PaulosAnalysis provides consulting on energy policy, advocacy, communications, and research.
Ben Paulos is an analyst, strategist, writer, and advocate for clean energy. PaulosAnalysis clients have included government agencies, non-profits, foundations, research and consulting firms, trade associations, and media.
Selected clients include the Electricity Markets & Policy Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, East Bay Community Energy, the Clean Energy States Alliance, and the Illinois Power Agency.
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Hey #energytwitter, the @CityofBerkeley has a draft plan out on the gnarly question of getting fossil gas out of existing buildings, equitably and cost-effectively. Comments are welcome before May 15. #electrifyeverything
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/electrification/
CO2 levels cut in half? That's great news for the planet! Let's keep making progress towards a zero-emission future 🌍#BerkeleyLab90 https://twitter.com/BerkeleyLabEMP/status/1381971158568869894
THREAD: In 2005, the official Annual Energy Outlook saw power sector CO2 rising from 2,400 to 3,000 MMT by 2020. But actual emissions fell to 1,450 MMT, 52% below projected levels. A new @BerkeleyLab report looks at how we got “halfway to zero.” https://emp.lbl.gov/publications/halfway-zero-progress-towards-carbon 1/11
Okay hear me out. Put a solar panel on the trailer, plug it in to an ebike battery, and there you go.
This Fat-Tired Teardrop Trailer Is Built for Bikepacking | The Manual
https://flip.it/FB63Ak
“Sure, it's not sunny all the time, it's not windy all the time. But what we're dealing with now is that we have nearly half of our supposedly firm and reliable resources, our gas, our coal and our nuclear, down all at the same time." - @cohan_ds
https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2021-04-14/while-texas-lawmakers-target-renewables-the-states-thermal-fleet-threatens-grid-stability-yet-again
1000 people have signed a petition to slow down the Hopkins corridor study to prioritize parking over bike lanes.
Help us show the City strong support for making Hopkins safe for people to walk and bike.
Sign our petition!
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/safe-hopkins-street
Hey, a new buzzword is being proposed for the clean energy lexicon: a PROSUMAGER is a producer - consumer - manager, like a solar and storage customer doing demand response and selling grid services. (From @AhmadFaruqui and @timechols.)
I took part in a very lively and far reaching discussion about decarbonization with Georgia Commissioner Tim Echols this morning. https://brattlefiles.blob.core.windows.net/files/21994_engaging_customers_to_decarbonize_consumption.pdf
Considering I've spent the last 27 years working on cutting carbon in the power sector, this new report from Ryan Wiser at @BerkeleyLabEMP is highly satisfying. Emissions in 2020 were half what EIA forecast in AEO2005. #energytwitter, a toast!
https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2021/04/13/u-s-power-sector-is-halfway-to-zero-carbon-emissions/