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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I‘m not sure if he is that big of an idiot, or lying intentionally (again). Difficult to say which would be worse. Most concerning is that the rest of us don’t know which is happening. This is strategic chaos, intended to confuse people into accepting authoritarianism based on uncertainty and fear.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

That has never gone wrong. How could that possibly go wrong? 🐶☕️🔥

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NE-02, Rep. Bacon is not running for re-election. The other candidate is Brinker Harding (R), currently on the Omaha City Council.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And at the end of the people-only street… a former elevated highway that is being converted to a sky park. COMING SOON Former Expressway Turning into Sky Park in Tokyo’s Glitzy Ginza www.english.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/w/000-101-00...

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And none of that “it hurts business“ nonsense. Every store is full of people. Every person’s hands are full of things they bought. People are the indicator species of a successful urban environment, not cars.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There are no words for how nice it is to be in the very middle of an extremely large city without any noisy, dangerous, polluting cars. I was pleasantly surprised to walk onto Ginza Street at noon and find only people enjoying a beautiful day. Congrats Tokyo for winning @thewaroncars.bsky.social

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Batteries are like a magic wand for the grid.” -@volts.wtf

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

OPPD will complete our Integrated System Plan (ISP, updated IRP name) by the end of the year. That will be followed by procuring new generation resources. It will be critical to recognize the benefits “offensively cheap” solar brings to our utility, and accelerate deployment of this resource.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

EPA regulation hasn’t been the primary driver of emission reductions for the past decade. Clean energy is cheaper, and faster to build when utilities need to replace assets that have reached the end of their useful life.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Respect for doing the (albeit not that difficult) work to answer the question

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Right? Dont ask if you’re not willing to do the work yourself

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Electric generation resource planning, operations, and retirement at the end of useful life must be managed by utilities and regulators who are tasked with maintaining reliable and affordable grid operations. This ruling is a win for local control and efficient markets.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I see you had the strong coffee this morning with a side of spice

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Sad how evergreen this is bsky.app/profile/will...

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I really appreciate what Julia and Brandon (and Shane) started and have continued, but it’s just been getting farther and farther away from discussions I can about and want to spend time hearing. Even with the extremely explicit name/logo they are “climate hushing” more than most others.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

@volts.wtf has remained focused and done more to remind people about the need for organizing and political wins/leadership to achieve decarbonization than any other podcast. Even as he continues to provide great info on DERs and new clean energy tech. I’m excited to hear this team up episode.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

But this episode set a new record for “make me want to smash my phone to make it stop” which is so disappointing. When the show started, it was amazing. Since they have been funded by “conservative energy action” they basically stopped pretending that climate even matters. overcast.fm/+AAMukKijw7o

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The Future of Energy Investing, with Phil Deutch — Political Climate

As America marks its 250th year, a new energy era is beginning. This week, veteran energy investor Phil Deutch, founder of NGP Energy Technology Partners, joins us to look beyond today’s headlines and...

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Same. Basically everything Wood Mac has been putting out in the last year, “Alright, that was the last episode I’m listening to.” There are a few gems, but mostly it is “the system is designed for gas, it can’t/shouldn’t be changed.” And yet, I keep banging my head against that wall.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I also thought it was a bad joke the first time I heard about the Freedom Fuel Network. Sadly, no. www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...

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What We Know About ‘Freedom Fuel’ Gas Stations

It is unclear who is behind the initiative and its sharply discounted gas prices.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

These are countries with smart, forward looking leaders who are preparing for a more secure and stable future. And then there are countries announcing a couple dozen secret, government-controlled gas stations in their “free market” as a way to keep people trapped by fossil fuel dependence.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I long for the day (coming soon) when extremely cheap and abundant solar and storage starts forcing more old coal and gas off the grid.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

A weird inversion of SPP which is regularly dominated by wind… but solar barely shows on the graph and storage isn’t even tracked (because there basically isn‘t any). www.gridstatus.io/live/spp

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Fortunately, I know of a White House lawn where they can settle things as is the custom of their people

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Second person who I heard recommend it this week. Never heard of it before, but now I’m intrigued.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Scavengers Reign But hurry, pulled from Netflix next week. Only 12 episodes, ~24 mins Imaginative, visually delicious

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

What strategies have been effective at recognizing flexibility in datacenter load, and translating that into equitably distributed benefits/savings for those customers, utilities, and the other customers? Essentially, how are the ideas from the paper by Tyler Norris et al being applied?

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

New solar project details: The utility has entered into a power purchase agreement with Sandhills Energy for the Burt County Solar Project, a 250 MW solar facility in Burt County. Expected to be in service in 2029, the project will generate enough electricity to power approximately 50,000 homes.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Very glad to have more solar coming online to meet rapidly growing demand. Much appreciation to the dedicated staff at OPPD and Sandhills Energy who made this happen. #CleanEnergy #LocalPower New solar project helps OPPD expand, diversify its generation portfolio oppdthewire.com/burt-county-...

image of a row of solar panels with blue sky above

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

(immediately heads to NPR.org to hunt around...) Same as it ever was

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Since the administration change a huge amount of coverage has very noticeably shifted away from highlighting how dominant clean energy is and how fast fossil fuels are shrinking. Another example of media rolling over in advance to not draw response from poorly informed and vindictive policy makers.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

It is understandable why he would not want to discuss customer sites resources, but pretending DERs, VPPs, demand flexibility, efficiency, etc. don’t have any role to play is actively ignoring reality.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Spending an hour talking about electric utilities, and never once discussing the resources that have met all new load in recent years is not helpful for policy makers want to prepare for the future.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I’ve listened to @theenergygang.bsky.social podcast for years but find it less useful and informative recently. Specifically, episode 573 with the CEO of EEI, where a 50 minute discussion had zero mentions of, - solar, wind - anything non-fossil - batteries www.woodmac.com/podcasts/ene...

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How US utilities are adapting to a high-growth world for power demand | Wood Mackenzie

As US electricity demand surges from data centres, electrification, and reshoring, EEI CEO Drew Maloney joins Ed Crooks to discuss grid reliability, rising power bills, deregulated markets, and the fu...

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I often try to frame things based on this quote,

Quote, “If your life’s work can be accomplished in your lifetime, you’re not thinking big enough.” from Wes Jackson

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

As a nation we can and should have updated laws to protect our environment, specifically including our climate, due to the intentional undermining, rollback, and repeal of the precedent and laws which led to so much progress and improvement in quality of live over the past several decades.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

It’s a small detail, but still important to help people remember the law calls for review but does not require any specific protection, National Environmental *Policy* Act en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...

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National Environmental Policy Act - Wikipedia

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

That sounds about right. Lots of bits of data in lots of places.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Short answer: no That is managed by each utility and considered competitively sensitive information. Market dispatch by SPP is based (mostly) on least cost, but the market price does not reflect specific costs for any given facility.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Charging over night maximized wind energy from SPP, and my car is ready to go in the morning. Better for me the grid, the climate. This isn't revolutionary, impressive, difficult. With all of these benefits it is *shocking* how many utilities don't have EV managed charging. Sadly, including my own.

Screen capture of GridStatus showing SPP with the largest source of energy being wind over night.

Scree capture from the Ford app showing EV charging has been going for 9 hours overnight.

Photo of a Ford Mach E plugged into a home EV charger in the morning after charging on wind energy over night.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

EV managed charging reduces strain and cost on the grid. And it’s easy. Took a trip from Omaha to KC, used a DCFC on the way down, arrived home with ~30 miles range. Instead of charging this afternoon, I waited until now. Utilities should incentivize this extremely simple, beneficial behavior.

Picture at night of a L2 EV home charger in the charging port of a Ford Mach E, with a light indicating charging is in process

Screen capture from the Ford app, showing EV charging with Location listed as Home.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

@rugmuscle.bsky.social Feel free to DM if you want to talk more about specifics.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Stopped the test after 10 days. Might have been able to keep going, but forecast of several cloudy days was enough for me to call it. This test was during the easiest part of the year, no HVAC (neither heat, AC) during the test. In bare essentials mode, 3 kW solar + 15 kWh storage was workable.

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Eric Williams @williamsforoppd.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Very interested to listen as OPPD is currently in early stages of designing a *public power* led DCP program. We don't have pressure to extract value for shareholders, the focus is entirely on how DERs benefit to customer owners individually and the utility in aggregate. bsky.app/profile/will...

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