Study: Residential Electric Utility
Expenditures Projected to Reach Record Levels, Highest in 10 years
"Due to the unprecedented rise in summer temperatures and higher rates of extreme heat events
over the last ten years, the cost of summer cooling has risen from $476 in 2014 to a predicted
$719 in 2024. (This increase has been calculated by NEADA, based on NOAA temperature data
and EIA electric usage and price data..."
"A new fiscal analysis confirms that a GOP plan to give Arizona police officers the power to arrest migrants will cost the state money and one law enforcement agency estimates that price tag at more than $40 million."
If voters pass the #border enforcement measure in Nov, it would mark a sharp U-turn for a state that has moderated its approach to immigration since an era when Sheriff #JoeArpaio of Maricopa County carried out #raids & traffic stops that critics criticized as #RacialProfiling. not just critics, his policies were [#cruel & #unconstitutional]
TUXEDO Atlas rethinks the classical desktop computer: walnut front application, glass side panel. Fits seamlessly into your living room or work environment.
Yesterday on the grid: Early a.m. we charged our EV off the grid (blue). Midday, solar power mostly went to the grid (yellow). Evening, Powerwall battery pumped juice to the grid as part of a virtual power plant (green). Battery fully recharged by 1 p.m. today from solar. #Renewables#VPP#EnergyTransition#Solar#power
“You don't need money, don't take fame
Don't need no credit card to ride this train
It's strong and it's sudden and it's cruel sometimes
But it might just save your life
That's the power of love“
@ai6yr Oncor & out-of-area line crews making some good progress in Dallas - around 350K out, down from 650K after the storm rolled through this morning.
My #homeassistant produced this nice image, because today was totally clear sky and my solar panels were providing full power. It's funny how doing things at home is so clearly visible in power usage.
In contrast, #Musk had posted >20X this yr about #Trump. In those posts, #ElonMusk defended Trump, arguing that he is a #victim of #media & prosecutorial #bias in the #criminal cases that Trump faces.
Musk’s posts…signal…a willingness to tip the #political scales as the owner of an influential #SocialMedia#platform, something that no other leader of a social media firm has done. And Musk exerts outsize #influence over the political discourse on X, where he regularly posts to his 184M followers
@Nonilex Fuck Elon Musk, and I hope Space X gets sued to creation and back for clogging up our night sky and dumping space junk all over THE WORLD. I hope he goes broke in a spectacular display.
"In patriarchal societies where #masculinity is coded as #power and control, men often try to get closer to women through power and control. The range of how this plays out is vast. It could be inconsequential, or it could end a woman’s life. This (...) may also be a reason why so many women in the “Man or Bear” debate chose the bear."
I recommend every man to read this piece by long-distance #cyclist Laura Killingbeck.
I'd be interested to know what this kind of power storage does to the lifetime of the EV's battery.
How many years does it take off the car's lifetime? How much does it cost the car owner?
I'd love to see Xcel actually compensate homeowners for giving them access to power storage.