Claire Wayner

Why does this summarize my entire life experience so accurately…

so like ATB found enhanced geothermal prices dropped by a LOT from 2023 to 2024 👀

Principles released from the PJM emergency auction announcement from PJM states & WH 👇 Exciting to see full implementation of Order 2023 shorter Ix study timelines there Tx cost allocation not mentioned - also essential to address to drive costs down media.licdn.com/dms/document/m…

Feels like a huge missed opportunity for blue governors to potentially sign onto this without including a condition that Trump allow offshore wind farms to get built again... would be really nice to have that capacity in this upcoming auction, no? cnn.com/2026/01/16/bus…

@cornoisseur love that the sentiment now is "let's just build it elsewhere in the state of New York" and find some less wealthy community who doesn't have the means to fight it as much 🤦‍♀️

@ClaireWayner Holtec floated a plan to restart, but she put it on the kibosh. IMO - it would take a lot for her to walk this back now. It is very much a political decision to keep the valley people happy lohud.com/story/news/loc…

I just find it odd how nowhere in Hochul's new 8 GW of nuclear in NY plan is Indian Point mentioned. Like, anywhere. Is it just that much more expensive to retrofit and reopen?? rtoinsider.com/123337-new-yor…

@cornoisseur So then why is it not being mentioned anywhere?!

@ClaireWayner It would probably still be cheaper to retrofit than greenfield build. They would need a bunch of custom parts fabricated. But the containment dome is open right now, just need to send parts in instead of out. The hole in containment can be patched

LFG 💪 reuters.com/legal/litigati…

Generation from coal, hydro & nuclear will stay roughly flat through the 2020s, which means all growth has to come from gas, solar & wind. Gas has very tight supply chains. Wind and solar are increasingly difficult to permit. I'm increasingly worried we're headed for the cliff.

Agrivoltaics taking off in Virginia! @CanaryMediaInc canarymedia.com/articles/solar…

California encouraging siting of solar on fallowed farmlands that are constrained by lack of water availability. Win-win & great reporting from @CalMatters calmatters.org/environment/wa…

Weirdly good siting news coming out of Indiana: their energy secretary condemns local moratoria on wind and solar & says she's working on a map of local governments that have said they want to host energy/industry. Promising! indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/17/ind…

Potentially big, wonky news from FERC: FERC finds that New England utilities must disclose more info abt maintenance and upgrade projects (aka "asset condition projects"). FERC's Order to come. These sorts of projects are driving up rates everywhere. Utilities will fight this.

This is a sobering but classic misinformation story playing out in rural communities across the US. Despite the SIGNIFICANT economic benefits these installations would provide, fake news & NIMBYs drive project rejections. So sad to see. #energytwitter theguardian.com/environment/20…

Exciting to see America's first solar canal operational in California! #energytwitter canarymedia.com/articles/solar…

@IEA predicts that oil demand in China will peak earlier than expected in 2027 and worldwide use peaks 2 years afterward subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews…

@ChristieFERC Thank you for your service!

What a pleasure to talk with @ClaireWayner about a sticky barrier to more transmission capacity –– a "regulatory gap" allowing utilities to prioritize small builds for big profits rather than build to meet regional capacity needs. See how we can solve it: vist.ly/3mzk27p

@bitterwaterblue so what's your solution to regional resource adequacy and resilience during dunkelflaute events or extreme weather? local renewables can only do so much

@ChristieFERC @UtilityDive Our new @RockyMtnInst report on local Tx is mentioned in the article, and in the report, we explore a wide-ranging solution set of actions that entities like FERC can take to close the regulatory gap. Thanks for your attention to this important issue! rmi.org/insight/mind-t…

Local transmission spending soars nationwide amid ‘serious absence of cost containment’ utilitydive.com/news/local-tra… via @UtilityDive