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Mike O'Boyle

@oboylemm.bsky.social
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Sr. Director, Electricity Policy at Energy Innovation

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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
the metaphor of the frog in the pot of slowly boiling water applies to so many things right now
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Have the billionaires considered getting together and giving their money away transparently to worthy causes like education, healthcare, and the arts to preempt the wealth tax? Wouldn't they get more happiness out of that than, say, funding super PACs to stop wealth tax legislation?
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
How are things on X these days? Bsky is depressing
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
We're so emotionally and socially disconnected in SF that people can't even ask to sit in the muni window seat because someone is at the aisle. Not will that person move. So people just stand and stare at their phones
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Increasing gas generation does not strike me as a responsive long-term affordability strategy.
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
California Outlines Clean Cars Roadmap After Federal Repeals open.substack.com/pub/thepower...
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California Outlines Clean Cars Roadmap After Federal Repeals
But the road ahead for clean vehicles remains uncertain
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Can I just say, @energyinnovation.org has the best communications and editorial team in the business. @silviomarcacci.bsky.social and @shannonstirone.bsky.social worked wonders turning my wonky ass prose into understandable, compelling narrative to make this piece shine.
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
With clean energy tax credits rapidly expiring, states need to be more creative than ever to maximize these savings for consumers. That's why former Gov. Bill Ritter and I wrote this piece for @nytimes.com urging states speed up procurement of wind and solar energy www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...
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Opinion | Quick! Get the Wind and Solar Discounts Before It’s Too Late!
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William Driscoll @willdriscoll.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
California could move quickly to enable 23 GW of renewables near existing thermal generators, in time for the projects to qualify for tax credits before they expire, says a think tank policy director. Quoted in my latest story for PV Magazine USA is an LA Times opinion piece by @oboylemm.bsky.social
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An ambitious proposal to quickly add 23 GW of renewables in California
California could move quickly to enable 23 GW of renewables near existing thermal generators, in time for the projects to qualify for tax credits before they expire, says a think tank policy director.
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
thanks @latimes.com for sharing my perspective on the opportunity for California to pull forward clean energy procurement and qualify for rapidly expiring federal tax credits. I hope other states can similarly act quickly to pull forward these savings. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... #energysky
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Contributor: How California can cash in on federal incentives for green power before they disappear
Our state's leaders need to think strategically and act immediately. Capitalizing on existing infrastructure will be key.
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
shout out to @senangusking.bsky.social for BRINGING ADVANCED CONDUCTORS to a hearing. King this morning was correct that advanced conductors can up-to-double the throughput of power in existing ROW. Apparently he read the #2035Report on the subject. www.2035report.com/reconductori... #energysky
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
fuck
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Energy Innovation @energyinnovation.org · 30/06/2025
🚨New Report🚨 🔌💡 The U.S. Senate's “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” #Energy Provisions, will cost America 300GW of new power, $960 billion in GDP, and 770,000 lost jobs. Check out the other economic impacts of the bill 👇 energyinnovation.org/report/econo... #greensky #energysky
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Economic Impacts of U.S. Senate “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Energy Provisions • Energy Innovation
The Senate's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" will cost America 300GW of new power, $960 billion in GDP, and 770,000 lost jobs.
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
What do people think happens when you can't build gas any faster, you kill the more than 100 GW of planned solar, and load keeps growing? What new energy sources will we build? batteries charged by expensive gas and 50 year old coal plants that the owners want to retire? What the fuck. #energysky
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
It is a big blackout bill folks #energysky #bigblackoutbill realclearenergy.org/articles/2025/06/02/one_big_blackout_bill_the_house_reconciliation_bill_threatens_grid_reliability_1113662.html share.google/Lq7zXiLd58VU...
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Dan Esposito @danespo14.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
The hydrogen hype cycle has confused the industry's growth trajectory--with implications for electric and gas utilities. @oboylemm.bsky.social and I worked with the Regulatory Energy Transition Accelerator on a new @energyinnovation.org hydrogen regulation paper: energyinnovation.org/report/regul...
A graphic titled "Hydrogen Regulatory Overview." It includes two concentric circles. The inner circle is orange with the sub-title "issues in energy regulators' purview." It includes four bubbles labeled "electricity systems," "natural gas systems," "hydrogen infrastructure," and "pipeline and appliance safety," each with illustrative icons. The outer circle is blue with the sub-title "other issues affecting hydrogen's growth." It includes four bubbles labeled "government policy goals," "emissions accounting schemes," "local air pollution," and "water consumption," again with each having its own illustrative icon. An Energy Innovation watermark logo is included in the bottom-left corner.
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Brendan Pierpont @brendan.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
The House reconciliation bill will harm grid reliability by killing projects we need to meet rising demand: www.realclearenergy.org/articles/202...
realclearenergy.org
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Explaining what's happening in the US on climate to non US audiences is the most depressing
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Friendly reminder that climate action is not a dangerous ideology, it's a genuine effort of empathetic human beings to make the world a better place for current and future generations of humans, without prejudice to country, race, or creed.
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
#energysky check out @energyinnovation.org @brendan.bsky.social @ericgimon.bsky.social breakdown of what happened in the #spain and Portugal outage, and what it means (or doesn't mean) for the energy transition: thepowerline.substack.com/p/who-done-i... And Subscribe to our Substack The Power Line!
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Who Done It: The Spanish Blackout Mystery
Like Murder Mysteries, Answers To The Blackout Only Start When The Lights Come Back On
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Energy Innovation @energyinnovation.org · 21/04/2025
An Energy Innovation meta-analysis reveals repealing 45Y and 48E would force Americans to pay $6 billion more in annual #electricity bills by 2030, soaring to $25 billion annually by 2040. thepowerline.substack.com/p/25-billion... by @silviomarcacci.bsky.social #greensky #energysky
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Brahm Resnik @brahmresnik.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
NOW Scene outside GOP 'town hall' in Chandler w Rep Andy Biggs (running for gov), Senate President Warren Petersen (running for AG), MariCo Sheriff Jerry Sheridan. 12News photog not allowed in. Per organizer: private event on private property for Republicans only. #AZ05
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Kris Mayes @krismayes.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
This has to be one of the most pathetic things I’ve seen in AZGOP politics. Man up and hold a real town hall guys. Answer for the pain and destruction you are aiding and abetting. #weakness #cowardice #DOGE
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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Helpful list of policy tools for addressing data center load growth, via a short new resource guide by @brendan.bsky.social @energyinnovation.org 🔌💡 energyinnovation.org/report/data-...
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Brendan Pierpont @brendan.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Building on Tyler’s excellent report below and a range of other resources, our @energyinnovation.org team put together a short fact sheet / resource guide on encouraging data center demand flexibility. Check it out here: energyinnovation.org/report/data-...
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Data Center Demand Flexibility • Energy Innovation
Data centers are causing huge increases in electricity demand. However, there are smart ways to manage this new load without resorting to a major gas buildout.
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Did you know solar is unstoppable even facing federal headwinds? @marketplace.org on 2024's record solar year, featuring @robgramlichdc.bsky.social @solarindustry.bsky.social and yours truly. #energysky www.marketplace.org/2025/03/12/s...
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US solar power boomed in 2024 despite Trump's threats - Marketplace
Even as President Donald Trump threatens clean energy tax credits, solar power has become too cheap for consumers and utilities to ignore.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
They are counting on a lack of solidarity. So what are we going to do? Show the fuck up
Free Mahmoud Khalil
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
About 90% of the 190GW of planned capacity through 2028 is clean resources, mostly solar (109GW) and batteries (62 GW), according to EIA data. 24 GW of new gas and 20 GW of onshore wind fill out most of the rest. #energysky www.datawrapper.de/_/LlpnI/
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2025-2028 USA Planned Capacity  | Created with Datawrapper
Create interactive, responsive & beautiful charts — no code required.
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Fake solutions to energy affordability: tariffs, tax credit repeal, gas pipelines and power plants, ban wind Real solutions to energy affordability: build solar plus storage, grid enhancing technologies, streamline interconnection at existing sites, reduce utility rates of return
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I really hope recent NOAA firings don't affect our ability to predict and respond to severe weather events... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/w...
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Sprawling System Brings Threat of Extreme Weather to Much of the U.S.
An “unusually strong” storm system for March may bring a range of hazards that includes wildfires, blizzards and tornadoes.
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Energy Innovation @energyinnovation.org · 26/02/2025
Our @michelle-solomon.bsky.social joins the Center on Global #Energy Policy at Columbia to discuss how the race to power artificial intelligence is dramatically reshaping America’s #electricity landscape. 🔊 www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/ai-power-dem... #energysky #greensky
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AI Power Demand and US Energy Policy - Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA | CGEP
Hear in-depth conversations with the world’s top energy and climate leaders from government, business, academia, and civil society.
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Sara Baldwin-Griffin @sarabaldwin.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
New Report: 🚨Grid Reliability in the Clean Energy Transition: A Primer for Policymakers from @energyinnovation.org w/ co-author @michelle-solomon.bsky.social offers a primer on grid reliability in the context of the clean energy transition. energyinnovation.org/report/grid-...
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Grid Reliability In The Clean Energy Transition • Energy Innovation
New Energy Innovation research walks through the basics of grid reliability and explains why clean energy helps keep the lights on.
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
New byline in Real Clear Energy: a "meta" analysis: fuzzy math for a 100% clean gas powered data center www.realclearenergy.org/articles/202...
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Tanuj Deora @tanujdeora.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Just like all my posts, and “retweet” the good ones. ;)
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I never know what to say here
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Sara Baldwin-Griffin @sarabaldwin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
It's the 5th(!) season of the Electrify ⚡This! podcast! and the 1st episode is my ❤️ valentine ❤️ to the electric grid 🔌 Grid expert, @ricoconnell.bsky.social of Grid Lab and I discuss load growth, electrification, clean energy trends, and building an affordable, reliable grid! #energysky #greensky
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
#Solar, #wind, #nuclear, and #batteries accounted for 95% of new capacity in 2024, according to EIA preliminary data. Up from 78% in 2023. This is not inclusive of rooftop solar. From a climate perspective, the ratio is improving, but we're still not adding clean resources fast enough. #energysky
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Matthias Fripp @matthiasfripp.org · 04/02/2025
The U.S. is moving into a leading position in solar panel manufacturing. We are now installing the equivalent of 27 Hoover Dams a year—and doing it all with U.S.-made panels. The U.S. is the third largest solar manufacturer in the world, with great jobs for 263,000 people. seia.org/news/united-...
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United States Surpasses 50 GW of Solar Module Manufacturing Capacity
Historic milestone marks progress towards SEIA’s goal to achieve 50 GW of domestic manufacturing across the solar supply chain by 2030
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The whole progressive community -- no matter what their subject matter focus happens to be -- should speak out against the anti-transgender executive order. Environmentalists. Labor. Consumer rights. Everyone.
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Dems are once again In Disarray, apparently. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
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Trump Leaves Democrats Dazed, With Some Willing to Work With Republicans
Locked out of power in Washington, the party is struggling to agree on a unified message of opposition. Some of its lawmakers are even telling Republicans they want to work together.
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Granholm is a national treasure
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Jack Conness @jackconness.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
As White House resources disappear, the IRA + CHIPS Dashboard remains alive and well. If you need battery, EV, solar, wind, and semiconductor manufacturing data, you can find it all here. Jobs, investment dollars, and important political data too. It will continue to be updated.
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Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and CHIPS and Science Act Investments | Jack Conness
An online dashboard created by Jack Conness to track private investments related to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS).
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Hate cancel culture all you want. We. Cancel. Nazis.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
No one has ever done this—TWICE—by accident. On camera. Before an international audience. Again, I've lived a long time. I have never done a Nazi salute. My parents, uncles, in-laws, etc would have gone berserk. I've seen this explained away as "autism." If so, keep him miles away from govt.
Elon Musk giving a Nazi salute.
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
So the president can just choose not to enforce the law. What's the point of a legislature then?
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
America’s Lithium Industry Can Lead The World—If We Protect Its Growth www.forbes.com/sites/energy... from @jackconness.bsky.social
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America’s Lithium Industry Can Lead The World—If We Protect Its Growth
American lithium production has accelerated the clean energy economy, domestic production has the potential to lead globally if the proper protections are in place.
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
because of starter packs I now have more followers on Bluesky than I did on X. Thanks @tnorris.bsky.social! But I get less engagement (so far). How does this thing work?
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Curious for thoughts whether it would be insane to rewrite this headline as: "datacenters put other customers at risk if they don't pay for power and infrastructure to cover their explosive demand needs." www.utilitydive.com/news/explosi...
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‘Explosive’ demand growth puts more than half of North America at risk of blackouts: NERC
“Simply put, our infrastructure is not being built fast enough to keep up with the rising demand,” said John Moura, NERC’s director of reliability assessments and planning analysis.
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
I was moderating a conference lately on transmission, and one panelist was from EarthGrid (Troy Helming) which uses ROBOTS TO BORE HOLES THROUGH HARD ROCK UNDERGROUND WITH PLASMA BLASTERS. Seems easier to permit than greenfield transmission.
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Mike O'Boyle @oboylemm.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Don't worry, I survived the great San Francisco tornado warning of 2024. I'm sure this is a totally normal climate event...
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