Catherine Boudreau

U.S. renewables added a record 50 GW of capacity in 2025, accounting for about 90% of new power on the grid. But new data suggests the project pipeline may be flattening just as electricity demand is expected to surge. Read more: bit.ly/4svoyS3 #RenewableEnergy

BOEM received "no bids" in an oil and gas lease sale held today for tracts in Alaska's Cook Inlet, the first such offshore Alaska lease sale held under Trump's OBBBA boem.gov/oil-gas-energy…

Full study by @Cornell: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

This made me laugh. But it's truly important research! As a writer/reporter, I can't stand vague & meaningless platitudes from corporate execs.

@KatieMiller are you being paid to promote solar? A lot of speculation bc you shared polls that @FirstSolar and @USEnergyFirst commissioned & you've worked for @elonmusk, who's heavily invested in solar thru @Tesla, etc. Tried to reach you via your podcast. Welcome a convo!

Speaking as a reporter who writes on Substack, anyone who thinks individual newsletters are somehow a leaner version of a newsroom is clueless about how journalism works. Feature writing and investigative reporting are team sports. You need sharp editors and, in many cases, stiff-spined lawyers. It helps to have other reporters whose expertise and sources you can call upon, too. You can do a lot to pump out scoops on your own — I regularly break stories on my Substack — but serious beat reporting requires a team.

Jeff Bezos wealth in 2024: $194 billion Jeff Bezos wealth in 2025: $215 billion Jeff Bezos wealth today: $249.4 billion Net increase in Bezos wealth since 2024: $55.4 billion Cost of Bezos’s 417-foot superyacht: $500 million Amazon investment in "Melania": $75 million Original Bezos purchase price of the Washington Post in 2013: $250 million Bezos net worth in 2013: $25.2 billion Net increase in Bezos wealth since buying the Post: $224.2 billion Last reported annual losses of Post: $100 million Number of years Bezos could absorb those losses with what he makes in a single week: 5 @JeffBezos

scoop: Kristi Noem has more than $1 billion in disaster prevention projects piling up on her desk. Somehow, three states w/ powerful GOP politicians have escaped the logjam — Georgia, North Carolina, and Oklahoma. Everyone else left begging for help. notus.org/trump-white-ho…

Battery storage, & other grid upgrades, helped ERCOT survive Winter Storm Fern. Today, Texas has about 17,000 megawatts. In 2021, when Uri hit, the state had almost no grid-scale batteries.    Our Matt Boms talked with @ceboudreau about why batteries help: okt.to/CmsA3P

@allynwest Thanks for sharing, @allynwest!

"Fern has demonstrated that a mix of power generation can absorb shocks to the system," @ceboudreau writes. "Grid reliability doesn’t come from certain technologies winning, but rather from all covering the weaknesses of each other." latitudemedia.com/news/armed-wit…

@Alex_Panetta Congrats to you and your wife! Sounds like an exciting chapter.

Career plot twist: I’m taking a two-year break from daily journalism, and a break from Washington, D.C.  Initial cause: A meaningful and exciting diplomatic assignment for my wife in Ankara, Turkey. What I’m doing: Returning to school. Getting a master’s in a field I expect to write about for years to come. Artificial Intelligence policy.

@debra_kahn @politico Congrats, Debra!

Thrilled to be undertaking a new column on climate and energy for @politico — stay tuned for my first entry this week!

"I don't know if I'd trust getting on a plane." @ceboudreau @ATecotzky and I spoke to over a dozen current and former employees at @NOAA. They expressed concern over less accurate forecasts and aviation issues, among other things, amid steep cuts. businessinsider.com/doge-noaa-cuts…

@dnkariuki What state do you live in? Makes a big difference in utility prices! businessinsider.com/average-utilit…

I just received my electricity bill. I think they billed me for sunlight, divine light, and the light at the end of the tunnel.

I wish people who distrust the media could see the lengths I just went to to confirm one phrase in a 3,000-word story

So much confusion over the White House pause on federal loans and grants. I want to know what disaster aid, climate, and energy projects are affected. Please reach out w/ information, even if you're scrambling to understand what it means. 802-782-9286 (also on Signal).

Other reporters @latimes, @LAist, @washingtonpost, @AP, etc. have also worked hard to get the facts. Read our work instead of rage-bait from randos. latimes.com/environment/st… laist.com/news/climate-e… washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/0… apnews.com/article/wildfi…

But again, this isn't linked to what's happening in LA. There is water. "There is no connection between the delta smelt and the water challenges of fighting a fire in Southern California," Mount said.

In December, the Biden administration and California officials finalized a plan. It replaced one that Trump approved in 2019, which Newsom litigated.

I spent the last day tracking down why some fire hydrants in LA didn't have water after social media swirled with false information. Thread on what happened, and why it ISN'T related to the endangered Delta Smelt fish, as @realDonaldTrump claimed 1/ businessinsider.com/california-fir…