Tom R
tomrutigliano.bsky.social
Tom R
@tomrutigliano.bsky.social
Pragmatic environmentalist, passionate antifascist. Wholesale power markets, resource adequacy, interconnection, tx planning, that sort of thing.

Sadly, it can be flipped off. On takes generations.
April 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Annual Sustainable FERC dinner is Monday night!
February 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
February 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Does the author of the bill think resource adequacy is simply adding up the nameplate of every resource?
February 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Section 3(c) says value fossil (excuse me, "baseload") resources based on "expected deliverable energy;" Seems like a competent utility planner or PSC would simply read this as "ELCC for all"
February 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
No doubt it's motivated by malice. Still is it best to br'er rabbit this? Act like it's horrible and pretend to fight--better to direct their malice in pointless directions before they find something that actually matters to break, no? (3/3)
February 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I kind of like the idea of anti-renewable people triumphantly marching in, holding the bill up high, declaring "Ha Liberals! Now you have to plan for the sun going down at night!" and everyone awkwardly looking at each other like "Huh? We've been doing that for 30 years" (2/3)
February 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Looking through this, the "don't count DR part" is the only thing obviously offensive. It's pretty funny, there's a category of criticisms of renewables that boil down to "only I know the sun goes down at night." It looks like the authors of this legislation really believed that. (1/3)
February 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
There's a disturbing background thread going on of right-wingers hunting for "bias" in AIs. I'm putting FTC going after companies whose AIs don't respond with MAGA talking points on my 2025 bingo card.
February 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Let's hope the old Marine's courage holds.
February 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I hope you enjoy a successful career as one of those people who get to do explosive demolition projects. If that's something you'd like.
February 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It's telling you to solve transmission siting problems by letting people name towers after their pets.
December 18, 2024 at 7:14 PM