrification, building efficiency, community solar, and other clean energy projects.

Wondering how to get the funds together for a #cleanenergy project? We've been getting great feedback on these great decision-trees to walk you through how to fund these projects. rmi.org/alternative-...

From @rockymtninst.bsky.social
#Solar #CommunitySolar #EVs #Funding #Financing

Sure - but that's several steps more hassle and less impactful for bills because you have to remember to run stuff on it all the time. Impact / panel is bound to be much lower. But you're absolutely right that people can do that now.

I don't think anyone in the US is yet providing tech that meets the safety requirements in the law (and the gov hasn't signed it yet), but I'm sure the market will get to work on that quickly.

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It makes small solar installations just another appliance that anyone can buy and install. This has big implications for #affordability, #loadgrowth, and greater control for homeowners AND RENTERS over their energy. Big #resilience impacts too, tho that's more complicated.

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These can only meet part of a home's energy needs - not all of it.

This is called plug-in solar (called balcony solar in Germany where it's contributed hundreds of megawatts).

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Balcony solar gains unanimous bipartisan support in Utah A new Utah bill allows portable solar power systems of up to 1.2 kWac to connect directly to 120V outlets without interconnection applications or utility fees, provided they meet NEC and UL certificat...

Republicans in #Utah led a new solar law, which could unlock distributed energy in a way never seen in the US before. Allows anyone to plug in a solar panel WITHOUT INSTALLER OR UTILITY FEES.

pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/03/05/b...

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#solar #pluginsolar #utah #energy #energyaffordability

UPDATE: TELL YOUR FRIENDS WHO BOUGHT EVs IN 2024 AND WERE HAVING TROUBLE CLAIMING THE TAX CREDIT

The IRS has created a fix and reopened its portal to dealers for retroactive submissions beginning today!

This chart was eye opening! We need PUCs to address this so heatpump users aren't being over-charged.

More details: https://buff.ly/3Ddvsak

#Heatpumps #electricityrates #PUC

Sustainable Homeownership and Wealth Preservation for Communities of Color Join the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for an event where we present new research findings and participate in evidence-based discussions about loss mitigation, home repair…

A pleasure to join Chris Tyson, Andy Rumbach, and Shanti Abedin for a conversation at the Urban Institute on #climaterisk and how to sustain homeowners. A whole day of great programming, and our panel is in the 2:36 - 3:38 mark: https://buff.ly/486VZkW

#communitydevelopment #mortgages #homerepair

For most fleets, EVs are 9% less expensive than gas vehicles -- And that's NOT including state incentives and IS including the cost of charging stations. See the full details here: https://buff.ly/4hhG3ka

Great work https://buff.ly/3YAMveA and https://buff.ly/4hhMT9i

#fleetelectrification

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Really amazing to see the music video for Vienna Teng's new single.
youtube.com/watch?v=_Vs0...
This is part of a trilogy of songs where some crazy-cool, ground-breaking musical things are going to come together in surprising ways.

Astounded I even know this person....
#music #viennateng

What do you think of this framing? Does it resonate with you? Keep local dollars local. States have the potential to retain, on average, over $20 Billion in-state instead of sending them to the feds.
https://buff.ly/3zrWyJk

#Taxes #economicdevelopment #local

So cool - you can see what's the big fed $ potential for each state, but also how much for each energy sector. Where's the biggest opportunity for your state?

Don't worry: #WeBroughtCharts

https://buff.ly/3zrWyJk

#Economicdevelopment #cleantech

It's a race to the top - who's captured the most of their big IRA funding potential? Clearly #Nevada had some big wins, but #NewMexico, #Georgia, #Tennessee are tied next, with #Ohio, #California, and #Arizona close behind. Who'll catch up in the next year?

https://buff.ly/3zrWyJk

A stanford study finds that 2/3 of large solar energy projects are litigated through NEPA, 51% of pipelines, 31% of transmission projects, 38% of wind projects. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

#permitting #energybluesky

Key policies can help #states accelerate the #cleanenergy transition, secure health benefits, + attract investment. 📈

& There’s billions in federal funding to help implement them.

See 5 key policies, mapped to federal funding sources from RMI: rmi.org/state-energy...

#states #cleanenergy

Yes, regional patterns matter. Also, it can be a reflection of what actions they have or haven't taken already (e. g. WA, and how MI probably changes now with their new energy laws).

(Sorry for delayed response - still getting my bluesky time rolling)

What's the most important thing to address for climate in your state between now and 2030?

Well, we had the same question - and now we have some answers. #WeBroughtCharts

rmi.org/solar-in-ari...

#energy #climate #cleanenergy #states

Bonus to anyone who can name the author or source....

My inaugural post on Bluesky - how about a poetic quote: "When we have found all the mysteries and lost all the meaning, we will be alone, on an empty shore. It's the wanting to know that makes us matter. It's the best possible time to be alive, when almost everything you thought you knew is wrong."