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Miles Farmer

@mfarmer.bsky.social
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clean energy policy, strategy, and law

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Notable op-ed today by @allisonclements.bsky.social @mfarmer.bsky.social & Sam Walsh: "bottom line is that enabling load flexibility is critical to achieving speed-to-power for large customers while keeping the grid reliable and affordable for the rest of us." 🔌💡 www.utilitydive.com/news/data-ce...
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Making flexibility work: A concrete framework for the DOE large load proposal
The proposal for interconnecting data centers to the grid calls for load flexibility but gives few details. Former FERC Commissioner Allison Clements and Miles Farmer and Sam Walsh of Roselle LLP fill...
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Miles Farmer @mfarmer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
DOE's ANOPR could change the way large energy users connect to the grid. This Policy Brief, by Roselle, @allisonclements.bsky.social and Nicholas Institute, unpacks a promising principle in the ANOPR: interconnection for flexible loads should be expedited. nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/publications...
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How DOE’s Proposed Large Load Interconnection Process Could Unlock the Benefits of Load Flexibility
In the United States, the current system for interconnecting large electric loads, like data centers, to the grid has left all sides frustrated. Data center developers are mired in slow interconnectio...
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lisa martine jenkins @lisamartinejenkins.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Late night filing from Chris Wright that could greatly expand federal authority over interconnection -- and fast track the process for flexible large loads. By me for @latitudemedia.bsky.social ⤵️ www.latitudemedia.com/news/wright-... #energysky
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Wright directs FERC to fast track large load interconnection
In a notice of proposed rulemaking, the Energy Secretary endorsed accelerating interconnection for flexible loads like data centers.
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Avi Zevin @azevin.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Roselle partner @mfarmer.bsky.social outlines thoughts on DOE's start of a rulemaking process at FERC on large load interconnection. This is MUCH better than the last time the Trump Admin kicked off a rule making process at FERC (in 2017 aimed at keeping piles of coal around)
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Miles Farmer @mfarmer.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Major development!: Department of Energy directs @ferc.gov to consider an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on large load interconnection. THREAD with some key highlights:
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Ari Peskoe @aripeskoe.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Federal appeals court shakes up transmission line siting. 3rd Circuit holds PA PUC's permit denial based on lack of need is preempted by PJM's regional planning process. Opinion is on PACER but not yet posted by 3rd Circuit on its site
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Brendan Pierpont @brendan.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
I think we're at the tip of the iceberg for permissionless DERs. Imagine a 1200 W plug in solar, with a few kWh of storage on the same circuit acting as a UPS for your fridge or room AC. Could get interesting.
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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
The cryptocurrency sector has responded enthusiastically to our study. The constructive engagement is appreciated, and at the same time, it's important to clarify a few key points made in this latest media coverage. 🧵 🔌💡
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Jason Burwen @jburwen.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
The ability to quickly build new resources, even those with "lower" capacity accreditation, will support power system reliability in the near term better than overwrought deliverability studies that try to account for each resource's contribution and slow everything to a crawl
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Miles Farmer @mfarmer.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Best news I’ve read in a while. The stop work order on Empire Wind has been lifted! 🔌💡#offshorewind www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump officials allow massive New York offshore wind project to restart
The administration reversed course and will allow the Empire Wind project to proceed after lobbying by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Norwegian energy firm Equinor.
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Robbie Orvis @robbieorvis.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
I've read through the text from House Energy and Commerce and now Ways and Means. I'm here to tell you this is as bad as it gets for clean energy. We are working to analyze the impact of the actual bill language, but it will be pretty close to our assessment of full repeal we did about a month ago.
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Benjamin Williams @energybenjamin.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
🌙 Now Posted: @ferc.gov Issues Order on Compliance & Tariff Revisions in @iso-ne.com. This stems from #FERC Order 2023. ferc.gov/news-events/... 🔌💡 #EnergySky
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FERC Issues Order on Compliance and Tariff Revisions in Docket Nos. ER24-2009 & ER24-2007
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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Today I testified to the US House Energy & Commerce Energy Subcommittee for its hearing on "Scaling for Growth," alongside PJM, Southern Company & the Electric Coops - a few things that stood out to me 🧵(1/6) 🔌💡
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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 03/03/2025
Illinois lawmakers are pushing for more grid-enhancing tech, gigawatts of new energy storage, and the creation of a virtual-power-plant program. Reporting by Kari Lydersen:
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After groundbreaking bills on jobs and solar, Illinois tackles the…
State lawmakers are pushing for more grid-enhancing tech, gigawatts of new energy storage, and the creation of a virtual-power-plant program.
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EnergyAbe @energyabe.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Connecting infrastructure to the grid has been a passion since I worked on FERC's original Order 2003. Surplus interconnection is fast and provides states a tool to accelerate policy achievement even in the face of long queues. Great to work with ‪@mfarmer.bsky.social & the GridLab team!
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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Surplus interconnection + large load flexibility are two promising near-term ways to mitigate gas overbuild, writes UPenn Kleinman Center's @johnhquigley.bsky.social 🔌💡 kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/commentary/b...
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 22/02/2025
The richest/saddest man in the world is emailing air traffic controllers that don't work for him, on Saturday night, to demand they say how many planes they landed last week, or else they get fired? Do I have that right? Loser stuff
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Miles Farmer @mfarmer.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
The breadth of destruction in one short month is staggering: www.theverge.com/elon-musk/61...
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Elon Musk’s first month of destroying America will cost us decades
There’s no considered plan, just careless mass destruction.
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Miles Farmer @mfarmer.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Organizing in districts hit hard by DOGE slash and burn tactics (and Republican Congress’ failure to defend their constitutional power over spending) seems like a smart approach: www.huffpost.com/entry/georgi...
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'We're Pissed!': Angry Constituents Confront DOGE-Backing GOP Rep At Chaotic Town Hall
Rich McCormick was met with boos and jeers as "hundreds of critics" reportedly let him have it at the Georgia town hall event.
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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Great paper... for BPS, surplus interconnection reduces the study burden on operators by allowing new resources to connect without full interconnection studies = fewer upgrades and simpler reliability checks are needed + helping clear backlogged interconnection queues faster. 🔌💡
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Miles Farmer @mfarmer.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
With "surplus interconnection", energy resources can move through the process hook up to the system in months rather than the typical 5+ years. @energyabe.bsky.social and I have a new report with GridLab on how to advance its use: surplusinterconnection.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/2025-02-21_G...
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Ric O'Connell @ricoconnell.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
#EnergySky friends, we are releasing a set of papers today outlining how #SurplusInterconnection can unlock GW of new resources. Surplus is a way to plug wind and solar into existing thermal plants. Check out our papers, along with a cool interactive dashboard, here: www.scarcitytosurplus.com
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From Scarcity to Surplus: A Renewable Energy Revolution
Exploring innovative solutions for renewable energy deployment
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John Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Trump orders federal agencies to grant reckless, sweeping amnesty for corporate lawbreakers of federal health, safety, environmental, civil rights & labor laws • orders termination of valid & ongoing law enforcement when inconsistent with "Administration policy" www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... 1/
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Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Regulatory Initiative
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:       Section 1.
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Miles Farmer @mfarmer.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Fixing load interconnection is an increasingly important issue. Some thoughts from @allisonclements.bsky.social and Peter Freed: www.utilitydive.com/news/data-ce...
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How to reduce large load speculation? Standardize the interconnection process.
We can haphazardly continue down the path of a fragmented and increasingly untenable approach to large load-side interconnection, or we can introduce rational standardization to the process.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 20/02/2025
This agency is the place that stops hackers from shutting down the power grid
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Ari Peskoe @aripeskoe.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Also, this seems like a decent summary. But it would be nice if it acknowledged that the firm is currently suing FERC claiming that its structure violates the Constitution. www.jenner.com/en/news-insi...
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Client Alert: Independent Agencies Under a Microscope—What Are the Implications for FERC?
In his second week in office, President Trump fired Gwynne Wilcox (a member of the NLRB). The firing was communicated by an email sent from the Deputy Director of the Office of Presidential Personnel…
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Miles Farmer @mfarmer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
PA is suing to stop the unlawful restriction of IRA funds for programs like Solar For All:
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Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro sues Trump administration, citing frozen IRA funding
The state’s agencies have limited access to over $3.1 billion in funding for activities including distributed solar deployment, well plugging and weatherization, according to the lawsuit.
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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
This new EO is a doozy, clearly written to test the constitutionality of independent agencies at the SCt. It purports to effectively bring all independent agencies - including the Fed Election Cmsn and the Fed (in part) under presidential control. Irreconcilable w/existing law full stop. /1
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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Tired: Asking the Supreme Court to overrule Humphrey's Executor Wired: Deeming the Supreme Court irrelevant and simply ignoring Humphrey's Executor (and plenty of other things)
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Jennifer Nou @jennifernou.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Many saw the extension of OIRA review to independent regulatory agencies coming, but this EO does so much more... 🧵 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:
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Miles Farmer @mfarmer.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
New Trump order on staff cuts adds questions on @ferc.gov independence, from @georgeweykamp.bsky.social and @mmweber.bsky.social: www.spglobal.com/market-intel...
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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
In a world where flexibility of IBL is ↑ valuable, with exponential demand + time taken to integrate supply to BSP. Policies + regulations need to change to allow flexibility where appropriate, where it suits the need + economics, to balance reliability and resource adequacy, if needed.
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Avi Zevin @azevin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Does the Trump Administration understand that the government provides essential services, like maintaining the reliability of the power grid, that will be at risk by the indiscriminate and fanatical war on public servants from Musk and his lackeys? www.newsdata.com/clearing_up/...
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Miles Farmer @mfarmer.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Co-location of large load and generation is on the agenda at next week’s @ferc.gov meeting: www.ferc.gov/media/sunshi... 🔌💡
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Avi Zevin @azevin.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Starting to hear about mass firings of "probationary" employees at agencies. What's that? Employees have to work for 1yr before civil service protections kick in. If they don't perform, they can be fired. But these aren't at-will employees and it's not clear firings are following the law.
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Ric O'Connell @ricoconnell.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
This slide from NextEra is the roadmap for how we move forward during this administration that is open hostile to clean energy. It's about speed and savings. Clean energy is the only thing that is ready to deploy now, and is low cost. #EnergySky
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Kevin O’Rourke @krorourke.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Glad to see PJM and FERC adopt our recommendations. Devil will be in details of implementation, but an important step forward. Kudos to colleagues @gabetabak.bsky.social and Melissa Alfano at SEIA, as well as the team at Gabel Associates. Our report: acore.org/resources/re...
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ReSISting a Resource Shortfall: Fixing PJM's Surplus Interconnection Service (SIS) to Enable Battery Storage
PJM risks a shortfall of electricity, yet continues to apply processes that discourage the deployment of battery energy storage.
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Miles Farmer @mfarmer.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
People want to do business with trustworthy counterparties that honor their contracts. Trump’s “freeze” is inviting a raft of contract lawsuits, and permanently damaging the credibility of the US government in the process. Hamilton would be rolling in his grave.
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Grid Status @gridstatus.io · 05/12/2024
Last night, PJM released preliminary values for its 2025 load forecast, which once again represent a significant increase from the previous year. These findings will be presented at the Load Analysis Subcommittee next Monday and published in final form early next year. short 🧵 #energysky
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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The Trump Administration is *still* violating court orders to unfreeze obligated grant funds
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Gabe Tabak @gabetabak.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
FERC issues its order accepting PJM's Reliability Resource Initiative (RRI) proposal, allowing up to 50 additional projects to join an existing interconnection cluster. #fercafterdark elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/fil...
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Miles Farmer @mfarmer.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
FERC approved PJM's "surplus interconnection" proposal, which will help new energy storage, wind and solar resources share interconnection capacity with existing power plants that aren't fully using it. A significant step forward! elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/fil...
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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
1/ 🚨New study alert!🚨 🔌💡 My DukeU colleagues and I just released a 1st-of-kind study on how the US grid could integrate up to 100 gigawatts of data centers w/out major new infrastructure, provided modest load flexibility (0.5%/yr). AI load growth can be managed faster, cheaper, & cleaner. 🧵👇
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Ella Nilsen @ellanilsen.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
DOE's general counsel and IT offices told DOE Sec. Chris Wright that giving DOGE rep Luke Farritor IT access was a "bad idea" bc he hadn’t had a standard background investigation needed to access the department’s system, per a source. Wright granted him access anyways. www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/c...
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Trump energy secretary allowed 23-year-old DOGE rep to access IT systems over objections from general counsel | CNN
Concerns were raised that the DOGE rep — a former SpaceX intern — did not have the background investigation required to access the Department of Energy’s system.
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Miles Farmer @mfarmer.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
FERC must act very soon on ISO-NE's interconnection rule compliance filing (Order No. 2023), to allow projects to be developed under the new rules in time to deliver into the region's 19th capacity auction: www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-is... . Failure to act would greatly increase consumer costs 🔌💡
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FERC delay on ISO-NE interconnection plan could lock out 3 GW from capacity auction: Flatiron
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s failure to act on ISO New England's interconnection reform proposal is creating market uncertainty, according to New England states.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 30/01/2025
this is against the law
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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 28/01/2025
The pause on dispersement of all federal grants doesnt just impact NEW grants not yet awarded. It applies also to grants already awarded & under contract, funds people are legally entitled to and counting on to make payroll. That's illegal & must be halted immediately. Courts must enforce the law.🔌💡
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Brad Plumer @bradplumer.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
New Interior memo orders a 60-day pause on new approvals for all renewable energy development on federal land—not just wind, this one also affects solar. www.doi.gov/document-lib... (Very similar to an early Biden DOI memo ordering a 60-day freeze on new fossil fuel authorizations on public lands.)
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Miles Farmer @mfarmer.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
An important court ruling validating state authority to require utilities to enter RTOs has flown under the radar. 6th Circuit: "the FPA does not preempt state laws requiring RTO membership" www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf... CC @aripeskoe.bsky.social
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