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Sean Gallagher

@sg-seia.bsky.social
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SVP Policy, SEIA. All posts & reposts solely my own. 🌞☀️

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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The U.S. battery storage market is essentially two markets. California builds 4-hour batteries because policy demands it. Texas builds 2-hour batteries because markets reward it. The national average lands at 3 hours, one number that hides a deeply divided grid.
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Doug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
There's a new November electric demand record in Texas. It's 92 degrees in Austin – on November 7. There are 25,000 megawatts-worth of thermal plants offline for seasonal maintenance. Solar + wind providing >50% all day. Could see a battery record this evening. #txlege #txenergy
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Interchange Recharged @interchangeshow.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
82% of new US energy capacity = solar + storage. Despite policy headwinds, @sg-seia.bsky.social (@solarindustry.bsky.social) & Steven Munson (CohnReznick) tell @solarsylvia.bsky.social why solar remains the fastest path to new power. Listen now #EnergySky #GreenSky: www.woodmac.com/podcasts/the...
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Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
The Trump Administration just issued a new order trying to kill solar and wind because they allegedly use too much land. But somehow this new fervor for "capacity density" won't apply to ethanol, which uses 100X as much land as solar per unit of energy. www.eenews.net/articles/ano...
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Another Burgum order coldcocks solar and wind
The Friday order by the Interior secretary on the “capacity density” of solar and wind projects is the latest in a series of restrictive moves by the Trump
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Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
BREAKING: The House's reconciliation bill would dismantle the most successful industrial onshoring effort in U.S. history, SEIA analysis find. ❌287 factories ❌292,000 jobs ❌145 TWh of generation Read SEIA's new analysis: underthreat.seia.org/threat/
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Solar and Storage Industry @solarindustry.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
"If we want to beat China, we need the power, and the way to bring enough power online...is to rely on solar and storage." — SEIA's @sg-seia.bsky.social, speaking on the future of energy at @thehill.com's Energy & Environment Summit.
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Sean Gallagher @sg-seia.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Yeah, enough already with the uninformed hot takes
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Doug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
"Defense-in-depth" helps protect Texas from a Spain-type power outage. Spain has 60 megawatts of battery energy storage systems; Texas has nearly 200x that amount (11,000). ERCOT also has been proactive on the development of fast-acting ancillary services. www.douglewin.com/p/besst-in-...
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BESSt in Class
Massive battery resources and far-sighted ancillary services providing "defense-in-depth" help protect Texas from a Spain-type power outage
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
"Renewables are “cheaper and available right now,” Ketchum said.
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Sean Gallagher @sg-seia.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
California’s energy prices are too high. Here are some solutions. seia.org/blog/califor...
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California’s energy prices are too high. Here are some solutions.
Affordability is the biggest issue facing Californians in 2025. The price of most things — housing, childcare, groceries, etc. — has been increasing statewide, and recently, energy prices have taken c...
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Sean Gallagher @sg-seia.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Cray cray
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Louisiana solar project goes online with U.S.-made components #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: pv-magazine-usa.com/...
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Louisiana solar project goes online with U.S.-made components
With McDonald’s as the offtaker for the 180MWdc of solar energy from the Prairie Ronde project, St. Landry Parish community resources will receive funding for education and community development initiatives.
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Simon Mahan @simonmahan.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Right now, these mix of states including Oklahoma, Kansas, parts of Arkansas, Texas, etc. are getting about 60% of their electricity from the wind. #energysky
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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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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Constellation CEO on BloombergTV today: “A new DukeU study indicates we can build 70+ GW of data centers with 0.25% load curtailment… There are opportunities to introduce demand w/out more emitting generation — a big part of the story is load curtailment.” 🔌💡
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Does more renewable energy mean more expensive electricity? The data for the US suggests no. @hannahritchie.bsky.social has crunched the numbers for us. www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/us-states-...
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Doug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
There's a new solar record in ERCOT. A few minutes ago, solar exceeded 25,000 megawatts of production for the first time, equaling 52% of demand. Emission free sources (wind, solar, and nuclear) are producing about 75% of power demand today.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 20/02/2025
"The senior US Republicans tasked with dismantling Joe Biden’s signature climate policy have enjoyed an investment boom of more than $130bn in the areas they represent thanks to the former president’s law." www.ft.com/content/e627...
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Sean Gallagher @sg-seia.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
We Need #Solar and Storage to Address the Energy Emergency seia.org/blog/we-need...
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We Need Solar and Storage to Address the Energy Emergency
Solar and Energy Storage Can Be Built Twice as Fast as Other Technologies
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Sean Gallagher @sg-seia.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
NEW: Today, SEIA is setting a new target for U.S. energy storage deployment: ⚡700 gigawatt-hours of total installed capacity, and 🔋10 million distributed storage installations. Our economic and energy security depends a strong storage sector. More: seia.org/news/seia-an...
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SEIA Announces Target of 700 GWh of U.S. Energy Storage by 2030
New whitepaper outlines analysis and policy recommendations to reach storage targets, including 10 million distributed storage systems by 2030
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Avi Zevin @azevin.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Hot tip: if you do a google search and hit a 404 page when clicking on a Whitehouse.gov link, just add "biden" to the front of the URL: "bidenwhitehouse.gov/XXX"
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Sean Gallagher @sg-seia.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Moment of zen
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Sean Gallagher @sg-seia.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
New #solar report seia.org/research-res...
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Solar Means Business 2024
Solar Means Business tracks U.S. solar photovoltaic (PV) installations that support commercial activities at U.S. facilities.
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Doug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
On the coldest day of the winter, solar came within 600 megawatts of setting an all-time record in Texas. It was good enough for 7th all-time and only the 8th time that solar has exceeded 21,000 megawatts of production. (h/t @gridstatus.io) #energysky #txenergy 💡🔌
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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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Aimee Witteman @aimeewitteman.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
"The long-term trend is that the median income for a household with rooftop solar is getting closer almost every year to that of the median income for owner-occupied households." 🌞 💡🔌 insideclimatenews.org/news/1212202...
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Rooftop Solar Keeps Getting More Accessible Across Incomes. Here’s Why - Inside Climate News
The U.S. market for customer-owned solar has become wider and deeper, across regions and income levels, a new report reveals.
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James Karst @jameskarst.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
This is great news. Rooftop solar isn’t just good for the environment. It also saves money. So it should benefit the people who need it most.
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Ben Serrurier @serrurier.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
WECC forecasts 20% increase in annual load by 2034, double the forecasted increase from two years ago. Buckle up and get to building.
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Sean Gallagher @sg-seia.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
thank you for ensuring that this important work is seen
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 31/01/2024
"A solar-powered EV is 300 times more efficient than a combustion engine car burning corn ethanol" Check out the slide deck. Any sane society would end the production of ethanol for fuel. What are we doing? Trying to make jet fuel out of it? Why? Our policy makers are easily bribed.
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Sean Gallagher @sg-seia.bsky.social · 17/01/2024
BLM’s proposal is a big step in the right direction and recognizes the key role solar plays in our energy economy. #Solar Industry Responds to @BLMNational Opening 22M Acres of Federal Lands to Solar www.seia.org/news/solar-i...
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Sean Gallagher @sg-seia.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
Same. Found some #climatetwitter. Where's #energytwitter?
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