John Funk

Industrial Energy Users-Ohio lost millions in the FirstEnergy scandal, state investigators say. What is it and how did this happen? beaconjournal.com/story/news/202…

This new video really humanizes the problem of utility bill hikes that benefit Big Coal and corrupt utilities like FirstEnergy with an eye opening look at West Virginia and beyond.

Investment fund lawyers suing FirstEnergy report the company is finding thousands of more documents. Meanwhile, the Justice Department isn't commenting on rumors that further charges might be filed next month in the biggest bribery scandal in Ohio history. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/09/22/att…

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A federal judge in Cincinnati sentenced former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder to 20 years in prison Thursday for taking bribes from FirstEnergy to pass legislation subsidizing the company’s nuclear plants. ✏️: @JohnCFunk #EnergyTwitter #EnergyMarkets #EnergyNews

Former Ohio House Speaker Householder Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison //www.rtoinsider.com/49125-former-ohio-speaker-householder-sentenced/

At least half a dozen groups filed comments months ago with the U.S. departments of Energy and the Treasury to influence the creation of the rules that the IRS will use to determine the size of the production tax credits authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act. ✏️: @JohnCFunk

EPA Launches $7B Solar for All Program //www.rtoinsider.com/49005-epa-solar-for-all-program/

Clean Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Feud over Tax Credit Rules //www.rtoinsider.com/48344-clean-hydrogen-renewable-energy-tax-credit-rules/ #hydrogen #renewable #Inflationreductionact

“This is going to take 20 years,” Watson Collins, a senior technical executive at EPRI said, adding he’s not concerned since utilities made a similar increase in the past few decades to electrify heating, air conditioning and myriad other electrical functions. ✏️: @JohnCFunk

How Much Energy It Will Take to Electrify Trucking rtoinsider.com/articles/32383…

Top June 1982. Bottom 2023. 1982 became a super El Nino, 2023 maybe by late fall. You see the respective El Niño's in the Pacific, but what stands out is the red in 2023 across the oceans. This is what background climate heating has accomplished in 4 decades. H/T @ericfisher

Wondering where the Hydrogen Hubs will go? Below map not as hard as "Where's Waldo. "DOE Releases National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap rtoinsider.com/articles/32333…

A Look at How Some Utilities are Planning to Use Hydrogen rtoinsider.com/articles/32275…

The Biden administration’s decarbonization objectives have prompted gas and electric utilities to look at using hydrogen not only for energy storage and generation. Read More : ow.ly/x72t50OwvcC ✏️ : @JohnCFunk

Report: Hydrogen Hubs Must Expand Beyond Those Chosen by DOE rtoinsider.com/articles/32265… #carbonsolutions #hydrogen #hydrogenhub #industrialemissions #IndustrialInnovationInitiative

The six regional industrial hydrogen hubs the U.S. Department of Energy will choose among dozens of applicants this year will not be enough to reach its stated production targets. Read More : ow.ly/Hoah50OvkhI ✏️ : @JohnCFunk

A number of companies are now using automation and AI to expedite utility-scale #solar installations, ease labor shortages and protect workers from unsafe conditions. Reporting by @ewesoff: bit.ly/3WcElGF

The project, located in #Maryland’s most populous county, will use a solar microgrid to produce enough ​“green” hydrogen for 13 new fuel-cell buses. Reporting by @mariagallucci: bit.ly/3BVAJ2B

@StatehouseGhost I wish the images were clear. Looks like....