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Mohit Chhabra

@surfswamy.bsky.social
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Clean energy analyst at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Views and posts are my own, not NRDC's. A real economist once called me an energy economist. So I'll roll with that. www.nrdc.org/bio/mohit-chhabra Brooklyn, NY

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Mohit Chhabra @surfswamy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
www.nrdc.org/media/ai-sho... Claims about whether data centers are raising rates or not are as much a matter of perspective as math. Regulators should do what they can to set data center tariffs that put downward pressure on rates for all other customers.
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AI Should Pull Its Own (Electric) Weight, and a Little Bit of Yours
Claims about whether data centers are raising rates or not are as much a matter of perspective as math. Regulators should do what they can to set data center tariffs that put downward pressure on rate...
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Mohit Chhabra @surfswamy.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Distribution system planning is hard especially as the uncertainty in grid needs increases as new loads like heat pumps and electric cars come online.
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Mohit Chhabra @surfswamy.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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Mohit Chhabra @surfswamy.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Are public utilities the answer to California's electric sector woes? It's complicated. Check out a new paper that I helped draft for UCLA's Emmett Institute for answers.
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UCLA Emmett Institute @uclalawemmett.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
California’s investor-owned utilities are under scrutiny for causing deadly wildfires and sky-high electricity rates. Would public ownership fix these electricity woes? Our new report by Ruthie Lazenby, @sylvieashford.bsky.social and @surfswamy.bsky.social sheds light. 💡 ➡️ ucla.in/3G5f8tW
Cover page featuring an electric grid
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Mohit Chhabra @surfswamy.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
NRDC just published research identifying causes of and solutions to steeply rising electricity prices in CA, with a focus on PG&E. Keeping electricity affordable is essential in itself and a prerequisite to decarbonization.
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Mohit Chhabra @surfswamy.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
A good case study of what happens when politics, policy, and economic efficiency collide. What's the median outcome, what's gained, and what's lost.
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Severin Borenstein @severinborenstein.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
My EI blog post today addresses the claim from CA's rooftop solar industry that the 2023 change in net energy metering rules devastated their business. State's DG database shows it didn't. Just pulled forward sales to beat the new policy. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/01/27/g... #EnergySky
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Guess What Didn’t Kill Rooftop Solar?
California’s solar industry is doing just fine despite their complaints about net energy metering reform. There is a new administration in DC producing a raft of misguided actions to bolster fossil…
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Mohit Chhabra @surfswamy.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Taking a break from energy analysis to share some great basketball analysis. For the first time, LeBron's teams are better off with him on the bench.
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Mohit Chhabra @surfswamy.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Electricity prices in most of California are more than 2x the national average. PG&E's average residential rates are almost $0.40 per kwh! A big part of the reason why is funding wildfire prevention/ climate adaption through utility bills. calmatters.org/environment/...
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Customers of PG&E, other utilities pay billions for wildfire prevention- CalMatters
California granted PG&E, SCE and SDG&E permission to charge $27 billion to prevent wildfires. But soaring electric bills are raising new questions.
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Mohit Chhabra @surfswamy.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The CA solar curtailment issue is blown out of proportion in a recent LA Times article. I explain why in my blog. www.nrdc.org/bio/mohit-ch...
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Feasting on the Glut: Putting Renewable Curtailment in Context
Negative wholesale electricity prices and renewable curtailment in California sure seem alarming. The truth, however, is that money isn’t being wasted.
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