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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

The macro grid is the natural end-state so why wait? Former PJM CEO Phil Harris : thehill.com/opinion/ener...

Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Oh yea I said that about a year and a half ago. Its possible others thought of it though? I was on some zoom meeting with @brynbaker.bsky.social .

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

If you try and don’t quit, sometimes you get to know that you tried and didn’t quit! Kudos to Grid Strategies’ Nathan Shreve for #3 in age group. I got pulled out of the 4.4mile Cheaspeake Bay Swim along with 25% of field after 3.75mi fighting headwinds and waves. Next time.

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Resource adequacy is a challenge and inter-regional transmission can help! New report, read on! gridstrategiesllc.com/wp-content/u...

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I wonder what % of homeowners with rooftop solar know this. Any surveys?

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I’m not seeing much practical impact. Natural gas fracking killed coal power in the US and neither this nor any previous administration is banning fracking. 9/9

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

On the reliability EO, DOE has no general authority to prevent retirements. They can use their temporary situational FPA 202c authority to over-ride certain environmental policies to run plants in defined emergencies. There is no specific emergency yet defined. 8/9

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

The state policy EO looks like it directs the AG to try to challenge state climate policies in court as unconstitutional. Of course, they are constitutional and consistent with our federalist system as courts have found for over four decades.7/9

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Coal plants will likely be kept on line longer than believed a few years ago due to an uptick in power demand. But that is unrelated to these orders, and doesn’t mean the plants will operate outside of peak periods to maintain reliability.6/9

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I don’t think these orders change the facts that coal-fired power plants are old, expensive to run, and unlikely to operate very often or for many more years. 5/9

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

We have seen no evidence that any company is considering building a new coal plant or that supply chains or manufacturing could support it.4/9

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

DOE has no authority to prevent coal plant retirements or force an owner to lose money by running the plant. 3/9

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Nothing here seems to change the economics, and its the economics that have held coal-fired power production down. 2/9

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

President’s Executive Orders fail to recognize that natural gas killed coal and if they aren’t banning fracking, none of this accomplishes much. 1/9 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

I’m a buy, hold, and ignore guy but Friday I was on a flight and wifi didn’t work so all I could do was sit there and stare at the market drop and keep falling in real time. I do not recommend it. Back to ignoring as much as possible!

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

On Matter of Fact, Soledad O’Brien’s tv show, about data centers and impacts. Some of the data center companies are showing great leadership in providing net benefits to other customer classes. But the issues are new to many states and there are risks to manage. www.matteroffact.tv/more-data-ce...

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More Data Centers Spark Concerns for Virginia Residents - Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien

More data centers are popping up across the country as the need for facilities to store digital data increases. Between 2023 and 2024, the number of megawatts of storage under construction in primary ...

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Records are meant to be broken. Congrats @booker.senate.gov for stepping up and standing up for the American people. Blazing your own path for the W 👏👏👏👏👏

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

"In coming years, energy security will mean electricity," writes Capital Account columnist Greg Ip. Comments and data from us at Grid Strategies! www.wsj.com/business/ene... via @WSJ .

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Economic Growth Now Depends on Electricity, Not Oil

Surging demand for electricity presents huge new investment needs as well as regulatory challenges.

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

On Baltimore and DC TV through the weekend on Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project and the controversies on transmission siting. At 1:15. There are great needs and legit complaints. Maryland and PJM should integrate grid planning with land use planning. www.youtube.com/live/GshAB9E...

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Town Hall on Maryland's Energy Crisis

YouTube video by WBFF FOX45 Baltimore

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!” @USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?” NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY* (not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)

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Tim Latimer @timlatimer.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Whenever you think about the remarkable progress of geothermal, remember that this has been the level of public funding supporting the sector. In coming years I expect support to catch up with technologies like hydrogen and CCS and it will be transformational. carnegieendowment.orgundefined?lang=en

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Ric O'Connell @ricoconnell.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

@sammyroth.bsky.social says the fighting over rooftop solar is a colossal waste of time. I disagree. If we are going to decarbonize California, we want people to adopt heat pumps and EV's - and they won't do that if rates continue to skyrocket. A 🧵 #EnergySky www.latimes.com/environment/...

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Commentary: California's rooftop solar infighting is a colossal waste of time

This would be a great time for Gov. Gavin Newsom to meet the moment.

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James Temple @jtemple.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

MIT's @briancdeese.bsky.social & Grid Strategies' @robgramlichdc.bsky.social lay out a quick, cheap way to expand the US grid, without building new transmission lines. It's the closest thing to "a $20 bill sitting on the sidewalk as policymakers may ever encounter."

technologyreview.com

The cheapest way to supercharge America’s power grid

Advanced transmission technologies could sidestep permitting challenges and clear the bottleneck holding up hundreds of gigawatts’ worth of renewable-energy projects.

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Thrilled to partner with @briancdeese.bsky.social and to work with utilities and their regulators to integrate these great transmission technologies!

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Responsible vs reckless change. Pass it on. @slotkin.senate.gov PS Go Michigan.

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Ric O'Connell @ricoconnell.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

This is such a great chart from @wilson-energy.bsky.social, @robgramlichdc.bsky.social and team. Let's remember where we came from so we can navigate the future. We have dealt with load growth before, and it's a good thing. Flat load wasn't great for customer bills. #EnergySky

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

NEW REPORT! Some re-prioritization towards simpler quicker interconnection would save consumers a LOT of money! Similar dynamic in all regions but case study is data PJM.

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

For some reason they let me get on a panel moderated by @robgramlichdc.bsky.social at Intersolar this week - let me know if you're around! 🔌💡

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Kleinman Center for Energy Policy @kleinmanenergy.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Can’t make it to campus for Energy Week at Penn? Tune in from anywhere with the Energy Policy Now podcast! This week's episode features @robgramlichdc.bsky.social, who discusses the increase in electricity demand from data center and manufacturing growth and the challenges it presents for the grid.

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The Future of Electricity Demand in the AI Era - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Independent agency scorecard: 3 down, 16 to go. When will FERC go down?

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Best way to SLOW DOWN permitting? Downsize agency staff. 9 times out of 10 they are trying to complete the many necessary steps. If they are fired or encouraged to leave, you can turn a one year process into 3-4 years. Less infrastructure —> higher energy costs.

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

You can totally see how interregional transmission would hold prices down for consumers in this.

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Jeff St John @jeffstjohn.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

That said, those gas projects will take years to come online. The option of new gas-fired generation to meet record load growth “won’t be available at scale until 2030,” [CEO John] Ketchum said, and even then “only in certain pockets of the U.S.”

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I believe an agency has the power to not do discretionary grants but appointees will certainly want to follow a POTUS EO. Stopping mandatory grants would be in the legal territory of the impoundment law which will probably be challenged by the admin.2/2

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

All spending ordered to be stopped by Trump Executive Order on Inflation Reduction Act and IIJA(Bipartisan Infra Law). I assume this applies to unspent discretionary grants and loans like most (all?) of DOE LPO and GDO, but not tax credits or mandatory grants. 1/2 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Unleashing American Energy – The White House

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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Jigar Shah @jigarshahdc.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

On the fence? This winter could be the final season of jaw-dropping offers on electric vehicles. Right now is the best time to snatch an existing deal and drive home an EV if you've been on the fence.

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The Best EV Lease And Finance Deals In January 2025

The Volkswagen ID.4 is back on sale, with a crazy lease deal to boot.

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Rob Gramlich @robgramlichdc.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

“…Trump officials tell us will be a massive focus of the next two years — juicing AI-related infrastructure, from data centers to chip manufacturing to new energy sources.” Gonna need some grid. www.axios.com/newsletters/...

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