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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Winter headroom will be a local issue too though. HP rates may still make sense, but I think there’s less winter distribution system capacity than we might hope and some of the arg has to be a market transformation one. I do think there’s some evidence of heat pumps doing well on time-of-use rates.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How does Congressional permitting reform bill impact the local substation output?
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
People can get really upset when transmission lines are being built. What are the risks of political and policy backlash if this bill works and a bunch gets built over loud local objections? Are there defenses built into this bill to overcome those attacks?
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thanks, looking forward to listening!
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Do you think Jim Harbaugh has a comeback in him? The team in LA isn’t doing great but all the post-Championship scandal Michigan has had with compliance and criminal issues from the coaching staff seems especially bad, at least for any college program that he might look to next.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yeah but you sip to enjoy the crisp refreshing flavor of Bud Light
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Everyone’s also saying the Rams will be good for next week because they keep the same body clock, but I can’t imagine it’s easy to spend something like 32 out of 56 hours in the air with three of those ground hours being an NFL game.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Same way we rember Crabtree www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/jim...
cbssports.com
Jim Harbaugh: Michael Crabtree has 'the best hands I've ever seen on a wide receiver'
Jim Harbaugh thinks that Michael Crabtree has "the best hands" he's ever seen "on a wide receiver." This is odd because Harbaugh played with Marvin Harrison and coached Tim Brown and Jerry Rice.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Especially helpful because those air/water quality improvement benefits are often local too!
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Is a bell rung by Andy and all of these for more than 5 people?
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I’m always impressed by how well 49ers fans travel and how widespread they are both across the US and abroad. Does that become a draw for players when choosing teams? I’m sure other teams notice when hosting them.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Giants 2021 season was crazier than Woke 1.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Short term and plantar injuries rarely go together…
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
They lost Jordan Mason, Deebo, Greenlaw, Hufanga, Hargrave, Leonard Floyd, Aaron Banks, Charvarius Ward, Jaylon Moore, Elijah Mitchell and even cut Juszczyk. They cut a lot of vets who were good players. Maybe it was smart long term but they were cutting costs.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Fans definitely cared when they were cutting all their vets last year to save money. And regular people in Santa Clara also definitely care about him. He’s been very active in local politics and the business of the stadium.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Really hope you didn’t jinx it in the opening saying this is as emergency as it can be. This offseason keeps bringing new ones.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Great article. Definitely agree that it’s hard to be confident in someone who gets themself into this situation. Lots of things have to be going not-great to be there. Have to worry at least a bit about his wellbeing.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Some one needs to investigate how New Balance got Kawhi to shoot those commercials
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The price of being an NBA team sponsor is about to go way up.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Chicago should sue for misuse of NIL
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Thanks for being on here and posting! Has been great to follow your work and learn more about DVOA.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Their target audience might be gyms playing a large TV on mute
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Felt similarly after the Super Bowl halftime show this year
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Some great work getting a whopping 1% of capacity from solar in 2028
Screenshot of text saying only 1% of UCAP came from solar.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Maybe closing the interconnection queue for 2+ years was a bad idea
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Shot in nba2k
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
TY for sharing the graph here. If there’s a way to share access I’d love to read. Curious about why PA coal wins, not PA CC gas. Assume that’s related to PJM capacity issues and gas prices in recent years. Overall, RGGI cap seems like it’s on a major collision course with rising PJM power demands.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The first one being called back mid-celly had us worried we had gotten ahead of ourselves
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Lebron to the Bay confirmed with that post goal celebration. #usmnt
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
That Goldman Sacks squid article was new to me, but reading it while the movement of oil prices seems ungrounded in reality was pretty interesting
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Curious what you think is a promising solution for that segment. The chances of EGS overcoming some of its existing constraints might be better than the chances of other techs having their own breakthroughs.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Lots of good questions and issues raised, especially about the maximum scale. I think there’s still reason to be somewhat skeptical that solar + storage + wind gets you to 100% power though. Especially in the winter places with high heating loads when you need reliability through extremes.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
With all the young players the team is hoping to develop, is there a shift in how the coaches approach training camp and OTAs? Is there a difference in where coaches give more attention or do they shift how they spend their practice time at all?
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Interesting. I think the big worries are the scale (and speed) of data center growth and current tight capacity for power and transmission in many RTOs. Not sure past history will accurately account for those issues. Lots of states saw non-data center demand fall during this review period too.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Finished the episode and appreciate all the insights on messaging, the media, and fighting for good policies as always. I do think the time it takes for good policy is going to remain a challenge too.
messaging.as
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I just mean that regulators don’t actually have to take any action for increased volume to decrease rates if #1 is true. The status quo does that, which makes it a lot easier than regulators having to actively cut the rate base or returns. #1 is very much the harder part though.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
On part 2). Aren’t most utility rates set based on a total revenue requirement? So if l the revenue requirement stays flat (no regulator action), prices would down just due to volume?
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
My big critique which maybe you’ll get to was the thought that these programs would have quick political payoff. I think it’s a lesson to say big policy both needs strong messaging to resonate more importantly takes time to deliver results.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Halfway through and very appreciate this, especially the point that so much could have been done with another term. Worked on a small scale Biden-era DOE-funded project and despite funding being cut-off, the community engagement and workforce partnerships it required have been incredibly valuable.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Should have read the article before the comments
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Just got to that part! Well put!
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
People fail to realize that places like Cornell are a large investment fund (endowment) with a school attached. A lot of things make a lot more sense when you start there.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Wait until the author learns what they call Stanford
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Thoughts on the role of ARPA funds for cities? They’re still spending it down in a lot of cases. Major help for a lot of city budgets.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Still better than that one about Google AI sending the guy to a James Blunt concert that then has a song by Tal Bachman play when he gets there
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Thanks for covering it, it was one of the first articles I read that followed up on DOGE. When reading your and other early articles it was also hard to do justice to the mix of terrible human suffering as well as the terrible world-view coming from Musk and others. Both are hard to face.
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Any coach that looks like this in a presser has to be good
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Massachusetts has gotta start tanking for a lottery pick if the “Bay State”can’t get any representation in the top 10
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I love New England
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JC Lopez @jchlopez.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
As far as Drakes, Maye had a worse Super Bowl in 26 than Aubrey Graham had in 25
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