Search results for tag #electricity
“The fryer uses a lot of power. So when we don’t have #electricity, we switch to shawarma — it’s a vertical grill and uses much less energy.
If I had to pay for #electricity, over 37k miles, my #EV would've cost ~$600. If it were gas, it would be ~$6093 !! If it were today's gas prices, then 😳 #solar #renewables
I am struck, again, by how stupid the #Alto #HSR project in #Canada is being built.
If you want to get every #province competing to (re)build a national #rail service, build an HSR from #Vancouver #BC through #Calgery to #Edmonton #AB, with the stipulation it can only be powered with #Renewable #electricity.
All the mistakes/learning happen in the west. Everyone gets #railroad envy. Everything gets cheaper as it gets closer to #Ottawa.
And your party is heroes. Unlike the #LCPC.
Planned Expansion to Take Latin America’s Largest Solar Plant Beyond 1 Gigawatt Capacity
#goodnews #goodearth #solar #renewableenergy #electricity #Mexico
A #burglar has been sentenced to #prison for impersonating #UKPowerNetworks staff in #Kent SE #England and stealing #copper #cable and other #metal - putting many places off supply and causing extremely dangerous and unpleasant situations (removing protective earth cable can cause a rising neutral and phase imbalance, which results in almost 400V appearing in places where only 230V is expected)
Absolutely unbelievable that you only get the EEG feed-in tariff as a private person for the energy that you feed into the system and it is not even relative to the spot price, it is fixed at 7 cent :(
Yeah ... with something like this the EU electricity sector will never become resilient and renewable.
Let private people participate in storing and feeding in electricity ffs!
@OneInterestingFact @Edent
With 800Wp of panels this isn't a very important factor.
With a solar diverter to an immersion heater, even less so - make hot water.
With a battery even less less so. The amount of energy escaping is going to be trivial.
But I think generally the expectation is that you just plug it in and use it.
#solar #balcony #electricity
I'm not the only person to note that given Elon Musk's often expressed antagonistic views about, & seeming support for insurrection in, the UK the idea of welcoming Tesla Energy Ventures into the fold of the electricity market seems wrong-headed at least & a danger to national security act worst.
This is the same Govt. that thinks peaceful placard holders are a threat to society, when they welcome in with open arms a real threat!
FFS
#electricity #ElonMusk #politics
h/t FT
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However, critics questioned the granting of an electricity supply licence given Musk’s sometimes controversial political commentary and time working for the US government’s Doge efficiency initiative.
Ed Davey, the Liberal Democrat leader, said Tesla should be barred from holding a licence.
“Elon Musk is a threat to our national security and clearly not a fit person to operate in our energy industry,” he said. “We can’t have the lights go out because he’s having a strop on X.”
Best for Britain, a campaign group chaired by Virgin Group chair Peter Norris, has campaigned against the licence being awarded to Tesla.
Naomi Smith, Best for Britain chief executive, said Musk was a “dangerous and malign influence, who belongs nowhere near our critical infrastructure”.
Apparently somebody living in Maryland has absolutely had it with paying for the #electricity cost of multiple #data centers going exclusively to #AI projects only to the point where it made the #news on a national level, after he got kicked out for speaking up in #city council for speaking his opinion.
Following 35% growth, solar has passed hydro on US grid
Coal makes a bit of a comeback, if only by accident.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/final-2025-data-is-in-us-energy-use-is-up-as-solar-passes-hydro/#coal #electricity #energy #green #natural-gas #nuclear #renewables #science #solar #us-grid #wind
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Image of a reservoir with a large collection of solar panels floating on it.
🇨🇦 How will free-spending Ford pay for Ontario’s $400-billion nuclear plans? (& how will we afford a jump in the electric bill!)
"The government’s plans envision an electricity system that is 75-per-cent nuclear in terms of output, up from approximately 50 per cent today""
Estimates of the costs of electricity from new nuclear plants in Ontario range from the mid-20 cents a kilowatt-hour to more than 40 cents a kwh – double or even triple current consumer electricity costs. Such increases would undermine energy affordability, Ontario’s economic competitiveness and any plans for decarbonization through electrification."
UK’s First Geothermal Power Plant Begins Using Underground Heat to Power 10K Homes
#goodnews #goodearth #business #renewableenergy #geothermal #electricity #UK
Scientists Wanted Eco-Friendly Battery, Realized They Could Use the Brine Needed to Make Tofu
#goodnews #science #invention #food #electricity #waste #EVs #HongKong
“Not when the costs of #rent, #food & #electricity keep rising. Not when #Republicans raise our #medical costs to fund tax cuts for #billionaires. And definitely not when federal agents — armed & masked — terrorize our communities by targeting people because of the color of their skin or for speaking #Spanish — including immigrants with legal status & citizens,” Sen #AlexPadilla said.
#Trump #SOTU #USpol #immigration #StateSponsoredTerrorism #affordability #CostOfLiving #healthcare
#Maine lawmakers consider moratorium on new #Datacenters
Maine Public | By Peter McGuire
Published February 16, 2026
Excerpt: " 'These data centers as we have seen in other states have impacts for grid resilience, they have impacts for environmental resources, so we just wanted to take a proactive approach and do it unlike any other state has so far,' Sachs said in an interview.
"Data centers house computing networks that process information for applications including artificial intelligence. New centers have been growing across the U.S. and raising concerns about their huge appetite for #electricity and #water.
"Sachs said the proposed council would spend the next year studying the potential impact on electric ratepayers, the environment, power grid and other matters and offer guidelines for building new centers in the future.
"In the meantime, Sachs is proposing a moratorium through mid-2028 on new centers that use more than 20 megawatts of power.
"The plan was opposed by some Republican members of the Legislature's Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee."
#Repugnicans #MainePol #NoNewDatacenters #NoAI #DatacenterMoratorium #GOPSucks
#RAM #AIslop #GenerativeAI #AIcrash #environment #electricity
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@jatinkrmalik
The reason why RAM has become
four times more expensive is that a
huge amount of RAM that has not yet
been produced was purchased with
non-existent money to be installed
in GPUs that also have not yet been
produced, in order to place them in data
centers that have not yet been built,
powered by infrastructure that may
never appear, to satisfy demand that
does not actually exist and to obtain
profit that is mathematically impossible.
In the United Kingdom, greenhouse gas emissions fell 3% in 2024 compared to the year prior as the country got more power from renewables, imported more electricity, and closed its last coal power plant #uk #Britain #climate #ClimateChange #renewables #environment #earth #electricity
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/pollution-government-b2914556.html
“La France fait le pari d’une électrification progressive et massive de l’économie : véhicules électriques, pompes à chaleur, électrification de l’industrie, data centers, etc.”
“L’objectif est de passer de 60 % d’énergies fossiles dans la consommation finale française aujourd’hui à 60 % d’énergies décarbonées d’ici 2030.”
https://www.info.gouv.fr/actualite/ppe-3-la-nouvelle-feuille-de-route-energetique-de-la-france
#France #Climat #Energie #Politique #Climate #Energy #Electricity
I was just shocked to just find out - the hard way - that the Meross smart plug I bought 4 years ago has a dangerous wiring fault. When turned off, it disconnects neutral, and leaves hot live. So if you happen to bridge hot and ground with your hand - like when working inside your espresso machine - you’ll be shocked!
Of course, I could have just unplugged the machine entirely. But the plug lives behind the fridge, so I was lazy.
Or I could have used a voltage tester to be sure! But the light on the machine was off - that seemed conclusive. (The voltage tester did indicate voltage. Next time…)
I have a newer instance of the same model plug that doesn’t have this problem. So I filed a warranty claim with Meross, for the old one, even though I’m sure it’s out of the warranty period. This is/was dangerous.
Now I have to test the other two plugs…
A Trump ‘Blockade’ Is Stalling Hundreds of #Wind and #Solar Projects Nationwide
Federal agencies are delaying approvals for #renewableenergy projects on both federal land and private property at a time when #electricity demand is going up.
While Mr. Trump’s attacks on #offshorewind have been highly visible, administration has also been hobbling solar and wind energy projects on land by halting or delaying federal approvals that were once routine.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/climate/a-trump-blockade-is-stalling-hundreds-of-wind-and-solar-projects-nationwide.html
https://archive.ph/4IkDY
#AI’s #water and #electricity use soars in #2025
A new study estimates the environmental impact of AI in 2025 and calls for more transparency from companies on their #pollution and water consumption.
AI created as much carbon pollution this year as New York City and guzzled up as much H20 as people consume globally in water bottles, according to new estimates.
https://www.theverge.com/news/845831/ai-chips-data-center-power-water
https://archive.ph/WUoq5
Yesterday's @TechConnectify was great!
A much shorter unintentional followup from @hankgreen focusing on the stupidity of coal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfvBx4D0Cms
#USPol #USPoli #USPolitics #Coal #Electricity #ElectrifyEverything #Power
@bweller nodds in agreement
Not to mention more #decentralized and even #scalable, cuz #Solarthermal can really go into high gear.
- Now wait until the noon peak power is being used to produce easy-to-store and ship #fuel like #Methanol that can be used to cover both dark periods and also replace #Diesel in #Generators for emergency standby use...
#FossilFuels really cannot #compete without artificial barriers for #Renewables and #RenewableEnergy is the biggest growing sector of #Electricity and #PowerGeneration in "The #GlobalSouth" because of that.
- Like most people in impoverished areas can't pay for metered grid connectivity, but they most likely can afford a used car battery, solar charger, solar panel and USB car charger - if not individually then as a group - and do their own #EnergyKiosk where everyone can charge their #Smartphones and have a chat.
Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper #malware
Researchers said that #Poland ‘s electric grid was targeted by wiper malware, likely unleashed by #Russia state hackers, in an attempt to disrupt #electricity delivery operations.
A #cyberattack , occurred during the last week of December. The news org said it was aimed at disrupting communications between renewable installations & the power distribution operators but failed for reasons not explained
The only reason #Smartphones got big is because it actually provided an improvement compared to a "#StupidPhone" already solving the communication problem whilst becoming a more accessible version of #computing for many people in "The #GlobalSouth" for whom #Desktops and #Laptops never were close to 'affordable' even when built with dumpster-dived / landfill-scavanged parts.
- Most people in "P.R." #China and Subsahara - #Africa skipped the #PC entirely as #Smartphones are not just #cheaper, but also better suited for places with #infrastructure #deficits re: #broadband and #electricity, and if we correlate #GDP per capita, average income, average downtime for electricity grid, average fixed broadband speed and number of #blackouts for #pwer, we'll definitely see that it'll be more likely for #Smartphones to dominate even harder than they already do in the "The Global North" where some households can afford more PCs than the occupants have limbs, whereas in many places @landley 's Allegory of a Smartphone being cobbled on a USB-C hub to an old display, keyboard and mouse is way more in line with reality than 5 billion VR headsets in 2030!
“Imagine a burst of energy so strong that it shines as bright as the sun, rises to a temperature more than three times the surface of the sun, and creates a pressure wave on par with the blast of a grenade. Now imagine all of that just inches from your hands.” - Angelo Verzoni, National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA)
Additional video from Westex on their real-world analog #arcflash testing. #electricity
#electricalengineering
The #Palestinian #baby who died from #hypothermia Tues in the #Gaza Strip is among the >100 #children who have died since the start of the “ceasefire” in Oct.
The “ceasefire” allowed a surge in #humanitarian #aid into Gaza, mainly #food. Residents say shortages of #blankets & warm #clothes remain, & there is little wood for fires. There’s been no central #electricity in Gaza since the first few days of the war in 2023.
#geopolitics #Israel #HumanRights #genocide #Trump #law #InternationalLaw
#Trump won't do that, cuz the #TechBros, #CryptoBros, #AIbros and #CorporateAmerica got him into power.
- Besides, the #USA has way too cheap #electricity by any measure, so charging all those #Billionaires and "#AI"-Fans as well as #AIslop #DataCenters less than $1 per kWh is already an insult to the rest of the world conserving power and actually taking #ClimateChange seriously...
#CHINA STOPPED BUYING #RUSSIAN #ELECTRICITY: As of this January, China has stopped importing electricity from #Russia because Russian energy prices have risen above China's domestic rate. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/01/16/8016467/index.amp
This is very cool: Kauai Island Utility Cooperative worked with a national lab to discover the source of oscillations on the island's grid and to prevent them. Work like this is what we need to protect energy stability and resilience as inverter-based resources are added to the grid: https://www.nrel.gov/news/detail/features/2026/with-inverters-an-island-adapts-to-the-changing-physics-of-power-grids #electricity #CleanEnergy #Coops #Hawaii
There were a lot of interesting talks, and the program is worth a skim. I was in panel 6. I identified a hypothetical risk that the recent rush to deploy generative AI, with its associated pressure on the electric power and water distribution systems, brings with it. Roughly, with the rise of so-called "industry 4.0" (think smart toaster, but for factories), our critical infrastructure systems are becoming tightly woven together. Besides the increasing dependence on the electric grid there is a growing dependence across sectors on data centers and the internet driven to a large degree by generative AI. What this means riskwise is that faults and failures in one of these systems can "percolate" much more quickly to other infrastructure systems--essentially there are more paths a failure can follow. What in the past might have been a localized failure of one or a few components in one system can become a region-wide multi-sector cascading failure. So for instance a local power failure at a substation might take down a data center that runs the SCADA system used to control a compressor station in the natural gas distribution system, which then might go sideways or fail and cause a natural gas shortage at a natural gas fueled power generator, and so on and so on. Obviously it was always possible for faults and failures in one system to cause faults and failures in another. What's new is that the growing set of new pathways increases the probability that such a jump occurs. What I called out in the talk is that as this interweaving trend continues, we will eventually cross a percolation threshold, after which the faults in these infrastructure systems will take on a different (and in my view much more dangerous) character.
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #PowerSector #NaturalGas #electricity #risk
Microsoft revealed as company behind controversial data center proposal in Michigan township
Microslop has identified itself as the mystery company behind a prospective data center in a part of Michigan where locals have objected to such a development.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/07/microsoft-behind-controversial-data-center-in-michigan-township.html
#Microsoft #Microslop #AI #datacenters #technology #Michigan #electricity #WaterResources
The next #printerSolstice2526 prompt is ‘one’ so I selected a woman who was often the first: first woman science doctorate, first woman physics professor and first woman member of a scientific academy, the Academy of Sciences at the University of Bologna: Laura Bassi (1711-1778).
She was quite famous and there are several portraits of her, usually depicted as Minerva, goddess of wisdom. 🧵
#wip #histsci #linocut #printmaking #womenInSTEM #histsci #LauraBassi #physics #electricity #optics
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My carved Lino block on cutting mat shows 18th century woman (Laura Bassi) in dress with fur cape, and hair in ringlets with a hairpiece which echoes a laurel crown. She’s holding an open book with Newtonian optics diagrams and in front of her is an electrical machine (a stand with vertical large glass plate and hand crank and brass tubes to channel the large electrostatic charges it could generate through friction). She is surrounded by typical high tech lab equipment of her day like conductors, an aurora flask, a luminous discharge tube, a Lane electrometer, Leyden jars and Volta's electric pistol.
Ohio’s largest utility, AEP, pushes to slash rooftop solar compensation. The changes put forth by the utility are drastic and would raise costs and discourage others from going solar.
Later this year, the Public Utilities Commission of #Ohio will decide whether to keep its statewide net-metering rules intact or whether to switch ratepayers to a less lucrative program proposed by American Electric Power’s Ohio utility. #Solar #electricity
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/ohio-utility-slash-rooftop-solar-compensation
This may be considered #HotTakes by some, I consider these #based: (no ragebait inteded!)
If you have a problem with these, please kindly fuck off in silence!
This list is non-exhaustive...
- #NoHumanIsillegal: #FerriesNotFrontex!
- #PNCHNZS! Being a racist, fascist or otherwise shit person is a choice. People can choose to deradicalize, but not 'choose' not to be targeted by Neonazis!
- #NSAfDverbotSofort - no excuses!
- #TransRightsAreHumanRights
- #HousingFirst, cuz #HumanRights are not negotiable, but precondition to even consider negotiations!
- #UBI instead of #MeansTesting; Cuz survival is not optional!
- #Education is a #HumanRight and should be provided to anyone without any paywalling or charges. This includes access to #Textbooks, which should be provided #DRM-free. All education material should be publicly available and it's creation and updates be paid by the public just like schools.
- #ClothesHaveNoGender
- #PublicTransport should be #free, #accessible and publicly funded and run.
- All #infrastructure is a natural monopoly and should be publicly run and financed solely by either transit fees or public spending.
- #accessibility should be mandatory without exceptions. Paywalling it should be criminalized as a hatecrime.
- Every #home should have access to #DrinkingWater, Sewage Handling, #electricity and #fiber #internet. IDGAF if it's at some remote island or desert oasis!
- #HealthCare is a #HumanRight, not a commodity!
- #Politicans should have to obey the same #laws re: secondary income as #PublicServants and be barred from recieving any other #compensation, #bonuses or have any other income beyond the compensation for their post.
- #Politicans should only be paid #MinimumWage!Wage
- Everyone should have to contribute to #SocialSecurity programs and in return, everyone gets eligible. That means no exceptions for #billionaires and other rich people. If I have to afford ~ 20% of my paycheck for #healthcare then so can all the #Banksters!
- #MinimumWage must be able to afford not mere survival, but actually be sufficient to afford #downpayment on a #home and not just #rent. It should also be automatically be adjusted with #inflation and not be a political bargaining chip!
- Denying people access to legal #work is a crime against humanity. People should have a right to fair and non-discriminatory access to employment regardless of legal status.
- #StockTrading should be regulated as #Gambling.
- Advertising Gambling or using Gambling / #PayToLoose / "#PayToWin" / #P2W mechanics to minors should be as illegal as advertising cigarettes and liquor to them.
- Banning or age restricting #LGBTQIA* content as "#AdultContent" should be illegal. #QueerErasure is indefensible. If you're to prudish to accept that #LoveIsLove then that's a "You" Problem!
- #Cyberfascism needs to be outlawed and Corporations like #Palantir need to be disbanded, their assets stripped and their employees jailed for crimes against humanity. They are morally indefensible!
- #BanBillionaires, strip them off their assets and wealth and redistribute it. #Billionaires should be sentenced to #CommunityService for life as means to (at least partially) undo harm caused.
- #SuperUselessVehicles should be disincentivized and instead any #incentives and #subsidies should be given only to #PersonalLightVehicles of classes #L2e, #L5e, #L6e & #L7e.
- #SexworkIsWork!
- #CSAM is indefensible and authorities that shutdown Pedo Forums should be mandated to #delete [and report] all such content at the hosters and get them to delete it. This includes Kiwi Farms which got fired by Gandi [french registrar] for hosting CSAM!
- It should be illegal to enforce foreign laws overseas. Yes this includes "#Embargos" from the #USA!
- #Trump is a fascist POS and a bootlicker of #Putin!
- #FuckICE
- #MethanolFuelcell > #LithiumCobaltBattery
- #Tabs > #Spaces
- #TSV > #CSV > #MicrosoftExcel
- #Markdown > #RTF
- #OpenDocument > #OOXML
- #PDF > #MicrosoftWord
- #git > #subversion
- #IRC & #Mumble, #MailingList > #discord
- #XMPP+#OMEMO > any proprietary messenger
- #PGP/MIME acceptance should be mandatory per law for all #eMails in #business and towards public offices
- Every System that has a #clock inside has to self-adjust it correctly without user intervention. I don't care if it uses a time signal like DCF77, GNSS or NTP. Computers must syncronize their hardware clock to [Unixtime](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time) regardless of the used OS
- #Police should only be allowed to carry and use what law-abiding citizens are to. If you don't trust your neighbour with a #gun, why would you trust a stranger who doesn't even have to evidence proper storage, training, proficiency and isn't subject to due diligence?
- #QualifiedImmunity is #PoliceState horeshite and must never be allowed and retroactively canned. If you don't want #accountability or #consequences for those in power, you are a bootlicker.
- Long-lasting peace in the #MiddleEast will most likely only happen if a unified #laicist nation compromising of #Israel and #Palestine gets built. It's just currently not intended to happen by both sides!
- #Ukraine is the #LitmusTest for #EU & #NATO. If Ukraine doesn't win beyond the #StatusQuoAnteBellum (1994-2011) and doesn't get EU & NATO membership it'll either be destroyed by #Russia in Putin's neo-czarist ambitions and thus will legitimize & normalize the Russian #CrimeOfAggression, which will then focus on #Baltics and espechally #Finland. Already the western #cowardice of not following through on the #BudapestMemorandum puts the #NPT and the trustworthyness of the USA, #UK and The West in general into question.
- A #TotalEmbargo against Russia is long overdue - including a #SeaBlockade, not just against the #ShadowFleet which poses a statistically inevitable risk for the #envoirment!
- #NuclearPower is not #renewable and using precious radioactive elements to boil water to spin a turbine is an insult to #physics! #Renewables should be mandatory and we can talk about #Fusion once #ITER actually evidently works and is able to sustain net positive energy output into the grid.
- "#AI" is #WastefulComputing and should be considered an #EnvoirmentalCrime and #CrimeAgainstHumanity, with all the prosecution it entails!
- The only people that have a 'right' to be 'proud' of their #citizenship are those that actually had to put in effort to get #naturalized. People who won the #BirthLottery are disqualified.
- Also anyone who is "proud" of their citizenship by birth evidently has achieved nothing on their own worth to be proud of! Even if it's just graduating school, driving license, forklift certification or some kind of art.
- We need #RightToRepair, not only but espechally for #electronics! This includes tight mandates to provide #parts, #tools, #documentation and #support under #FRAND [fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory] terms.
- #Patents on #Software, espechally #GameMechanics, should be illegal. No #patent should be issued without evidence of it being a genuine, new #invention with a demonstrable prototype. If #Kickstarter wouldn't accept it, then neither should any #PatentOffice!
- #Patents of lifeforms and DNA have to be outlawed.
- #Copyright to something should cease the moment the copyright holder refuses to offer the copyrighted work under FRAND terms. If buying isn't ownership than #piracy isn't #theft. Also #OneTimePurchase options [for a specific version] should be mandatory by law and #subscriptions only be allowed for products and services that actually incur costs to upkeep (i.e. bandwith and storage for hosting/streaming). Designing something as "#LiveService" when it has no reason (i.e. refusing to sell physical copies) to should be deemed a fraudulent circumvention of it.
- "#ClientsideAnticheat" is #malware and needs to be prosecuted as such. Any "#AntiCheat" should be Server-Sided only.
- #PriceGouging must be prosecuted harder, espechally when it comes to #utilities.
- Just like #FuelPrices at a #GasStation, so should #ChargingStations be mandated to publish their pricing publicly in realtime and not discriminate customers!
- Everyone should have a #RightToBanking without discrimination. Any closure of accounts must be legitimized by actual criminal activity (i.e. money laundering, fraud, terrorism financing, ...) and go through due process with appeals.
- Everyone should have a right to free, unseizeable #ID documents without mandating #biometrics or other privacy invasions! These should be eligible as Travel #Passport and people should have global #FreedomOfMovement only restricted by an actual, individual judge ruling that went through proper oversight and appeals. Duplicate Issues to avoid Visa Conflicts (with duplicate Serial Numbers!) should be offered and granted upon request.
- #Gender does not belong into ID documents! Just like weight, hair colour, religion, occupation and address don't!
Haines Junction, the second largest community in the #Yukon outside Whitehorse, has been without #electricity for over an hour. There is a local generator for backup, but it's not working. This is dangerous, as it is very #cold. The Federal Government's #weather station in Haines Junction has been defunct for at least a week, but the forecasted high for today is -43.
Waymos Freeze in Place, Snarl Traffic En Masse During Saturday’s Citywide Power Outage https://sfist.com/2025/12/21/waymos-freeze-in-place-snarl-traffic-en-masse-during-saturdays-citywide-power-outage/ https://sfist.com/2025/12/21/waymos-freeze-in-place-snarl-traffic-en-masse-during-saturdays-citywide-power-outage/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user%2FSFistNews
#Sanfrancisco #PowerOutage #Waymo #FrozenInPlace #PGE #Electricity #CriticalInfrastructure
Power shortages predicted
A recent study published by three state agencies warns electricity shortages are coming to Illinois. The shortages will start in PJM’s regional transmission system by 2029, with the shortage hitting Illinois’ ComEd terri...
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/politics/power-shortages-predicted/#comed #electricity #miso #opinion #rich-miller
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They did it again... Prices in biggest US power grid auction hit new record, signaling higher utility bills ahead. PJM auction beats record Wednesday thanks to data center power needs. It's jumped 830% during the previous auction and Wednesdays auction beat that.
"Power bills for about a fifth of Americans are expected to continue to rise after the largest U.S. grid operator, PJM Interconnection, reported fresh record-high capacity prices on Wednesday that reflected electricity demand by data centers overtaking supplies."
#Electricity #Economy #USPol . https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/prices-biggest-us-power-grid-auction-hit-new-record-supply-crunch-2025-12-17/
We should be using all the copper we possibly can to electrify the world as fast as possible.
Instead tech-bros are like: “Ooo lets use all the everythings to build idiotic slop machines.”
#AI #Copper #Electricity #EndFossilFuels #LLM #Bubble #climateEmergency
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/how-tight-supply-ai-demand-propelled-copper-towards-us12000/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Through the help of #Frient electricity meter sensor, power-measuring smart plugs from #Nous, some investigation, and circuit breaker toggling, I found out that my home has 120 watts of constant power leaking.
When every circuit breaker is off, the electricity meter continues to report power consumption.
My #HomeLab consumes 70-90 watts, for comparison.
Looks like I need an electrician.
#HomeAutomation #PowerLeak #electricity #ElectricityBill #Electricityconsumption
"This is how you defeat authoritarianism. Not by screaming the word 'fascist' louder but by revealing the economic betrayal at its core. Trump promised to make life more affordable. Instead, he’s making it harder and more expensive while consolidating power and enriching his allies."
~ Jesse F. Ferguson
#Trump #economy #prices #inflation #energy #electricity #gas #ballroom #EconomicElites #SuperRich
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"American households will pay 4% more for gas power this year on average, compared with 2024, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Electricity bills have increased by 11% since Donald Trump retook the White House."
~ Jem Bartholomew
#Trump #economy #prices #inflation #energy #electricity #gas #ballroom #EconomicElites #SuperRich
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Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/11/google-tells-employees-it-must-double-capacity-every-6-months-to-meet-ai-demand/
#AI #Google #DataCenters #electricity #cooling #thousandfoldIncrease
Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/11/google-tells-employees-it-must-double-capacity-every-6-months-to-meet-ai-demand/ #AI #Google #DataCenters #electricity #cooling #thousandfoldIncrease
@ryanc @GreenFire same, cuz I'm pretty shure #Texas hosting #Shitcoin-Mining operations proudly is part of the problem!
#commentary #USpol #Bitcoin #Ethereum #Solana #BitcoinMining #Mining #Electricity
Uruguay Achieves 99% Green Energy After Seeking the Lowest Price for Consumers
#goodnews #goodearth #business #electricity #renewableenergy #power #economics #government #Uruguay
Does Trump Know The Price Of Milk?
“From the day I take the oath of office, we’ll rapidly drive prices down & make America affordable again,” #Trump promised last summer as he ran for president. “Prices will come down. You just watch. They’ll come down fast.”
#Prices have not come down. 10 months after Trump took office, prices are still climbing. #Groceries are MORE expensive. #Electricity bills have spiked. It costs more to buy a new #car.
#economy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/opinion/trump-prices-affordability-promises-inflation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.208.t9KN.ecs_dFZ9Xw-d&smid=nytcore-ios-share
In some areas, such as NYC, the surge has been dramatic—with residential shutoffs in Aug up 5X from a year ago, utility filings show.
In Pennsylvania…power shutoffs have risen 21% this year, with >270k households losing #electricity…. The avg electricity bill in the state…has risen 13% from 1 yr ago, as utilities upgrade grids to accommodate a burst of new #DataCenters, acc/to an analysis of federal data by #NEADA, which represents state directors of #energy aid programs for #LowIncome families.
Overall, Americans are paying 11% more for #electricity than they were in January, though that number varies widely: Costs have risen 37% in Missouri but have fallen in 3 states by as much as 13%, #NEADA found.
“With prices going up so rapidly, electricity is becoming #unaffordable in many parts of the country,” said Mark Wolfe, an #energy economist & exec dir of NEADA. “And it isn’t just lower-income households anymore; it’s spilling into the middle class.”
#economy #affordability #Trump
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Map graph Average change in residential price per kilowatt-hour, January to August 2025
“People are feeling a squeeze across the board, but what’s even more alarming is that we’re seeing people struggling to pay for these very, very basic necessities,” said Julie Margetta Morgan, president of the Century Foundation, a liberal think tank. “#Electricity is not a luxury; it isn’t optional.”
#economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #Trump #inflation #recession #trumpcession
Nearly 1 in 20 households, or about 14 million Americans, were so behind on #utility #debt that it was reported to collections agencies or in arrears as of June, according to an analysis by the Century Foundation & Protect Borrowers, a nonprofit that advocates for consumers. Meanwhile, the average overdue balance of $789 has risen 32% since 2022.
#economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #electricity #Trump #inflation #recession #trumpcession
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Average past-due utility balances are at an all-time high Average overdue bill in the United States
Soaring #electricity prices are triggering a wave of power shutoffs nationwide, leaving more Americans in the dark as unpaid #bills pile up. Although there is no national count of electricity shutoffs, data from select utilities in 11 states show that disconnections have risen in at least eight of them since last year, acc/to figures compiled by WaPo & the National #Energy Assistance Directors Association (#NEADA).
#economy #affordability #Trump #inflation #recession
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/24/power-shutoffs-surge-electric-bills/
The IEA’s Energy and AI Observatory provides up-to-date data and analysis on the growing links between the energy sector and artificial intelligence (AI). The new and fast-moving field of AI requires a new approach to gathering data and information, and the Observatory aims to provide regularly updated data and a comprehensive view of the implications of AI on energy demand (energy for AI) and of AI applications for efficiency, innovation, resilience and competitiveness in the energy sector (AI for energy). This first-of-a-kind platform is developed and maintained by the IEA, with valuable contributions of data and insights from the IEA’s energy industry and tech sector partners, and complements the IEA's Special Report on Energy and AI.#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #power #PowerGrid #electricity #climate
Nevertheless, I think there needs to be a space to talk about systemic risk, because it's quite real and has predictable consequences. Folks like to call the latter "black swan events", but if you've chosen not to be aware of a set of issues and then one comes to pass, was it really unpredictable?
Anyway, I'm grateful to Mar Hicks (@histoftech@mastodon.social
mastodon.social) for co-organizing this event and making space for these kinds of conversations. The attendees and other speakers were very thoughtful and engaged and it was a great experience.
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #PowerSector #NaturalGas #electricity #risk