Here's a recent Substack article that uncovers the CPUC's process which results in higher electricity bills for California ratepayers. "Power Moves: How Electric Utility Monopolists Broke Their Bargain with America - A new paper shows how a small group of experts have inverted the electric utility model, destroying what was once a reliable set of public service corporations."
Author Matt Stoller is the Director of Research for the American Economic Liberties Project (AELP), a Washington, DC nonprofit that was founded in 2020. One of AELP's recent papers is "Tools for Reining in Monopoly Utilities: A Guide for State Lawmakers," Kainoa Lowman, et. al., January 21, 2025, American Economic Libertiies Project, Washington, DC.
CGNP is the independent nonprofit which created GreenNUKE, Californians for Green Nuclear Power, Inc. is our legal title. Our website is https://CGNP.org
For an example of how the Colorado Public Utility Commission facilitates knowledgeable and interested citizen participation in their policy deliberations, please see David Thielen;'s Substack post, "My Testimony to the Colorado PUC At the Commissioner's Weekly Meeting" - 12 March 2025
Renewable generation is redundant capacity since it requires full capacity backup. Redundancy is expensive.
Redundancy could supposedly be alleviated by replacing conventional backup with electricity storage. Electricity storage is more expensive than conventional capacity backup.
Generating more electricity than current demand and selling it at a loss rather than storing it is expensive.
Relying on interstate imports on peak is a dangerous strategy in the face of growing demand.
DEFRs might be the answer, once we find out what they are.
Reduction or elimination of federal subsidies might refocus decisionmaking.
Good points, Ed. Special interest lobbying created the energy policy distortions that have been demonstrated to be disastrous in California, New York, Germany, and the U.K., among other locations. Counter-lobbying can reverse these harmful policies. Thermodynamics shows that adding solar, wind, and batteries to a grid actually increases emissions (and costs.) CGNP is working on posts that will demonstrate this physical reality.
Here's a recent Substack article that uncovers the CPUC's process which results in higher electricity bills for California ratepayers. "Power Moves: How Electric Utility Monopolists Broke Their Bargain with America - A new paper shows how a small group of experts have inverted the electric utility model, destroying what was once a reliable set of public service corporations."
Matt Stoller, Feb 08, 2025. https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/power-moves-how-electric-utility
Author Matt Stoller is the Director of Research for the American Economic Liberties Project (AELP), a Washington, DC nonprofit that was founded in 2020. One of AELP's recent papers is "Tools for Reining in Monopoly Utilities: A Guide for State Lawmakers," Kainoa Lowman, et. al., January 21, 2025, American Economic Libertiies Project, Washington, DC.
http://www.economicliberties.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250121-AELP-utilities-Toolkit-v4.pdf
I'm grateful to the GreenNUKE ally that shared this link with CGNP.
CGNP is the independent nonprofit which created GreenNUKE, Californians for Green Nuclear Power, Inc. is our legal title. Our website is https://CGNP.org
For an example of how the Colorado Public Utility Commission facilitates knowledgeable and interested citizen participation in their policy deliberations, please see David Thielen;'s Substack post, "My Testimony to the Colorado PUC At the Commissioner's Weekly Meeting" - 12 March 2025
https://liberalandlovingit.substack.com/p/my-testimony-to-the-colorado-puc
What is CGNP an abbreviation for?
Renewable generation is redundant capacity since it requires full capacity backup. Redundancy is expensive.
Redundancy could supposedly be alleviated by replacing conventional backup with electricity storage. Electricity storage is more expensive than conventional capacity backup.
Generating more electricity than current demand and selling it at a loss rather than storing it is expensive.
Relying on interstate imports on peak is a dangerous strategy in the face of growing demand.
DEFRs might be the answer, once we find out what they are.
Reduction or elimination of federal subsidies might refocus decisionmaking.
Good points, Ed. Special interest lobbying created the energy policy distortions that have been demonstrated to be disastrous in California, New York, Germany, and the U.K., among other locations. Counter-lobbying can reverse these harmful policies. Thermodynamics shows that adding solar, wind, and batteries to a grid actually increases emissions (and costs.) CGNP is working on posts that will demonstrate this physical reality.