Conor Harrison

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Conor Harrison

Conor Harrison

@electricgeog

Associate Professor, Department of Geography at UofSC, studying energy, environment, and inequality (not necessarily in that order)

Katılım Aralık 2013
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Sara Smith
Sara Smith@GeogSara·
Also favorites in Black & Native North Carolina most welcome! 🙏
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Sara Smith
Sara Smith@GeogSara·
🚨So I am working on the Landback Abolition class syllabus!! & a resource list. Reply with favorite readings on what landback, abolition, reparations or repair mean @ a university & university as site of empire and dispossession ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 I will share when it’s not a hot mess 🙏
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Conor Harrison
Conor Harrison@electricgeog·
@tylerhnorris @postandcourier I was interviewed for this article on SC demand and tried to provide some sanity. A lot of breathless grid crisis talk by the utilities here.
Javon L. Harris, JD@JavonLHarris_JD

In my latest story related to the controversial '10-year energy transformation act,' I took a look at what our state's future energy demands are actually projected to be, according to data from @DominionEnergy and Santee Cooper. thestate.com/news/politics-…

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Tyler Norris
Tyler Norris@tylerhnorris·
Yet a crisis mentality appears to be taking hold. Exhibit A: South Carolina legislators racing to override the state utility commission to fast-track a major new gas plant, as @postandcourier has documented in a new special report. (3/8) postandcourier.com/news/special_r…
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Tyler Norris
Tyler Norris@tylerhnorris·
Is there a US "grid crisis" at hand due to data center & factory expansion? No. But doomsday thinking appears to be spreading and increasing the risk of poor decision-making.🧵(1/8)
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Conor Harrison
Conor Harrison@electricgeog·
@fredstaffordcs This is a tricky one - need to look closely at those utility load forecasts. They are usually quite wrong.
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Fred Stafford
Fred Stafford@fredstaffordcs·
Implication here is new industrial demand outside Southeast is not being met primarily w/ new gas capacity. Is that really true? It's just an easier analysis for the Southeast b/c you just look at utility plans, not myriad IPP projects in queue. eenews.net/articles/south…
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Conor Harrison
Conor Harrison@electricgeog·
@fredstaffordcs All true - only commenting on the residual skepticism that exists amongst regulators and legislators.
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Fred Stafford
Fred Stafford@fredstaffordcs·
@electricgeog I'd also point out the escalating costs and delays involved in restructured states' incentives for renewable developers, to be shouldered by ratepayers. And still hinges on big, expensive, lengthy infrastructure development in offshore wind and transmission projects.
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Fred Stafford
Fred Stafford@fredstaffordcs·
👏 Victory for nuclear-inclusive decarb policies in NC. State GOP overrides Dem governor's veto of bill to change renewable portfolio standard law to a "clean" one that includes nuclear. All state Senate Dems opposed; see one dumb reason in quote below. carolinajournal.com/nc-legislature…
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James Hopf@HopfJames

Breaking News: The North Carolina legislature just overrode the governor's veto of a bill that would replace the state's renewable portfolio standard with a clean energy standard that includes nuclear.

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Matt Huber
Matt Huber@Matthuber78·
Been meaning to mention I have invite codes for…the other place. Just reply or DM if you want.
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Conor Harrison
Conor Harrison@electricgeog·
@Matthuber78 One of the states adding renewables at the fastest rate right now is doing almost entirely by the monopoly IOUs. Building 75 MW solar farms left and right. It’s Florida - yes, that Florida. Not perfect by any means, but evidence of the power of centralized planning.
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Matt Huber
Matt Huber@Matthuber78·
This is insane, obviously. Electricity should not be managed by mainly uncoordinated, competing private producers. Even though the capitalist, investor-owned utility system left lots to be desired, at least the costs and planning the system were coordinated by one entity. 15/x
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Matt Huber
Matt Huber@Matthuber78·
Are you "outraged about the the interconnection queue"? Me too! There is more energy in the queue than we consume today! And most won't even be built! Madness! Well, the masses are clamoring, & I'm gonna deliver: A Marxist analysis of the interconnection queue problem. 1/x 🧵
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Holly Jean Buck@hollyjeanbuck

This is important We continue using fossil fuels bc they are useful & portable, entire economies depend on them, no one is seriously planning phaseout & only 1/3 of public supports it, & clean energy is scaling too slow Forget DAC — be outraged about the interconnection queue

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Conor Harrison
Conor Harrison@electricgeog·
@Matthuber78 Amazingly there are only about 20 tax equity investors in solar (all banks), with two of them making up about 50% of investment! Transferability of tax credits was supposed to expand that pool - haven’t heard if that has been the case.
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Matt Huber
Matt Huber@Matthuber78·
@electricgeog Yes! The models of regressive ratepayer financing vs. relying on the oligarchic tax equity investor class leaves a lot to be desired.
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Conor Harrison
Conor Harrison@electricgeog·
@Matthuber78 Maybe it’s time to increase corporate taxes as a convoluted renewable growth strategy.
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Matt Huber
Matt Huber@Matthuber78·
We are running out of tax burdened rich ppl to buy up the tax credits lol
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Maggie Sugg
Maggie Sugg@MagSugg·
For all those baking this summer, you can’t beat a high country summer ☀️, highs of 80, empty trails. We welcome any speakers 🙃
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Fred Stafford
Fred Stafford@fredstaffordcs·
@electricgeog Certainly plausible. Was Schumer involved in the negotiations to get the MVP through?
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Fred Stafford
Fred Stafford@fredstaffordcs·
Incredible that climate activists keep arguing that NextEra political donations were "because of the Mountain Valley Pipeline" instead of "because the largest renewables developer in US stood to benefit tremendously from Schumer's guiding of IRA"
Climate Defiance@ClimateDefiance

BREAKING: we just fully shut down a fundraiser headlined by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Schumer took $283,200 from NextEra. In exchange he greenlit the Mountain Valley Pipeline. This is a death sentence for us. So we shut down his event. And we did not apologize.

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Andrew Wiebe
Andrew Wiebe@andrew_wiebe·
We’ve got @tombogert on @Extratime today to talk about the roster build of a certain club who just announced the intent to sign a certain player 🤔😬 What else needs to be discussed from @MLS MatchDay 18?!? This is your mailbag thread. Anything goes.
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Matt Huber
Matt Huber@Matthuber78·
"South Carolina leaders are considering joining the PJM RTO for its electricity market. Before they take this first step to deregulate the electricity market, everyone should know how deregulation hurt people in Maryland & use our experience as a warning." postandcourier.com/opinion/commen…
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