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Kevin O'Rourke

Kevin O'Rourke

@krorourke

SVP, Development & Public Affairs | Working with philanthropy to accelerate 🇺🇸 wind, solar, storage deployment

United States Inscrit le Şubat 2011
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Kevin O'Rourke
Kevin O'Rourke@krorourke·
MISO's board approved 18 new transmission lines today, enabling 53,000 MW of new, low-cost renewable energy projects. A big milestone, as it's the single largest transmission expansion enabling clean energy in 🇺🇸 history. But much more still needed.
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Joshua D. Rhodes@joshdr83·
The ERCOT generator interconnection* queue has over 175 GW of energy storage in it. *not all the in queue gets built (but still wow)
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Macro Grid Initiative@TheMacroGrid·
📸: @ACORE's @krorourke at the Association of Defense Communities Installation Innovation Forum Kevin spoke on a panel about why transmission policy matters to communities that live around and support U.S. military bases, focusing his remarks on state commission engagement.
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Kevin O'Rourke@krorourke·
@Vidor1 I don't think we'd want to, even if we could. AI has significant medical and national security uses (among many other useful applications) that America needs to effectively compete in.
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Vidor@Vidor1·
@krorourke Is there a way to stop the growth of AI?
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Kevin O'Rourke@krorourke·
A failure to efficiently plan high-voltage regional & interregional transmission has led to expensive reliability and network upgrades that are hurting consumers right now and will likely slow the growth of AI. Best time to "plant this tree" was 7-10 yrs ago. 2nd best is today.
Steven Rattner@SteveRattner

An important chart from @washingtonpost on energy costs – generation has become cheaper, but the cost of delivering energy to consumers across the grid has more than doubled.

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Kevin O'Rourke@krorourke·
ACORE's annual Grid Forum is happening in DC this week; it's not too late to grab tickets. Hear: - latest from Congress on permitting reform - FERC - opportunities on upgrading the existing grid - necessity of building more interregional lines. Register: acore.org/events/grid-fo…
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Robinson Meyer@robinsonmeyer·
👀 Utah’s governor quote tweets Heatmap reporting and you should too
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Kevin O'Rourke@krorourke·
@markyzaguirre Agree. Strategic competition with China requires getting every low-cost electron online as fast as possible.
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Mark R. Yzaguirre
Mark R. Yzaguirre@markyzaguirre·
@krorourke This is a good trend, but right now too many people are polarizing against renewables because of negative partisanship. The “all of the above” approach needs to be returned to by all camps.
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Kevin O'Rourke@krorourke·
@MacFarlaneNews Second only to FERC Chair Philips, who quoted the “great philosopher, Sean Carter” on the use of grid enhancing technologies to save consumers money on their power bills… x.com/TheMacroGrid/s…
Macro Grid Initiative@TheMacroGrid

Jay-Z + Grid-Enhancing Technologies (GETs)! Quoting @sc, "if it doesn't make dollars, it doesn't make sense...As regulators, we need to make it make sense to reap the benefits to our consumers, to our businesses." -@wlpFERC Implementing GETs will reduce congestion & save 💰💰💰

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Scott MacFarlane
Scott MacFarlane@MacFarlaneNews·
Quite a moment for Jay-Z fans circa 2001: In news conference just now, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) accuses House Republicans of doing "zip.. zero.. stingy with dinero"
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TheHistoryOfTheAmericans
TheHistoryOfTheAmericans@TheHistoryOfTh2·
In the middle of Ken Burns’ “Baseball,” George Will explains American democracy in terms largely forgotten by partisans and journalists today. Please watch and spread around!
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Joshua D. Rhodes
Joshua D. Rhodes@joshdr83·
A 350 mile 2.1 GW underground HVDC line in railroad rights of way got its last needed approval. With a 10' corridor, the project ... is eligible for the Army Corps’ Nationwide Permit program, which has a 6 to 9 month permit review process, Rajan said. utilitydive.com/news/soo-green…
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Kevin O'Rourke@krorourke·
“Today, solar is the cheapest, the fastest, the simplest and the most secure source of energy that you can install,” said Marco Arcelli, chief executive of ACWA Power, the company driving the Saudi grid overhaul.” wsj.com/business/energ…
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Joshua D. Rhodes
Joshua D. Rhodes@joshdr83·
The ERCOT interconnection queue is still showing a strong preference for solar + storage
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Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️
Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️@RepDonBacon·
Whatever one thinks about wind energy, this was a mistake to halt this project. It was $6B project & 80% complete, w/ thousands of jobs at stake. It was also going to lower energy costs for two states. Businesses and workers deserve predictability. cnn.com/2025/09/04/cli…
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Kevin O'Rourke@krorourke·
Growing the American economy requires building electric infrastructure. Halting critical transmission lines would hurt American workers and raise power bills. Former MS PSC Commissioner Brent Bailey explains: magnoliatribune.com/2025/09/01/mis…
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Solar and Storage Industry@SEIA·
America can't wait that long to build out AI. China will get too far ahead. We need solar.
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Kevin O'Rourke@krorourke·
"While China outspends us four-to-one on new energy and transmission infrastructure to power its AI-driven economy, the U.S. is stopping a fully permitted, privately capitalized project that would strengthen our energy security." acore.org/news/acore-sta…
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