Jamie DeMarco

Electrifying Baltimore's District Heating Samay Kindra with Vicinity Energy explains how the company plans to electrify the heat for Baltimore's downtown

One company is about to electrify the heating for 190 of Maryland's largest buildings. I had no idea how large Maryland's existing district heating and cooling system is and how much it is about to change

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New Brattle Report Finds Beneficial Electrification Delivers Billions in Savings to US Households Along with Significant Emissions Reductions - Brattle Harnessing the benefits of electric technology over the last decade saved US households between $5.6 to $8.8 billion in 2023 alone and prevented more than

"Adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and heat pumps collectively saved US households between $5.6 to $8.8 billion in 2023 alone."

"80% of users are satisfied with their heat pumps, and nearly 95% of EV owners are likely to consider purchasing another EV for their next vehicle."

I could not be more excited about my friend Will Lawerence running for Congress on a transformative platform to unseat a Republican in a swing district

Go Will! This is amazing

Maryland advocates push to force data centers to pay for their own energy needs The electric grid regulator’s plans are estimated to cost $163 billion by 2030, and much of that cost would likely be passed onto ratepayers in Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C., and 11 oth…

PJM is about to decide wether to increase everyone's energy bill by $70 a month to subsidize Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, or make data center developers pay for their own costs

www.baltimoresun.com/2025/11/17/d...

I had a great time talking with Sunil Dasgupta on the I Hate Politics podcast all about the decision PJM will make this week about who will pay for the $163 billion cost of data centers on the PJM grid

If that is possible, then you could set up a good sized PV system and send 28.8 KWHs back to your house/the grid a day without any permitting

Is there any physical or policy reason you couldn't you set up a solar and battery system that plugged into an outlet such that the battery provided 1.2 KWs of electricity 24/7?

The next Dem Senate leader should be Van Hollen

This is the way

And the new leader should be Senator Van Hollen

"Gasoline consumption in the world's biggest importer of crude peaked in 2023 and the research unit of state oil company Sinopec expects demand to fall more than 4% this year from 2024."

Taking the DC metro past the Pentagon station is always a trip

600,000 people died because of USAID cuts

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.

I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.

But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

The Trump era will end and what waits on the other side is glorious

Election results

Greenbelt Maryland passes ranked choice voting 2 to 1!

The Virginia Republican Gubernatorial candidate ran on transphobia and lost horribly

I look forward to all the think pieces declaring that trans issues are a loser for Republicans and that Democrats should embrace trans rights

Live Updates: Inflation Edged Higher in September, as Tariffs Raise Some Prices

Trump's policies are increasing inflation and raising prices

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

The Coal Plants Costing Maryland Billions The full and terrible story of Brandon Shores and Wagner Coal Plants

The real reason energy prices are going up is PJM's corruption and mismanagement

If you want a play by play of their biggest, most expensive boondoggle, this episode is for you

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I just learned that there is an electric full body robe (including an electrically heated foot pocket) for under $70 and I think this breakthrough has a lot of potential to reduce energy use in buildings

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I don't think I've ever in my adult life watched an hour of ABC commercials and all

But you best believe I'm going to find an antenna to tune in tomorrow to watch Jimmy Kimmel

A smiling face with sunflower face paint

Happy Sun Day everyone!

Just got back from Europe, where gorgeous third spaces and generous public services abound. Americans are so terrified that The Undeserving might get something that they'd rather have nothing for anyone. Why THAT is the case is another question.

But probably racism.

Democrat from Trump country auditions for 2028 with plan to win culture wars Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear spent two days in South Carolina this week, pointing to his red-state experience to argue the party need not run away from topics such as trans rights and racial justice.

Andy Beshear is telling Democrats to stop running from LGBTQ issues and he has won statewide election in Kentucky twice

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.

For everyone who has ever asked, on seeing my Baltimore homicide charts, "How did they do that?"

Inflation picked up in June as tariffs began to lift prices across the economy The Labor Department’s consumer price index for June showed overall inflation rose 2.7 percent from June 2024. That’s up from a 2.4 percent pace in May.

Trump's policies are increasing inflation

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

"My inescapable conclusion has become that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people."

Full gift article here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

PJM is the biggest and the dirtiest grid in the United States

It has 122 gigawatts of combined coal and gas capacity

China built 93 gigawatts of solar just in May of this year

I'm about 2 months China could do what will take us decades to accomplish

My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.