Joel B. Eisen

America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026.

Racing to the finish line.

You know I would love that!

So nice of you, thanks! I was teaching a class so I’ll have to go back and watch the stream myself. As a newbie, I am thrilled to learn from skilled folks solving my puzzles and giving so much useful on the spot guidance.

contocrosswords - Twitch I solve puzzles from mycrossword.co.uk, often on a Wednesday, late morning.

Thanks so much to @willsnow8.bsky.social for solving my crossword puzzle at www.twitch.tv/contocrosswo...!

E&E News: Renewables overtake coal as global electricity leader It's the first time sources like wind and solar generated more power than coal over a six-month period.

While our federal government is dunking on renewables, they just became the world's largest source of electricity.

no worries! feel better!!

New crossword puzzle now up on My Crossword (mycrossword.co.uk). I’m so grateful to @liari.bsky.social, @guineverecryptic.bsky.social, and others for thoughtful critiques and encouragement. Your support is helping me grow and sharpen my skills! So thanks a ton.

E&E News: Are EVs and the grid about to merge? Maybe. The new electric Acura RSX will send electricity to a house. It's the latest step in the march toward two-directional charging.

Electric vehicles - and other sources of demand flexibility - are an underrated element of the strategy to meet increased demand from data centers. Nice story about (finally!) progress toward vehicle-to-grid functionality.

E&E News: White House to slash $8B in funding for blue states The Trump administration is pulling billions of dollars in federal support for 16 states that did not vote for the president in 2024.

Naked and brazen politicking, indeed.

NEW article - Energy Data Justice - with my outstanding co-author @lawprofpayne.bsky.social - proposing a new framework for governance and access of energy data. Download at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Yeah. You say this - you own it, full stop.

E&E News: Energy secretary: Give Trump a ‘hero of the climate award’ Trump Energy Secretary Chris Wright said he’d “absolutely” like to see other countries withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.

No.

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Now doing essential reading for an aspiring crossword setter:

Here we go.

Orsted Venture Wins Court Ruling to Restart Wind Farm Work (1) An Orsted A/S-backed wind farm venture off the Rhode Island coast can resume construction during a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s stop-work order on the multibillion dollar project, a ...

There was no legitimate reason to stop Revolution Wind, judge says, calling it "the height of arbitrary and capricious"

Regional Western electricity market closer to reality following California vote The passage of AB 825 caps a years-long push by many clean energy advocates to regionalize the Western energy markets and sets the stage for the creation of a regional transmission organization.

CA takes big step for ratepayers & planet, advancing legislation to pave way for Western RTO (part of suite of climate & energy policies to be celebrated as national government takes us backwards on these issues). Still, many hurdles & obstacles remain to establishing a well-functioning Western RTO:

enjoyed it!

thanks . . . all feedback welcome!

no worries . . . I learned a lot from your feedback . . . hope you feel better soon. So glad for this conversation!

Many thanks to @liari.bsky.social and @guineverecryptic.bsky.social (and Gennaro) for their very helpful feedback on this cryptic crossword, now up on MyCrossword. I'm learning a lot from them and others on this wonderful site!

I’m doing the NIH grants litigation for A&C this fall but I could def switch to this. 😊

So excited to have two selections in ELPAR! Summary of Utilities With Purpose (with my amazing coauthor @joeleisen.bsky.social) & abstract of Repurposing Fossil Infrastructure in this issue. Full length articles at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (UWP) & papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (RFI).

Beyond its precise and completely convincing validation of Lisa Cook's argument, this is an outstanding, well crafted legal brief.

The darker agenda behind Trump’s obsession with wind turbines - The Boston Globe Trump’s assault on wind is a quid pro quo to the fossil fuel interests, plutocrats, and petrostate actors who helped return him to power.

"The darker agenda behind Trump’s obsession with wind turbines" | My #ScienceUnderSiege-themed op-ed for the @bostonglobe.com is now outside the paywall:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/10/o...

you're welcome! Need to touch base soon about issues of mutual concern.

This is the official spokesperson for the White House, stating that the President hopes to deploy the United States military to occupy every city controlled by the political party that opposes him. Explicitly.

League #16 in fouls committed per 90 - needs to improve

Hal = next Julie J/E I hope