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Jeremiah Johnson

@jxjohnson.bsky.social
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Decarbonization, energy systems, life cycle assessment • Prof at NC State • KIETS Climate Leaders Program Senior Faculty Fellow • (Former) Author for National Climate Assessment 6

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Joe DeCarolis @jfdecarolis.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🔌💡 New paper alert: Surging data center and cryptocurrency demand could spike regional electricity costs up to 57% and push U.S. power sector CO₂ emissions up 28% by 2030. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... A thread on what we found 🧵👇
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Power system costs and emissions from data center and cryptocurrency mining expansion in the United States
Power system costs and emissions from data center and cryptocurrency mining expansion in the United States, Johnson, Jeremiah X., Wade, Cameron, Blackhurst, Michael, Decarolis, Joseph F, De Queiroz, Anderson R, Posen, I Daniel, Jaramillo, Paulina
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Jeremiah Johnson @jxjohnson.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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Americans’ AI hate wave might just be gathering steam: Data centers could hike power costs in some states over 50% by 2030 | Fortune
New research puts numbers on how the AI infrastructure boom is coming for utility bills.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 19/05/2026
Bitcoin + AI will drive data centre growth in the US such that in every scenario in this study, power prices and total emissions increase substantially (even when you resurrect Biden-era clean tech policies or assume expensive gas) news.ncsu.edu/2026/05/data... iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
a chart showing change in prower prices and emissions in diff scenarios
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
How much of the observed global warming was caused by humans? Science's best estimate: ALL OF IT
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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
We've made an interactive map with data US Treasury collected that shows at the ZIP code level for 2018-2022 what US homeowners paid for insurance, what % of policies weren't renewed, and more. @brookings.edu Hutchins Center. www.brookings.edu/articles/hom...
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Homeowners insurance in an era of climate change
The U.S. Treasury data shows homeowners insurance is becoming more costly and harder to procure in light of climate change.
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Kelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
This new state-led energy system modeling paper by @gmmouat.bsky.social @katiehjordan.bsky.social @paulijllo.bsky.social @jxjohnson.bsky.social is incredible, I literally want to sit down and have a cup of coffee with every figure. Let's take a tour shall we ☕? 1/🧵 HT @kevinjkircher.com
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State-led climate action can cut emissions at near-federal costs but favors different technologies - Nature Communications
In the absence of federal decarbonization, states can drive significant greenhouse gas emissions reductions at comparable costs to federal action, with particular reliance on electrification of end us...
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EnergyAbe @energyabe.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
🚨Job Alert🚨Johns Hopkins' Sustainable Energy Institute is hiring a fellow/post-doc (PhD, JD or equivalent experience) to support our work on interregional transmission, state engagement, and offshore wind planning! #energysky Details & application available: apply.interfolio.com/168478
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Jeremiah Johnson @jxjohnson.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
New in Nature Communications: "State-led climate action can cut emissions at near-federal costs but favors different technologies" We used an open-source energy system optimization model to explore what happens if 23 U.S. states pursue net-zero without federal coordination. 📄 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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State-led climate action can cut emissions at near-federal costs but favors different technologies - Nature Communications
In the absence of federal decarbonization, states can drive significant greenhouse gas emissions reductions at comparable costs to federal action, with particular reliance on electrification of end us...
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Chris McDermott @chrismcdermott.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
“Given that there is little expectation the Trump administration will promote a national effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to address climate change, we think there is significant value in assessing what kind of difference state-led efforts could make.” @jxjohnson.bsky.social
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States Can Take Meaningful Climate Action, Even Without Federal Support: Study - EcoWatch
State action to reduce carbon emissions and address climate change can make a big difference, even without a strong federal climate strategy.
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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨 In the largest multi-model study of U.S. decarbonization strategies to date, we explore technology and policy implications for reaching net-zero emissions using 14 energy-economic models. A thread of key takeaways in 10 charts...
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Jeremiah Johnson @jxjohnson.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Winter peaking of power systems would change planning and operations. Former PhD student Adi Keskar wrote a great paper on this topic a couple of years ago. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Planning for winter peaking power systems in the United States
Most regions in the United States experience peak electricity demand during the summer months. Several regions, however, are dual peaking with distinc…
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 02/05/2025
Last week, the govt dismissed 400 researchers working on the US National Climate Assessment. I was one of them. Today, @agu.org & @ametsoc.org announced they are joining forces to sustain the momentum. It's not a replacement, it's a reminder that science is unstoppable. news.agu.org/press-releas...
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AGU and AMS join forces on special collection to maintain momentum of research supporting the U.S. National Climate assessment
Congressionally mandated, the NCA draws on the latest scientific research to evaluate how climate change is affecting the United States. The new special collection does not replace the NCA but instead...
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Jeremiah Johnson @jxjohnson.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Systems thinkers know that "you can't just do one thing." The abatement cost of swapping gasoline for an EV is impacted by other mitigation measures like solar adoption. In our new pub, an energy systems model captured such interactive effects to estimate marginal CO2 abatement cost in the US.
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Marginal abatement costs for greenhouse gas emissions in the United States using an energy systems approach - IOPscienceSearch
Marginal abatement costs for greenhouse gas emissions in the United States using an energy systems approach, Blackhurst, Michael, Venkatesh, Aranya, Sinha, Aditya, Jordan, Katherine, Muller, Nicholas Z, Wade, Cameron, Johnson, Jeremiah X, Jaramillo, Paulina
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 23/01/2025
NEW: There's been a 51-percent drop in injuries an a 55-percent drop in crashes year-over-year within the congestion relief zone in just the first 12 days of the program. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/23/c...
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Congestion Relief Zone is Also a CRASH Relief Zone: Data - Streetsblog New York City
Congestion pricing critics will have one less reason to say the toll isn't working
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Jeremiah Johnson @jxjohnson.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
As cold weather pummels us here in the South, power systems are strained. If you’re looking for something that provides the status, risks, and policies that may influence winter peaking power systems, check out my former PhD student Adi Keskar’s paper.
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Planning for winter peaking power systems in the United States
Most regions in the United States experience peak electricity demand during the summer months. Several regions, however, are dual peaking with distinc…
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Jeremiah Johnson @jxjohnson.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
go.bsky.app/Ji7z8yc Trying to link up and create visibility for AEESP (Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors) members. Reply if you’d like to be added! Abstract deadline for our spring conference is Jan 6: aeesp2025.duke.edu
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Jeremiah Johnson @jxjohnson.bsky.social · 17/09/2024
There is a wide array of future technology choices that allow us to achieve a net-zero energy system at *near* optimal cost. ⏰ New Paper in Nature Comms with colleagues at NC State and Carnegie Mellon where we use modeling to generate alternatives in an energy system optimization model. ⏰
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Diverse decarbonization pathways under near cost-optimal futures
Nature Communications - This study identifies near cost-optimal paths to net-zero emissions by 2050 in the U.S. It identifies four classes: essential, reduced, emerging, and rarely used, offering...
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 15/11/2024
If you're an author or technical contributor on the 6th U.S. National Climate Assessment and would like to be included in this starter pack, reply with your chapter or DM me. I'm very grateful to be part of this. go.bsky.app/EZeELH7
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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
9 energy-climate starter packs: 1)Power go.bsky.app/RwCBCab 2)Media go.bsky.app/2TNd1Ya 3)Solutions go.bsky.app/Aa1sErQ 4)Science go.bsky.app/7Mbnoge 5)Legal go.bsky.app/R4ZUdPE 6)Women go.bsky.app/AGCURBf 7)Nuclear go.bsky.app/5EJY58V 8)EVs go.bsky.app/R4ZUdPE 9)Southeast go.bsky.app/AZ6Xw1U
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Jeremiah Johnson @jxjohnson.bsky.social · 17/09/2024
There is a wide array of future technology choices that allow us to achieve a net-zero energy system at *near* optimal cost. ⏰ New Paper in Nature Comms with colleagues at NC State and Carnegie Mellon where we use modeling to generate alternatives in an energy system optimization model. ⏰
nature.com
Diverse decarbonization pathways under near cost-optimal futures
Nature Communications - This study identifies near cost-optimal paths to net-zero emissions by 2050 in the U.S. It identifies four classes: essential, reduced, emerging, and rarely used, offering...
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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 03/09/2024
I’m a nonpartisan election official in North Carolina. Take it from me: vote at early voting (One-Stop). They can fix ANYTHING. They can register you on the spot, even. Take your ID, go midweek to early voting, and you won’t have to stress. On Election Day, your and my options are limited. #voting
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
“Wind turbines generated more electricity than coal-burning power plants across the United States in March &April, outstripping the dirtiest fuel for two consecutive months for the first time, according to the Energy Information Administration…the latest milestone in the country’s energy transition”
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Wind Beat Coal Two Months in a Row for U.S. Electricity Generation
The shift occurred as the cost of wind power and other renewable energy is rapidly declining and coal is being pushed out by natural gas.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/06/2024
“New satellite data confirms that every corner of the earth has the incorrect quantity of water,” the report read in part, noting that even though the total amount of water on the planet seemed to be about right, the distribution of that water across the globe was “way off.”
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Report: Every Place On Earth Has Wrong Amount Of Water
RESTON, VA—A new global report released Monday by the U.S. Geological Survey revealed that every place on earth currently has the wrong amount of water. “New satellite data confirms that every corner...
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Jeremiah Johnson @jxjohnson.bsky.social · 12/06/2024
Take my money
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 11/06/2024
Holy moly. Quite a significant upwards revision of projected power demand in the US commercial sector thanks basically entirely to new data centres, it seems www.eia.gov/outlooks/ste...
a chart showing significant upwards revisions to power demand
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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 23/05/2024
"So, where'd you go to college?" "Oh, near Boston."
Diploma from Dunkin' Donuts University
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Stephen Hopkins @phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social · 21/05/2024
"Dear Editor, I have incorporated all suggestions from reviewer 2, and I hope you find the changes an improvement to the manuscript as a whole."
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Catalyst Cooperative @catalyst.coop · 09/04/2024
A collection of open access energy system coursework, from the Macro Energy Systems folks: 🔌💡 www.macroenergysystems.org/open-access-...
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Open-Access Coursework — Macro-Energy Systems
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/04/2024
One of the biggest obstacles to expanding clean energy in the U.S. is a lack of power lines. Building new lines can take a decade or more because of permitting delays and local opposition. But there may be a faster, cheaper solution. Here’s what to know.
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The U.S. Urgently Needs a Bigger Grid. Here’s a Fast Solution.
A rarely used technique to upgrade old power lines could play a big role in fixing one of the largest obstacles facing clean energy, two reports found.
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Jeremiah Johnson @jxjohnson.bsky.social · 20/03/2024
Change can be slow, until it’s really fast.
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Jeremiah Johnson @jxjohnson.bsky.social · 28/02/2024
I bet you are, Eversource.
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Jeremiah Johnson @jxjohnson.bsky.social · 07/02/2024
Today at 12pm ET! Join us for a panel discussion on communicating uncertainty in macro energy systems.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/02/2024
Breaking News: The EPA tightened limits on fine industrial particles, one of the deadliest forms of air pollution, for the first time in a decade.
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Biden Administration Toughens Limits on Deadly Air Pollution
The E.P.A. says the new rule will prevent 4,500 premature deaths annually. Industry leaders are expected to challenge the regulation, saying it will harm the economy.
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Jeremiah Johnson @jxjohnson.bsky.social · 01/02/2024
Panel alert! I’ll be moderating a session on “Communicating uncertainty in macro energy systems to decision-makers” with Clean Air Task Force’s Leslie Abrahams, EIA’s Joe DeCarolis, and EPRI’s Naga Srujana Goteti. Wednesday, Feb 7 at 12:00pm ET. Register at: stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
A poster showing the macro energy system, speaker series topic, seven conveying uncertainty in MES to decision makers. With photos of Leslie Abrahams from the cleaner, task force, Joe DeCarolis, administrator of the US EIA and Naga Srujana Goteti from Epri and Jeremiah Johnson from North Carolina State University.
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Jeremiah Johnson @jxjohnson.bsky.social · 01/02/2024
Panel alert! I’ll be moderating a session on “Communicating uncertainty in macro energy systems to decision-makers” with Clean Air Task Force’s Leslie Abrahams, EIA’s Joe DeCarolis, and EPRI’s Naga Srujana Goteti. Wednesday, Feb 7 at 12:00pm ET. Register at: stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
A poster showing the macro energy system, speaker series topic, seven conveying uncertainty in MES to decision makers. With photos of Leslie Abrahams from the cleaner, task force, Joe DeCarolis, administrator of the US EIA and Naga Srujana Goteti from Epri and Jeremiah Johnson from North Carolina State University.
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Paulina Jaramillo @paulijllo.bsky.social · 29/01/2024
I wrote a blog article to expand on my recent thoughts about the delay in approving new LNG terminals. Check it out: www.cmu.edu/energy/key-i....
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Navigating the LNG Dilemma: Debates, Delays, and Decisions in a Shifting Energy Landscape - Wilton E...
Navigating the LNG Dilemma: Debates, Delays, and Decisions in a Shifting Energy Landscape
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Jeremiah Johnson @jxjohnson.bsky.social · 26/01/2024
Keeping an eye on the NY offshore wind auction. Can the industry regain some its momentum?
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Jeremiah Johnson @jxjohnson.bsky.social · 24/01/2024
Interested in winter peaking power systems, Taylor Swift references, and bad jokes? Check out my blog post at the Scott Institute. @openenergyoutlook.bsky.social
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It’s not a cold shoulder, but a winter’s peak - Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation ...
It’s not a cold shoulder, but a winter’s peak
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Jeremiah Johnson @jxjohnson.bsky.social · 19/01/2024
Demand response from commercial buildings can provide valuable flexibility as we decarbonize the power system. But buildings are tricky, so my collaborators and I are calling for an “experiment first” approach. Michigan ECE: ece.engin.umich.edu/stories/livi... Joule: www.cell.com/joule/fullte...
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Living Labs: testing energy efficiency and flexibility in University buildings
Researchers advocate for pairing real-world data with model-based simulations to help the U.S. decarbonize and electrify commercial buildings.
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Jeremiah Johnson @jxjohnson.bsky.social · 16/01/2024
Vineyard Wind is now producing some power! The project’s first (of 62) offshore wind turbines goes online near Martha’s Vineyard. Incredible potential in the Northeast. www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/c...
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Massachusetts Switches On Its First Large Offshore Wind Farm
Vineyard Wind is the country’s second large-scale offshore project to start producing electricity and comes at a turbulent time for the industry.
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Jeremiah Johnson @jxjohnson.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
Excited to share a new paper in ES&T! In short: using supercritical CO2 for geothermal heat extraction can support geologic CO2 storage while providing clean energy.  Led by PhD student Lily Liu, with Ohio State and Michigan, and funding from the Sloan Foundation. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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