Advocates for Consumer Regulated Electricity

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That means no interconnection delays. No reliance on congested transmission networks. And importantly, no shifting of costs or risks onto existing ratepayers. The bottom line is speed.”

At the Senate’s Energy & Natural Resources Committee’s Hearing to Examine the State of the Bulk Power System, Travis Fisher of the Cato Institute said, “The grid has become the rate limiter on economic growth. youtu.be/61Yor3oi9dk?si…

I’m biased, but I think this hearing will be especially productive and collegial!

Question: What’s the best way to solve economic problems? Answer: Free markets. Question: What’s missing from the DOE’s conversation about what is really an economic problem first and an engineering problem second? Answer: Any focus on markets. pnnl.gov/projects/voe-d…

@A4CRE How does CRE fit in with Trump's recent Ratepayer Protection Pledge? It seems like that is—forgive the Winter Olympics metaphor here—like throwing the rock and CRE is like the sweepers bringing it to the house. whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/…

Travis Fisher provided strong testimony for HB26-1246, Colorado’s Consumer Regulated Electricity (CRE) bill. His testimony is three minutes. sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00327/Harmony/…

Consumer-Regulated Electricity (CRE) would grant this freedom and, in so doing, open the way for innovation in electricity provision while not harming the reliability or cost of the power grid.”

“Keeping North Carolina’s power grid reliable and shielding ratepayers from rising costs, while still enabling data centers and other large-load industrial customers to meet their power needs is a challenge for policymakers. johnlocke.org/powering-data-…

Thank you to Tam Kemabonta for an engaging and interesting conversation and giving me the opportunity to make the case for Consumer Regulated Electricity (CRE). It's about one hour in length. open.substack.com/pub/gridlocked…

NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WILL ISLAND A DATA CENTER! Except @Microsoft "Power will be generated on-site as the facility operates independently of the local grid, eliminating the burden on existing utility customers and protecting ratepayers' bills."

For a century, innovation in electricity has occurred inside a fixed institutional structure. Now innovation can occur at the level of firm architecture itself – financing, construction speed, risk allocation, and pricing.

That is why the CREU model matters. It creates the possibility of full-stack power companies – privately financed systems in which generation, transmission, and load are assembled under a single capital structure and governed by contract. This is a Schumpeterian shift.

“The data-center moment is exposing the mismatch between our institutional form and our technological reality. Hyperscalers need power delivered on timelines that feel like the speed of light in the current regulatory structure. gridlockedunlocked.substack.com/p/the-kv-weekl…