David Kathan

@TKavulla @ManhattanInst I helped publish research on AFUDC and CWIP by Environmental Action Foundation in 1977. I remember going to the FPC public reading room many times to collect data from physical copies of Form 1s. Rick Morgan, later DC Commissioner, was the lead researcher.

Great to see @ManhattanInst make a foray into utility regulation, with an excellent paper on whether ratepayers should have to pay for utility infrastructure before they receive one kilowatt-hour, dekatherm, or acre-foot of service from it

Post a picture of your favorite sign from today's protests. I will go first. I have no clue what city this was taken in, but it made me laugh. How about you? Show me your favorite sign.

No Kings Protest in Chevy Chase Maryland #NoKingsProtest

This must be tweeted every Halloween. I don’t make the rules

@JoJoFromJerz My view

How many people are they saying were at the Kamala rally? Could you see it from space? This was my view.

@Wash_cycle I went and used the CCT and the Virginia Ave protected bike lanes to get there. We need more protected bike lanes in the DMV!

I wasn’t able to go. Just assuming she spoke in favor of Connecticut Avenue Protected Bike Lanes.

@drvolts Note that I had already thrown in the towel on VPPs. As used my most, a VPP is essentially a demand response aggregation or a DER aggregation. I finally gave up fighting, and accepted VPP. DPP would also be fine if everyone used it.

All right, #energytwitter, let's hash this out. A number of people I've met recently (including the CEO of Sunrun) have argued that "virtual power plant" (VPP) means nothing to anyone & sounds vaguely fake, & a better term is "distributed power plant" (DPP). Thoughts?

@drvolts I prefer DPP to VPP, but I worry that the train has already left the station, e.g., Maryland's DRIVE Act requires VPPs. In addition, I worry that DPP implies that it is a physical powerplant located on the distribution grid. VPPs and DER aggregations can include demand actions.

Democrats are excluding DERs from lowering prices in the record-shattering PJM capacity market by allowing data blocking by utilities to continue. If FERC approves a tariff that requires customer data for DERs, that data MUST be accessible! missiondata.io/news/2024/9/30…

Former #FERC Chairmen @jbwellinghoff & @FERChatterjee make the case for accelerated implementation of FERC Order No. 2222, which they share as a readily available, bipartisan #energypolicy solution to the waning reliability & affordability of the grid. utilitydive.com/news/unfinishe…

I mean you gotta have goals #RAGBRAI #RAGBRAIorHawaii

Jimmy Carter is now too old to play with Legos 🧱

@mission_data Yep. And I led the drafting of these reports for the first 6 years.

Since 2005, Congress requires FERC to file annual reports on DR and advanced metering. Rather ironic that FERC is denying residential demand response the opportunity to compete in PJM *because* of advanced metering. cms.ferc.gov/media/2023-ass…

We’d like to announce that while we are not a hotel, we are a concept of a hotel.

@RobGramlichDC I have also had the honor of speaking before Colombian electric utilities, grid operators and members fo the government. I always love visiting Colombia.

Fascinating couple days in Bogota with really interesting people tackling really challenging energy problems. Many issues are similar so it is satisfying to share a few lessons from the US. At least we generally know who owns or controls what land, that is not the case here.