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Dan Testa

@dantesta.bsky.social
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Power finance news editor at S&P Global Commodity Insights, contributor to Energy Evolution podcast, Asheville resident, bicyclist, NY Rangers fan, dog friend. Posts are my own.

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Allison Good @allisonwgood.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Yes, AES was caught a bit flat-footed by the OBBBA. But it had also run out of options for balance sheet repair. My latest: www.spglobal.com/market-intel... 🔌💡
A chart showing AES Corp. asset sales since June 20, 2022.
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Aquarium Drunkard @aquariumdrunkard.com · 10/01/2026
RIP Bobby
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Allison Good @allisonwgood.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Alphabet's planned $4.75 billion acquisition of Intersect Power marks the first time a data center giant has purchased an entire power company. I looked into what it might mean for other IPPs and renewables developers: www.spglobal.com/market-intel... 🔌💡
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James Temple @jtemple.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
It's funny to see the tech industry collectively decide, now that securing electricity is crucial to its business success, that it needed to find a more pretentious way of putting it. So now everyone's in a mad dash for "electrons."
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Allison Good @allisonwgood.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
What happens to the power sector if the AI bubble pops? I decided it was time to find out: www.spglobal.com/market-intel... 🔌💡
A graph showing the S&P 500, S&P 500 Utilities, and a custom IPP index over the last year and a half, with IPPs far outperforming the other two
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Dan Testa @dantesta.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Our new episode of Energy Evolution discusses the current hype over nuclear power and whether the industry can deliver, with great insights from colleagues @abbiebennett.bsky.social and Bill Freebairn, Adam Stein of BTI and Entergy CEO Drew Marsh. www.spglobal.com/commodity-in...
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Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Legal scholars analyzed EPA's novel argument for revoking the 2009 landmark greenhouse gas endangerment finding. "This is an elaborate, complicated work-around." tinyurl.com/4662933d
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Abbie Bennett @abbiebennett.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Market volatility and policy swings driven by the Trump administration could chill power project financing, planning and execution, experts and industry participants said at the recent S&P Global Power Markets Conference. 🔌💡 www.spglobal.com/market-intel...
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Darren Sweeney @darrensweeney24.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
DeepSeek concerns to keep datacenter demand at fore of US utilities' Q4 calls www.spglobal.com/market-intel...
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
New episode of #EnergyEvolution dives into shifts in US energy policy under Trump, w/ guests from S&P Global, Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy and the CEO of Plug Power (which recently received a DOE loan in the last days of the Biden admin): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... 🔌💡
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Trump makes big moves on energy, climate early in return to presidency
Podcast Episode · Energy Evolution · 01/28/2025 · 41m
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Allison Good @allisonwgood.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Independent power producers got caught up in the DeepSeek news yesterday, erasing much of the share price gains those companies had made in 2024. My latest: 🔌💡 www.spglobal.com/market-intel...
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Abbie Bennett @abbiebennett.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
New: NextEra Energy is taking initial steps to recommission the Duane Arnold nuclear plant in Iowa to help meet growing power demand. The plant was shut down in 2020 after being damaged in a storm a few months before its planned retirement. 🔌💡 www.spglobal.com/marketintell...
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Abbie Bennett @abbiebennett.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
SC utility Santee Cooper is seeking proposals to acquire and complete construction of two abandoned nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer plant. 🔌💡 www.spglobal.com/marketintell...
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Allison Good @allisonwgood.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Industry experts expected the incoming administration to block future offshore wind development and potentially rescind past lease sales and project approvals, but the expansion into onshore wind is more of a surprise. My latest: 🔌💡 www.spglobal.com/marketintell...
A map of US planned onshore and offshore wind projects in advanced development or under construction
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Darren Sweeney @darrensweeney24.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Former FirstEnergy CEO, senior exec indicted on federal racketeering charges www.spglobal.com/marketintell...
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
The Energy Evolution podcast is merging with Platts' Future Energy! Come check out this episode where my new co-host @eklavya.bsky.social and I talk about what's ahead in the world of energy transition in 2025! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l... 🔌💡
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Darren Sweeney @darrensweeney24.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
American Electric Power transmission sale seen as strong step in transformation www.spglobal.com/marketintell...
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Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Montana's top court affirmed that state environmental regulators must consider #climate impacts when issuing fossil fuel permits. How and when such analysis will be used for the gas plant at the center of the litigation is uncertain. tinyurl.com/4a4cweyv
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Allison Good @allisonwgood.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
2025 preview: Load growth focuses power sector on residential rates, interconnection clarity www.spglobal.com/marketintell... 🔌💡
A graph showing 2024 stock price performance for Talen Energy, Vistra, and Constellation, compard to the S&P 500 and S&P 500 Utilities indexes. The independent power producers outperformed both indexes.
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Allison Good @allisonwgood.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
🔌💡 'Risk-on' investor attitude could drag US utility stock performance in 2025. My latest: www.spglobal.com/marketintell...
A graph showing stock price changes for the S&P 500, CMS Energy, Southern Co., NextEra, DTE Energy, WEC Energy year to date, as of the Dec. 12 market close. S&P 500 currently leads the named stocks.
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Abbie Bennett @abbiebennett.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
A senator filed legislation this week that aims to provide as much as $3.6B in federal funds to offset cost overruns from construction of new nuclear generation, an incentive advocates have long requested to boost the next US reactors. www.spglobal.com/marketintell...
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📢Taylor Kuykendall @taykuy.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
A new episode of our podcast Energy Evolution: COP29 in oil and gas nation Azerbaijan – What was achieved? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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Energy Evolution
Science Podcast · 160 Episodes · Updated Biweekly
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