Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Take closer look: www.nerc.com/our-work/ass...nerc.comSummer Reliability Assessments 000
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 20/05/2026NERC just released its assessment of reliability risks for this summer: virtually the entire country faces “normal risk.” And no, the analysis does not include the coal plants forced to operate under DOE "emergency" orders. The Trump administration energy "emergency" is an excuse to pollute.nerc.comSummer Reliability Assessments 100
Reposted by Kathryn McGrathEarthjustice @earthjustice.org · 08/04/2026Communities across the country are facing new data centers and power plants in their backyards — all to power the AI boom. The unchecked buildout of data centers threatens to raise electricity rates, increases pollution, and undermine clean energy goals.earthjustice.orgWhat You Need to Know About AI Data CentersEarthjustice attorneys are fighting to control their pollution and climate impacts — and your energy bill. 04025
Reposted by Kathryn McGrathEarthjustice @earthjustice.org · 16/04/2026"Folks are calling electricity prices like the new price of eggs," said Christie Hicks, an attorney at Earthjustice. "I don't think that there's anyone who would say, yes, I would like to pay more for my electricity so that I can subsidize some of the wealthiest companies in the world."aol.comData center executives fret over the industry's increasingly toxic public imageData center development has boomed but communities and politicians are pushing back. Sinking sentiment imperils trillions of dollars of development. 02912
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 14/04/2026In West Virginia, electricity bills are becoming (like health insurance) just impossible for normal people to afford. The state is also the most reliant on coal for power, and the Public Service Commission keeps approving rate hikes. www.insurancejournal.com/news/southea...insurancejournal.comElectric Bills in Coal Country West Virginia Now Top Mortgage PaymentsRAINELLE, W.Va. (AP) — Every month, Rebecca Michalski takes a deep breath before opening her electric bill. She lives on a fixed income, and heating her 021
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 10/04/2026So @earthjustice.org will sue EPA again to make sure communities are protected from coal ash. Because if the coal industry does not clean up its toxic pollution, Americans will end up paying. 030
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 10/04/2026 It's worth remembering the catastrophic disasters of the past that led to people demanding these environmental laws in the first place. Nixon created the EPA in 1970 because it turns out corporations do not curb their deadly pollution without being forced to by law. 120
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 10/04/2026The Trump Administration's EPA is in the midst of gutting every health and environmental safeguard as quickly as possible. But these requirements to force polluting industries to not poison our air and water - and not kill us - have broad support. 120
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 10/04/2026The EPA is not holding an in-person hearing on the proposal, probably bcs the last one they held was a powerful display of hundreds of people testifying about the deadly cost of not regulating coal ash. You can read their stories earthjustice.org/feature/coal...earthjustice.org‘Do Your Job, EPA’: Stories From the Frontlines of Coal AshBy law, before government regulations are adopted or changed, agencies must ask the public — you — to weigh in. 110
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 10/04/2026So Earthjustice sued again, on behalf of orgs like NAACP Indiana, @hoosierenvcouncil.bsky.social @justtransitionnwi.bsky.social and others. And we won. Now, just as the coal power industry was about to reveal the full scale of its contamination of groundwater, the Trump Administration said 'nah.' 111
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 10/04/2026It took an @earthjustice.org lawsuit and years of dedicated activism from communities across the U.S. to get the EPA to issue the first-ever safeguards to protect people from toxic coal ash in 2015. The power industry fought any kind of regulation for years. And they succeeded in weakening the law. 100
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Americans decided it was probably a good idea to set some guidelines for how power companies handle coal ash after 1 BILLION gallons of coal ash spilled from the TVA's Kingston Plant in 2008, destroying homes, poisoning rivers and contaminating drinking water across 300 acres. 100
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Happy Earth month! Yesterday, the EPA published a draft rule to effectively gut federal coal ash regulations. Coal ash is the toxic sludge that power companies have dumped in unlined pits for decades, it's leaking and contaminating water across the country. earthjustice.org/press/2026/e... 187
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 26/03/2026@rtoinsider.bsky.social has the story - www.rtoinsider.com/128949-miso-...rtoinsider.comMISO: NERC to Dial Down RTO’s Risk Level; Members Create Large Load Working GroupIn a case of déjà vu, MISO announced that NERC is poised to issue a follow-up to its Long-Term Reliability Assessment. 010
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 26/03/2026oh look at that. MISO got #NERC to revise its dire forecast and actually factor in MISO’s interconnection queue fast lane. The result is a significant boost of MISO's reliability rating. Now if only that fast lane included more of the clean energy projects waiting years to connect. 100
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 18/03/2026North American Electric Reliability Corporation #NERC’s latest Long-Term Reliability Assessment grossly overstates resource reliability risks, ignoring a number of key factors. NERC's independence and assessments are critical to grid planning so this is a shock gridstrategiesllc.com/review-of-ne...gridstrategiesllc.comReview of NERC’s 2025 Long-Term Reliability Assessment • Grid StrategiesGrid Strategies' analysis demonstrates that the severity of the risk may be less than assessed by NERC's Long-Term Reliability Assessment. 001
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 26/11/2025It's a good year to be a polluting coal power plant owner, not so good for people who like to breathe. The latest: Trump’s EPA asks the court to strike down the national safeguard for emissions of soot. earthjustice.org/press/2025/t...earthjustice.orgTrump’s EPA Abandons Defense of National Soot Standard That Saves LivesAbandoning soot standards would cause more asthma attacks, heart disease, and early death — especially in vulnerable communities 020
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Is there any health and environmental protection that the Trump Administration won't delay/defer/gut? Last night they proposed to just let companies continue to dump toxic coal ash into unlined coal ponds KNOWN to be leaching into groundwater at 11 power plants. earthjustice.org/press/2025/e...earthjustice.orgEPA Proposes to Delay Closure of Some of the Largest Toxic Coal Ash Ponds, in Violation of the LawTrump’s EPA proposal would allow EPA to grant 11 coal power plants extensions to continue dumping toxic coal ash in unlined ponds until October 17, 2031 010
Reposted by Kathryn McGrathProf Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · 16/07/2025I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better 298244275120
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Should tech companies be burning fossil fuels just to power AI? Should datacenters be allowed to drive up electricity costs for the rest of us? No and no. 030
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 10/06/2025What energy emergency? In 2024 America produced more energy than ever -- solar and wind set domestic production records while coal accounted for about 10% of U.S. total energy production. www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...eia.govIn 2024, the United States produced more energy than ever before - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 010
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Trump's DOE is forcing coal plants to keep operating, based on flimsy projections that many disagree with -- including the grid operator in the Midwest. Burning coal just for fun is going to be costly and Consumers Energy customers are going to get the bill. 041
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Laughing because they all agree there is not a risk! 000
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Update from FERC's technical conference on resource adequacy: People were literally laughing at NERC’s claim in the 2025 Summer Assessment that the Midwest is in danger of a shortage of electricity. LOLz at 1:07:40 www.youtube.com/live/OGMmmjh... #energyskyyoutube.comMeeting the Challenge of Resource Adequacy in RTOs/ISOs | Day 1 of 2 Technical ConferenceYouTube video by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 110
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 05/06/2025From 1999 to 2020, research shows deaths from coal pollution declined by 97% thanks to environmental rules and coal’s shrinking role in U.S. power. The @apnews.com calculated the deadly cost of EPA rule rollbacks: apnews.com/article/epa-... 010
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 05/06/202525% of U.S. electricity was generated by solar, wind and geothermal in March. Wind generated 50 TWh of electricity -- providing 15% of U.S. electricity. That must be a record. And yet this Administration is trying to halt wind projects and declaring an 'energy emergency.' www.eia.gov/electricity/...eia.govElectric Power Monthly - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 000
Reposted by Kathryn McGrathTyesDad @tyesdad.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Ya know what doesn't spill into river, lakes and oceans? Wind and solar energystocks.apple.comAbout 2,000 gallons of diesel spills in Baltimore waterfront, US officials say — ReutersA 2,000-gallon diesel spill that originated at a hospital facility in Baltimore, Maryland, on Wednesday tainted a waterfront in a popular tourist spot in the city, but there was no impact on drinking ... 021
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Unplanned outages strike coal and gas power plants in Texas, but don't worry, solar and wind provided more than 50% of electricity in Texas yesterday. And the sun and wind are free. 021
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Who can be opposed to generating cheaper and cleaner electricity? Texas generates more electricity from wind than any other state -- more than a 1/4 of America's wind energy is from Texas. 010
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 24/04/2025While crop prices and yields are volatile and at the whims of natural disasters, wind turbines offer a relatively stable source of revenue in Iowa. And now data centers are testing the winds in Iowa. www.vox.com/climate/4079...vox.comMeet the Trump supporters who love wind energyIn this conservative state, the wind is too strong for politics to slow it down. 000
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Jesus Christ, loving everyone with a universal love, educates us in the permanent recognition of the dignity of every human being, without exception. 000
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Let us ask Our Lady of Guadalupe to protect individuals and families who live in fear or pain due to migration and/or deportation. 100
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Christian love is not a concentric expansion of interests that little by little extend to other persons and groups. In other words: the human person is not a mere individual, relatively expansive, with some philanthropic feelings! 100
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 21/04/2025The rightly formed conscience cannot fail to make a critical judgment and express its disagreement with any measure that tacitly or explicitly identifies the illegal status of some migrants with criminality... 100
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Thus, all the Christian faithful and people of good will are called upon to consider the legitimacy of norms and public policies in the light of the dignity of the person and his or her fundamental rights, not vice versa... 100
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 21/04/2025who is always close, incarnate, migrant and refugee, but also the infinite and transcendent dignity of every human person... 100
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 21/04/2025The journey from slavery to freedom that the People of Israel traveled, as narrated in the Book of Exodus, invites us to look at the reality of our time, so clearly marked by the phenomenon of migration, as a decisive moment in history to reaffirm not only our faith in a God 110
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Pope Francis issued this letter to U.S. bishops in February to refute this Administration and stand, as he always did, for human rights and the dignity of the poor. One of the last people to see Pope Francis before his death was VP Vance. press.vatican.va/content/sala...press.vatican.va Lettera del Santo Padre ai Vescovi degli Stati Uniti d’America 142
Reposted by Kathryn McGrathOhio Citizen Action @ohiocitizen.org · 15/04/2025☀️ A look on the bright side: ☀️ US solar capacity is set to double from 91 GW to 182 GW between 2023-2026, while battery storage capacity will grow 70% in 2025 alone, according to the Energy Information Administration. pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/04/11/u...pv-magazine-usa.comU.S. total solar capacity to double over three-year spanThe Energy Information Administration said cumulative solar installations are expected to double from 91 GW to 182 GW from the end of 2023 to the end of 2026. Meanwhile, battery energy storage capacit... 001
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 16/04/2025I hope for the sake of customers in KY paying a monthly electricity bill that the Western Kentucky wind turbine pilot is doing well! 000
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Interesting chart from @liamniemeyer.bsky.social comparing Kentucky's (coal-burning) energy mix to states with the cheapest energy. Look at all that wind! kentuckylantern.com/2025/04/10/h... 110
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 16/04/2025The threat from the Trump Administration against state climate laws would infringe on the Constitution. What will they try to do? planetdetroit.org/2025/04/trum...planetdetroit.orgCould Trump's executive orders endanger Michigan's climate laws?The Trump administration targets state climate laws and aims to reinvigorate the U.S. coal industry, potentially jeopardizing Michigan's transition away from fossil fuels. 000
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Trump's promise to target state climate laws is illegal, obv. “This executive order doesn’t do anything,” Vermont’s AG, Charity Clark, told @vtdigger.bsky.social. “I think Donald Trump wants to have more power than he really has. And so he’s styling these memos and emails as executive orders.” 010
Reposted by Kathryn McGrathDoug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · 08/04/2025There's a new solar record in ERCOT today! First time above 26,500 megawatts, good enough for 55.5% of afternoon demand. Going to need a lot more solar as demand is rising fast in Texas and gas turbines aren't available until 2030 or beyond. 27418
Reposted by Kathryn McGrathChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 04/04/2025This is part of what’s so insane. As they talk about re-shoring and manufacturing they are actively trying to destroy an entire us manufacturing industry that already exists. 592142664528
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 04/04/2025These billboards are all over DC. Remember the days when a message of character and kindness wouldn’t be political? I’m surprised Trump hasn’t denounced Dolly. 000
Reposted by Kathryn McGrathMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Measles and tariffs, what century is this? 685197043611
Kathryn McGrath @kathrynmcgr.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Post-woke is afternoon nap time. Put it to bed! 010
Reposted by Kathryn McGrathDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/03/2025This is not a surprise. We know what causes CO₂ to increase in the atmosphere and we know how to stop climate change. We just don’t want to.theguardian.comHalf of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study showsResearchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis 361059317