Michael Giberson
@giberson.bsky.social
Electric power regulation, policy, and economics. Political economy. Price gouging in ethics and economics.
Apparently each generation of utility regulators and energy policy analysts need to reinvent "performance based ratemaking"
September 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Apparently each generation of utility regulators and energy policy analysts need to reinvent "performance based ratemaking"
Superman: woke since 1949 www.dc.com/blog/2017/08...
Superman: A Classic Message Restored | DC
In a recently much circulated image of a 1950’s-era color poster, Superman can be seen speaking to school children about the importance of respecting diversity.
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July 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Superman: woke since 1949 www.dc.com/blog/2017/08...
Planet Money explored trading on Trump tweets in the earlier administration. Unsurprisingly, his tweets were an unreliable signal. www.npr.org/2019/10/08/7...
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April 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Planet Money explored trading on Trump tweets in the earlier administration. Unsurprisingly, his tweets were an unreliable signal. www.npr.org/2019/10/08/7...
An alternate real solution is driving up the price of oil by making hydrocarbons more valuable in non-combustion uses.
March 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
An alternate real solution is driving up the price of oil by making hydrocarbons more valuable in non-combustion uses.
The complaint itself is available from the FERC eLibrary elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/fil...
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January 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The complaint itself is available from the FERC eLibrary elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/fil...
That explanation explains the testimony I wrote in support of the complaint (included in the filing as Attachment C). If you prefer the economics and industry jargon laden version of the testimony, it's at this link. www.rstreet.org/outreach/mic...
Michael Giberson Testimony in support of complaint at FERC in "Industrial Consumers of America et al v. Avista Corporation; Idaho Power Company et al" - R Street Institute
SUMMARY The purpose of my testimony is to establish that the Commission’s obligation to ensure just and reasonable rates requires all transmission facilities 100 kV and above meeting the Bulk Electric...
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January 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
That explanation explains the testimony I wrote in support of the complaint (included in the filing as Attachment C). If you prefer the economics and industry jargon laden version of the testimony, it's at this link. www.rstreet.org/outreach/mic...
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Heads up, the Biden-Harris White House websites are now archived! If you have an old link that gives an error, you can delete the www . whitehouse in the link (be sure to remove the www) and replace with bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/ [rest of your link]
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FACT SHEET: Climate and Energy Implications of Crypto-Assets in the United States | OSTP | The White House
Climate change is one of the most pressing problems confronting our nation and our world, and President Biden has taken bold steps to address it with legislation and policy. Among the President’s comm...
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January 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Heads up, the Biden-Harris White House websites are now archived! If you have an old link that gives an error, you can delete the www . whitehouse in the link (be sure to remove the www) and replace with bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/ [rest of your link]
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Granted, the emission free technology is pretty amazing, and I like it. It just isn’t free.
January 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Granted, the emission free technology is pretty amazing, and I like it. It just isn’t free.
No cost to whom?
January 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
No cost to whom?
Is anyone surprised that oil and gas executives are not supporting candidates dedicated to ending the oil and gas industry?
January 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Is anyone surprised that oil and gas executives are not supporting candidates dedicated to ending the oil and gas industry?
Top minds are working on it.
December 15, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Top minds are working on it.
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December 11, 2024 at 5:10 AM
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I’m not expert enough to say who was wrong about pandemic strategy but it was obvious that Fauci was dishonest in his public statements. Don’t know if lying is the kind of “wrong” that gets grace by the essayist’s standards.
December 9, 2024 at 6:56 PM
I’m not expert enough to say who was wrong about pandemic strategy but it was obvious that Fauci was dishonest in his public statements. Don’t know if lying is the kind of “wrong” that gets grace by the essayist’s standards.
Odd an essay declaring "In that context, some grace is warranted for those whose predictions turned out to be wrong" expresses little grace toward Bhattacharya or his ideas on how to respond to the pandemic. Maybe the essayist reserves grace only for officially blessed wrong predictions?
December 9, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Odd an essay declaring "In that context, some grace is warranted for those whose predictions turned out to be wrong" expresses little grace toward Bhattacharya or his ideas on how to respond to the pandemic. Maybe the essayist reserves grace only for officially blessed wrong predictions?