Energy attorney. Clean Water hobbyist. "Technical" Colorado Native, 'Sconnie at heart. Views and tweets are my own.
Joined October 2013
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Ellen Howard Kutzer retweeted
11 Sep 2023
Today at @canarymediainc, we examine a new climate threat: the risk that $100B in green hydrogen tax credits from the #InflationReductionAct could be tapped by companies using a greenwashing scheme powered by fossil fuels and painted green with manure: canarymedia.com/articles/hyd…
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Texas Governor Adds Backup Prayer System To State Electricity Grid bit.ly/445ymq4
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Ellen Howard Kutzer retweeted
21 Jun 2023
A few takeaways from an eventful #txenergy/#ERCOT day:
- A major coal plant tripped at 7pm during the conservation call.
- Storage picked up the slack in a major way.
- The new backup reserve ECRS was deployed for 5 hrs.
- Prices were in the $1000's/MWh for ~4 hours.
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Ellen Howard Kutzer retweeted
17 Jun 2023
FERC/NERC investigation of rolling blackouts during Winter Storm Elliott refutes reliability attacks on RTOs, electricity markets and/or renewables by @power_tomorrow @ChristieFERC & others. Fuel issues & breakdowns at gas & coal plants were main cause!
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Ellen Howard Kutzer retweeted
30 May 2023
"At the request of the Colorado Energy Office on behalf Gov. Polis, Holy Cross Energy has agreed to temporarily suspend proposed electric rate changes ...to allow time for the Colorado Energy Office to convene a dialogue on the future of “#netmetering” policy in #Colorado." !👀!
26 May 2023
This week @KeyesAndFox attorneys helped @COSolarStorage obtain a delay to an illegal proposal to repeal #netmetering at a Colorado Coop. More work to do, but a welcome reprieve for #solar and #energystorage in the Vail/Aspen/GS areas. realvail.com/holy-cross-ener…
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Ellen Howard Kutzer retweeted
11 Apr 2023
Cheaper and cleaner: using distributed solar to charge an EV will save many owners significant dollars and almost always cut pollution too. Most EVs could be charged with 1.2 KW to 4 KW solar capacity.
How EV Drivers Can Save by Charging on Solar - cleantechnica.com/2023/04/11…
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Ellen Howard Kutzer retweeted
10 Apr 2023
The New York Times has identified 34 operations known as Bitcoin mines in the U.S., all of which are putting immense pressure on the power grid and creating costs for everyone around them, most of whom have nothing to do with Bitcoin.
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Ellen Howard Kutzer retweeted
6 Apr 2023
Our update on the grid interconnection queues is out, with data through 2022. The numbers are big, REAL big. Are you ready?
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Ellen Howard Kutzer retweeted
13 Mar 2023
NEW ANALYSIS: Combining solar PV with heat pump offers energy bill savings of up to 84%.
Combining solar PV and heat pump systems maximises self-consumption & reduces energy bills for households.
Report by @SolarPowerEU with modelling by @EnerBrain
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Every coal plant in the US (except for 1) is more expensive to run than building new wind or solar
For 75% of coal capacity, renewable energy is much cheaper - offering savings of at least 30%
New Coal Cost Crossover report from @EnergyInnovLLC:
energyinnovation.org/publica…
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Ellen Howard Kutzer retweeted
28 Jan 2023
This is an amazing table of the cost overruns of mega projects
Nuclear storage has a mean cost overrun of 238%, while with nuclear power its 120%
Solar power has a mean cost overrun of 1%
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Ellen Howard Kutzer retweeted
28 Jan 2023
US Dept of Energy & @NREL say blending hydrogen & methane in pipes brings unknown risks & increases leaks 5x. @energy @jillrep hydrogeninsight.com/industri…
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Ellen Howard Kutzer retweeted
25 Jan 2023
Interesting how many folks saying they are worried about the environmental impact of solar, wind, and batteries are often silent on the existing widespread and far greater impacts of toxic coal ash, oil & gas drilling and coal mining, and fossil fuel pollution. 🤔
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Ellen Howard Kutzer retweeted
19 Dec 2022
There are 8 nights of Hanukah and 12 days of Christmas, but if it takes 8-12 years to site and permit interstate transmission lines, we’re all getting coal.
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People of color are 61% more likely to live in a county with a failing grade for air pollution and three times as likely to live in the most polluted counties in the country. We need @GovofCO @CDPHE @cdpheapcd to fight with us and implement #Advanced Clean Trucks.
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6 Dec 2022
Excellent and comprehensive story from @ByMarkJaffe on Tri-State's member exits and energy transition.
30 Nov 2022
The centralized generation and transmission utility, created to provide rural communities with electricity is under pressure as generation opportunities become decentralized. Tri-State G&T is facing the loss of members coloradosun.com/2022/11/30/t…
Ellen Howard Kutzer retweeted
7 Nov 2022
Something big happened last week. We saw our first IRP accounting for IRA.
@DTE_Energy will expedite coal closures, boost renewable buildout and is estimated to save consumers $500 million.
A 🧵on what it means.
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