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Will Gorman

@wfgorman.bsky.social
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clean tech and energy lifelong learner | bassoonist | research scientist at emp.lbl.gov studying #renewables #der #electricitystorage #transmission #interconnection

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The Durability Curve @thedurabilitycurve.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The 50% to 10% collapse in ERIS use is the tell: non-firm works only where congestion is managed dynamically. Where study assumptions trigger upgrades instead, 'as available' becomes 'as allocated', so generators queue for firm rights they may never use. The queue prices the option, not the power.
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Commercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 31/08/2026
I think my boss will require that I read this.
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Will Gorman @wfgorman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
ERCOT's "connect and manage" model gets the buzz in grid reform debates, but U.S. regions already offer a non-firm option: Energy Resource Interconnection Service. So why are IX queues still bottlenecked? Our new paper in Energy Policy investigates 🧵 👇️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Will Gorman @wfgorman.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🚨 🚨 ICYMI 🚨 🚨 We released our latest queue dataset! Check it out here: emp.lbl.gov/publications... Thread below with some of the highlights 👇️ 👇️ Thanks to the @berkeleylabemp.bsky.social team (Joe Rand, Anna Cheyette, Ryan Wiser, Jo Seel) and Interconnection.FYI
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Will Gorman @wfgorman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
⚡️ ICYMI -- released a report last week on utility distribution costs! ⚡️ Our Goal: help stakeholders understand the scope, scale, and drivers of recent increases in IOU expenditures on local distribution power grids: emp.lbl.gov/publications... thread 👇️ 👇️ 👇️
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Energy Markets & Planning at Berkeley Lab @berkeleylabemp.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Electricity trades across regions can save money, but market inefficiencies can erode those savings. A new study from @BerkeleyLab finds $1.23 billion a year in gross savings were offset by $551 million of uneconomic transactions. 🧵 🔌 💡 1/x
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Will Gorman @wfgorman.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
⚡️ New LBNL article out on interregional electric transmission ⚡️ We explore how interregional transmission has been operated in the U.S. (2014 – 2023) by tracking interregional trade and market prices. Open access, in The Energy Journal: doi.org/10.1177/0195... 🧵 👇️
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Interregional Electricity Transmission in the United States: Realized Savings and Opportunities for Increased Value, 2014 to 2023 - Leila Safavi, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Will Gorman, Dev Millstein, Ryan Wiser, 2025
Interregional electricity trade in the United States reduces total energy costs, but falls short of maximizing the economic potential of existing transmission i...
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Will Gorman @wfgorman.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
🔌 New Journal Article Alert 🔌 Backup power or bill savings? How electricity tariffs impact residential solar-plus-storage usage in the United States I'm happy to announce has recently been published, open-access, in Utilities Policy 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Will Gorman @wfgorman.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
💡 New Transmission Paper alert 💡 “Electric transmission value and its drivers in United States power markets” just went live in Nature Communications! Kudos especially to Julie Mulvaney Kemp for getting this work to the finish line. doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Will Gorman @wfgorman.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
⚡ 🔌ICYMI a new article has been published in Joule regarding interconnection hurdles ⚡ 🔌 Check out the article below 👇👇 “Grid connection barriers to renewable energy deployment in the United States." buff.ly/3WuXOng
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Will Gorman @wfgorman.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Great thread on what’s happening in the UK on queue reform, for those who might have been closely following our work at @berkeleylabemp.bsky.social on US issues but would like to hear some of the parallels across the globe!
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Simon Mahan @simonmahan.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Classic.
A sign that reads, "Petition to change the city of Austin utilities to Austin Powers"
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Energy Markets & Planning at Berkeley Lab @berkeleylabemp.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Follow our researchers on Bluesky! Joe Rand: @josephrand.bsky.social Will Gorman : @wfgorman.bsky.social Lisa Schwartz : @lisacsoregon.bsky.social Lin Jiang : @linenergy.bsky.social For a full list of @berkeleylab.bsky.social experts, see this starter pack. bsky.app/starter-pack...
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EnergyAbe @energyabe.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The FERC complaint against PJM filed by consumer advocates is 🔥. Apropos of the FERC interconnection proceeding, Montalvo's affidavit notes: "High prices cannot bring new generation into the market more quickly than it can be interconnected[.]" Hard to argue!🔌💡 elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/fil...
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Ari Peskoe @aripeskoe.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Kind of a big deal. This week, FERC approved filings from MISO and SPP that will finance construction of high-voltage transmission to enable the connection of 30 GW of wind, solar, and storage. Yet, many clean energy developers opposed the plan - 🔌💡 elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/fil...
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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
🧵 How did Texas interconnect ~70% more capacity than any US market btwn 2021-2023? The answer explains, in part, why 25 parties just filed w/ FERC supporting streamlined interconnection service (ERIS), with no clear opposition—signaling a promising area for bipartisan reform. (1/15) #EnergySky
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